III IBSW Keynote Speakers Announced
Keynote Speakers for the III IBSW are listed below. For more information on the presentations, please visit this page.
Gian Michele Calvi - Professor at the IUSS Pavia, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the North Carolina State University
Presentation:
Re-Visiting Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges
Lee Marsh - Deputy Director – America’s Technical Excellence Center, WSP
Presentation:
Performance-Based Seismic Design of Bridges - What Is It and How Will It Change Design Practice?
Jianzhong Li - Deputy Dean of the college of civil engineering of Tongji University and the Director of Tongji’s Multi-Functional Shake Table at Jiading Campus, Shanghai, China
Presentation:
Seismic Damage Mechanism and Control of Long-Span Bridges
Bijan Khaleghi - State Bridge Design Engineer, Washington State Department of Transportation
Presentation:
Seismic Design Requirements and Construction Challenges of Lifeline Essential and Critical Bridges
Kuo-Chun Chang - A Distinguished Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan
Presentation:
Capacity-based Inelastic Displacement Spectra for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Subjected to Far-Field and Near-Fault Ground Motions
Dawn E. Lehman - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Presentation:
Concrete Filled Steel Tubes for Accelerated Bridge Construction and Enhanced Structural Performance
Kenji Kosa - Professor Emeritus, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan & Technical Advisor, Hanshin Expressway Technology Center, Osaka, Japan
Presentation:
Failure Mechanism of the Furyo Daiichi Bridge in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
Bruce Johnson - Former State Bridge Engineer, Bridge Engineering Section, Oregon Department of Transportation
Presentation:
State DOT Seismic Resiliency Assessment Process and Mitigation Program