10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Meeting Theme: Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering
Meeting Location: Dena’ina Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska
Meeting Dates: July 21 - 25, 2014
Meeting Summary:
More than 1,100 attendees from nearly 50 countries participated in the 10NCEE in Anchorage, Alaska. The backdrop for the meeting was the 50th anniversary year of the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami.
Participants, including more than 250 students, were immersed in a multidisciplinary program of 800 papers, 750 oral presentations, and 250 posters. Regional speakers included Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, Alaska State Seismologist Mike West, and former Alaska State Seismologist John Davies, all part of Tuesday morning’s opening session.

In addition to the technical program, many conference participants attended the Evening at the Native Heritage Center event and fieldtrips to Turnagain Arm and the Tsunami Warning Center near Hatcher Pass. Some attendees also learned to use the Clearinghouse Field Notes Application by capturing and recording photos of themselves with bears around Anchorage and contributing them to a virtual clearinghouse.
Meeting Printed Program PDF: https://www.eeri.org/images/meetings/10NCEE/10NCEE-Printed-Program-reduced.pdf
Meeting Organizers:
CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- John Aho, CH2M Hill
- Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University
- Jay Berger, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- Ian Buckle, University of Nevada, Reno
- Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin & Associates
- Julio Ramirez, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Chair
- Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin & Associates
Technical Program
- Scott Ashford, Oregon State University
- Greg Deierlein, Stanford Unversity
Proceedings
- Judy Mitrani-Reiser, Johns Hopkins University
- Farzin Zareian, Unversity of California, Irvine
Publicity
- Marti LaChance, NEES
- My Lac Davidson, EERI
- Maggie Ortiz, EERI
Logistics
- Jay Berger, EERI
- Sonya Hollenbeck, EERI
Technical Tours and Local Events
- Eric Cannon, Golder Associates
- John Thornley, Golder Associates
Fundraising and Sponsorships
- John Aho, CH2M Hill
- Jay Berger, EERI
- Ron Mayes, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
- Sissy Nikolaou, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- John Aho, CH2M Hill
- Dennis Berry, BBFM
- Eric Cannon, Golder Associates Inc.
- Gary Carver, Carver Geologic
- David Cole, Geotechnical Engineer
- Utpal Dutta, UAA
- Laura Kelly, FED ISC Kodiak
- Loren Leman, Michael L. Foster & Associates
- Keith Mobley, Northern Geotechnical Engineering
- John Thornley, Golder Associates Inc.
- Buzz Scher, R&M Consultants
- Joey Yang, UAA
Meeting Sponsors:
Major Financial Sponsor:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Technical Co-Organizer:
- Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Diamond Sponsor:
- Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI)
Gold Sponsor:
- DGGS
Silver Sponsors:
- ConocoPhillips
- Golder Associates
- Hayward Baker
- Kinemetrics
- MTS
- Oregon State University (OSU) College of Engineering
- PDC Inc. Engineers
- RMS
- Shannon & Wilson
- Star Seismic
Bronze Sponsors:
- AIR Worldwide (AIR)
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
- AMEC
- ATC
- BBFM Engineers Inc.
- BP
- ENSTAR
- FM Global
- GEI
- Lettis Consultants International, Inc.
- PG&E
- Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska (PRA)
- SGH
Friend:
- DOWL HKM
- Lounsbury & Associates
- Northern Geotechnical Engineering, Inc. d.b.a. Terra Firma Testing (NGE-TFT)
- R&M
Non-Traditional Sponsors:
- Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Cooperating Organizations:
- American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS)
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)
- CUSEC
- International Code Council
- MAE Center
- Natural Hazards Center
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)
- Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC)
Travel Sponsors:
- Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF)
- USGS
Meeting Exhibitors:
- Amec
- Applied Technology Council
- Base Isolation of Alaska
- City & County of San Francisco, ESIP
- Computers and Structures, Inc.
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering
- Core Brace, LLC
- COSMOS
- DIS
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- FEMA
- FYFE
- GEI Consultants
- GeoSIG
- Gilsanz Murray Steficek
- Golder
- Hayward Baker, Inc
- ITT Enidine
- Kinemetrics Open Systems and Services
- Kleinfelder
- Lettis
- MTS
- Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
- NEES
- PDC Inc. Engineers
- PEER
- R.J. Watson, Inc.
- REF TEK a division of Trimble
- Shannon & Wilson Inc.
- SidePlate Systems, Inc.
- Simpson Strong-Tie
- Skyline Steel
- StarSeismic
- State of Alaska, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
- Taylor Devices
- Unbonded Brace
- University of Alaska, Anchorage
- USGS

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering