Section C: Biographical Sketches

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3 MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering Florida A & M University 2525 Pottsdamer St. Tallahassee, FL Phone: ; Fax: Abdullah@eng.fsu.edu Professional Preparation 1/92-6/94 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering (Structural), Dissertation Title: Optimal Output Feedback Control of Civil Structures 9/90-12/91 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Master of Science, Civil Engineering (Structural) Thesis Title: Active Control of Tall Buildings 8/86-5/90 Howard University, Washington, DC, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering Magna Cum Laude Appointments 8/03-present Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, FAMU/FSU College of Civil Engineering, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 8/96-7/03 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, FAMU/FSU College of Civil Engineering, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 9/94-5/96 Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics, Department of Engineering Studies, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 7/94-8/94 Mathematics Instructor, Pre-College Engineering Program (PREP), Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 7/90-6/94 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Professional Experience 9/94-7/96 Jackson & Tull, Chartered Engineers, Chicago, IL, Engineer. Participated in the design process for the reconstruction of highway bridges. Also responsible for preparing reports and invoices. 5/88-8/88 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Los Angeles, CA., Associate Engineer. Inspected underground and above ground power transformer station for oil containment safety. 5/87-8/87 Illinois Department of Transportation, Shaumburg, CA, Assistant Engineer. Supervised construction work on Calumet Expressway bridge decks. Selected Publications Publications closely related to project 1. Grady, S., M. Y. Hussaini, M. M. Abdullah, Placement Of Wind Turbines Using Genetic Algorithms, Renewable Energy. Accepted. 2. Ping Tan, Shirley J. Dyke, Andy Richardson and Makola Abdullah, Integrated Device Placement and Control Design In Civil Structures Using Genetic Algorithms, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. Accepted. 3. Abdullah, M., K., Walsh, S. Grady, G. D. Wesson, Modeling Flow Around Bluff Bodies, ASCE Journal of Computing In Civil Engineering. Accepted.

4 4. Abdullah, M., Richardson, A., and Hanif, J. " Placement of sensors/actuators on civil structures using genetic algorithms ", August 2001, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Abdullah, M., Hanif, J., Sobanjo, J. and Richardson, A. " Use of a shared tuned mass damper (STMD) to reduce vibration and pounding in adjacent structures", August 2001, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Collaborators & Other Affiliations Yassir Abdelrazig, Ph.D., Dept. of Civil Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Emmanuel Collins, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Shirley Dyke, Ph.D., Dept. of Civil Engineering, Washington University; Dale Wesson, Ph.D., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Graduate Advisor Takeru Igusa, Johns Hopkins University Theses And Dissertation Advisor Andy Richardson, Claudia Wilson, Ken Walsh, Terri Norton, Jameel Hanif, Shealy Gross, Marlon Hill

5 ANIL KUMAR AGRAWAL Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering The City College of the CUNY New York, NY Tel. (212) Fax. (212) Professional Preparation University of California, Irvine, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 1997 University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Civil Engineering, M.Eng., 1991 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Civil Engineering, B.Tech., 1988 Appointments Associate Professor, The City College of the City University of New York, From 1/2003- Assistant Professor, The City College of the City University of New York, 09/ /2002 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine, 08/1997 to 08/1998 Research Engineer, Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Major Areas Of Teaching And Research Interest Structural control; Active/Hybrid Control Systems, Protective Systems, Smart Materials, Earthquake Engineering; Structural Dynamics; Random Vibrations, Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification Synergistic Activities Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOC), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers (IABSE), Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), ASCE Committee Eng. Mech. Div., Control Member of the ASCE Committee on Structural Control, ASCE Committee on Benchmark Problems, ASCE Committee on Performance of Structures Selected Publications Publications Closely Related to the Project 1. Benchmark Cable-Stayed Bridge. Accepted for publication in Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Agrawal, A.K., Yang, J.N. and He, W.L. Performance Evaluation of Some Semi-Active Control Systems For a Benchmark Cable-stayed Bridge. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 129 Issue 7, p , He, W.L., Agrawal, A.K. and Yang, J.N. A Novel Semi-Active Friction Controller for Linear Structures Against Earthquakes. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 129 Issue 7, p , Yang, J.N. and Agrawal, A.K. Semi-Active Hybrid Control Systems for Nonlinear Buildings Against Near-Field Earthquakes. Engineering Structures, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p , Yang, J.N., Agrawal, A.K., Samali, B. and Wu, J.C. A Benchmark Problem For Response Control of Wind-Excited Tall Buildings. To appear in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 2004.

6 Other Significant Publications 6. He, W.L., Agrawal, A.K. and Mahmoud, K. Control of Seismically Excited Cable-stayed Bridge Using Resetting Semi-Active Stiffness Dampers. Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp , Agrawal, A. K. and Yang, J. N. Compensation of Time-Delay For Control of Civil Engineering Structures. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol.29, pp.37-62, Yang, J. N., Kim, J.H., and Agrawal, A.K. A Resetting Semi-Active Stiffness Damper for Seismic Response Control. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 12, Dec Agrawal, A. K. and Yang, J. N. Design of Passive Energy Dissipation Systems Based on LQR Methods. J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 10 (12), pp , Dec (Major). 10. Agrawal, A. K., and Yang, J. N. Optimal Placement of Passive Dampers on Buildings Using Combinatorial Optimization. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 10, No. 12, pp , December Graduate And Postdoctoral Advisor Professor J.N. Yang Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA Recent Associates Mr. Wan-Long, He (Ph.D., 2003), Dr. Tan Ping (Post-Doctoral Researcher), Mr. Zhou Xu (Ph.D. Student), Mr. Zhihua, Yi (Ph.D. Student), Ms. Pan Ying (Ph.D. Student), Ms. Susan Romero (Undergraduate Researcher), Ms. Myriam Vargas (Undergraduate Researcher).

7 DANIEL J. ALESCH Emeritus Professor, Community Sciences University of Wisconsin Green Bay 909 Forest Hill Drive Green Bay, WI Phone: Professional Preparation University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science, BS, 1962 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Urban and Regional Planning, MS, 1964 State University of New York at Albany, Graduate School of Public Affairs, Part-time Matriculated Doctoral Student in Political Economy, University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science, MA, 1969 University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science, Ph.D., 1970 Appointments Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Director, Center for Organizational Studies, University of Wisconsin- Green Bay, September 2001 Present. - Professor, Public Administration and Administrative Science, UWGB, Associate Professor, Senior Social Scientist, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, Management Sciences Department, Senior Research Staff Member, University of Southern California School of Public Administration, Municipal Information and Decisions Systems Research Project, Principal Planner, State of New York Executive Chamber, Albany, New York, Post-Graduate Research Fellow, Inst. for Public Administration, New York, Selected Publications Publications Closely Related to Project 1. Arendt, Lucy A.,Daniel J. Alesch, and William J. Petak, Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision Making: Organizational Response To Legislative Mandate, Buffalo, N.Y.: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. In review. 2. Alesch, Daniel J. and William J. Petak. Seismic Retrofit of California Hospitals, Implementing Regulatory Policy in a Complex and Dynamic Context, Special issue of the Natural Hazards Review, May Alesch, D.J., Dargush, G., Grigoriu, M., Petak, W. J., and von Winterfeldt, D., Decision Models: Approaches for Achieving Seismic Resilience, Research Progress and Accomplishments: , MCEER-03-SP01, pp , May With William Petak, Assessing the Efforts to Reduce the Earthquake Hazard in California Hospitals, Seventh US-Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, March 23-26, Alesch, Daniel J. and William J. Petak. The Troubled Road from Adoption to Implementation: Hospital Seismic Retrofit in California, Seventh National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, July 21-25, With William Petak, Overcoming Obstacles to Implementing Earthquake Hazard Mitigation, First Annual IIASA-DPRI Meeting, Integrated Disaster Risk Management Reducing Socio-Economic Vulnerability, Laxenburg, Austria, August 1-4, Alesch, Daniel J. and William J. Petak, Barriers to Successful Implementation of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Policies, Buffalo, N.Y.: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. 2001

8 8. Alesch, Daniel J., Robert Nagy, and Craig Taylor, Seeking Criteria for the Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision, Acceptable Risk Processes: Lifelines and Natural Hazards, Craig Taylor and Erik Van Marke (eds.). Reston, VA: Council on Disaster Reduction and Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Monograph No. 21, March, Other Significant Publications 1. Alesch, Daniel J. and James N. Holly, Surviving Extreme Events: A Guide for Instructors Concerned With Helping Small Businesses and Not-For-Profit Organizations Prepare For and Recover From Disaster. Fairfax, VA: Public Entity Risk Institute, Forthcoming Spring Daniel J. Alesch, Complex Urban Systems And Extreme Events: Toward A Theory Of Disaster Recovery. A paper delivered at the First International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan, January 17-20, Alesch Daniel J., and James N. Holly. Tight Coupling, Open Systems, And Losses From Extreme Events. Japan Earthquake Engineering Conference, Awaji, Japan, January Alesch, Daniel J. and James N. Holly. State and Local Government Economic Recovery Strategies Following Extreme Events, Presented at the 7 th Us/Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction, March 23-26, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii. 5. Alesch, Daniel J. and James N. Holly, Elliott Mittler, and Robert Nagy. Organizations at Risk: What Happens When Small Businesses and Not-For-Profits Encounter Natural Disasters, Fairfax, VA: Public Entity Risk Institute, Paper with the same title presented at the First Annual IISA-DPRI Meeting on Integrated Disaster Risk Management; Reducing Socio-Economic Vulneratbility, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, August 1-4, Alesch, Daniel J. (1996b). Beyond Aggregate Economic Effects: Understanding Economic Impacts on and Recovery Prospects for Individual Firms. A paper presented at The Northridge Earthquake: Analyzing Economic Impacts and Recovery from Urban Earthquakes, Issues for Policy Makers, A conference on October 10 and 11, 1996, Doubletree Hotel, Pasadena, California. Synergistic Activities Dr. Alesch is associated with the Multi-Disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering by annual contract with the University of Southern California. His MCEER work, with Professor William Petak, focuses on overcoming obstacles to enhanced seismic safety. As a part of this research, Alesch and Petak are modeling healthcare organizational decision processes in connection with California policy requiring seismic upgrade of acute care hospitals built before 1973, with special emphasis on the contextual setting within such decisions are made. Drs. Alesch and James Holly have been conducting research on the long term effects of natural disasters on businesses, not-for-profits, and municipal governments since Together, they have isolated variables associated with business failure or success following natural disasters and studied the effects of natural disasters on municipal finance in seven states and more than a dozen municipalities. Their initial work was funded by a one-year grant from NSF. Since then, they have been funded primarily by the Public Entity Risk Institute and the Center for Organizational Studies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Collaborators and Other Affiliations: Collaborators and Co-Authors James Holly; Peter May; Elliott Mittler, Robert Nagy; Robert Olshansky; William Petak; Craig Taylor; Kathleen Tierney. Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors: All are deceased. Thesis Advisor Dr. Alesch served as major professor on 93 successfully completed masters theses and served as a committee member on a similarly large number. Only one student, Andre Le Duc, is active in a field in which he might be a reviewer. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay does not offer doctoral degrees.

9 LUCY A. ARENDT University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Professional Programs in Business 2420 Nicolet Dr, WH 460 Green Bay WI Tel. (920) Professional Preparation University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Business Administration B.S., 1987 Spanish University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Administrative Science M.S., 1990 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Management Science Ph.D., 2006* * expected; ABD as of 9/05 Appointments January 2006-present Deputy Director, Center for Organizational Studies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay September 2004-present Lecturer, Management, Professional Programs in Business, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Director, Assessment Services, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Operations Manager, Professional Programs in Business, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Publications 1. Arendt, L. A., Alesch, D. J., & Petak, W. J Hazard mitigation investment decision making: Organizational response to legislative mandate. Research supported by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program of the NSF under award to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) (via EEC grant). Technical Report under review. 2. Arendt, L. A., & Hess, D. B Hospital decision making in the wake of Katrina: The case of New Orleans. Research supported by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program of the NSF under award to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) (via EEC grant). Technical Report MCEER-06-SP Arendt, L.A., Priem, R.L., & Ndofor, H.A A CEO-Advisor model of strategic decision making. Journal of Management, 31: Alesch, D.J., Arendt, L.A., & Petak, W.J Seismic safety in California hospitals: Assessing an attempt to accelerate the replacement or seismic retrofit of older hospital facilities. Case study supported by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program of the NSF under award to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER). Technical Report MCEER Harris, J.H., & Arendt, L.A Stress reduction and the small business: Increasing employee and customer satisfaction. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 63,

10 Synergistic Activities Major research interest involves strategic decision making, sense making, and judgment by top-level managers and administrators. Courses taught in Introductory Management, Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Theory offer multiple opportunities to engage undergraduate students in discussions of the organization-environment interface, and the antecedents and consequences of top-level decision making on organizations and their surrounding communities. Reconnaissance research in New Orleans to assess the nature and efficacy of hospital executives decision making before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. Work supported by the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER). Fall Arendt, L.A., & Mone, M.A Funny business: A model of how leaders humor affects followers creativity and satisfaction. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. Arendt, L.A Warming goal-setting theory: Common antecedents and consequences of goalsetting and stress. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. Arendt, L.A Antecedents of strategic change: The role of the CEO s personal goals. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Collaborators & Other Affiliations Collaborators Daniel J. Alesch, John H. Harris: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Mark A. Mone: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Hermann Ndofor: University of North Carolina-Charlotte; William J. Petak: University of Southern California; Richard Priem: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Graduate Advisors Dissertation Chair: Mark Mone, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dissertation Committee: Renee Meyers, Janice Miller, Paul Nystrom, and Phil Smith: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

11 MICHEL BRUNEAU Director, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Red Jacket Quad, Buffalo, NY Phone: x 104 Fax: bruneau@buffalo.edu Professional Preparation B. Sc. Civil Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, 1983 M.S. Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1984 Ph.D. Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1987 Professional Engineer, Ontario, Appointments University at Buffalo Professor 1998-now Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Director Deputy Director 2003-now University of Ottawa Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Ottawa Carleton Earthquake Engineering Research Center Director Morrison Hershfield Limited, Consulting Engineers, Toronto Project Engineer Buckland and Taylor Limited, Vancouver, B.C. Assistant Engineer Scientific Contributions Author or co-author of 75 referred journal papers, 140 papers in conference proceedings, and over 50 research and engineering reports. Author or co-author of one textbook, 3 textbook chapters, and 2 EERI slide-sets. Over 40 invited conference presentations, keynote lectures, and other invited presentations. Selected Publications Publications closely related to project 1. Bruneau, M., Uang., C.M., Whittaker, A. (1997). Ductile Design of Steel Structures, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 480 p. 2. Vian, D., Bruneau, M. (2003). Tests to Collapse of Single Degree of Freedom Frames Subjected to Earthquake Excitations, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol.129, No.12, pp Warn, G., Berman, J., Whittaker, A., and Bruneau, M. (2004). Reconnaissance and Preliminary Analysis of a Damaged Building Near Ground Zero, Journal of Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Vol.12, No.5, pp Bruneau, M., Sarraf, M., S.M., Zahrai, Alfawakhiri, F., (2002). Ductile Diaphragms as Displacement-based Energy Dissipation Systems for Seismic Retrofit of Steel Bridges, invited paper, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol.58, No.5-8, pp Itani, A., Bruneau, M., Carden, L., Buckle, I. (2004). Seismic Behavior of Steel Girder Bridge Superstructure, invited paper, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering - Special Edition on Steel Bridges, Vol.9, No.3, pp Other significant publications 6. Alfawakhiri, F., Bruneau, M. (2001). Local versus Global Ductility Demands in Simple Bridges, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 127, No.5, pp Berman, J., Bruneau, M., (2005). Supplemental System Retrofit Considerations for Braced Steel

12 Bridge Piers, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics - Special Issue (in press). 8. Bruneau, M., Marson, J., (2004). "Seismic Design of Concrete-Filled Circular Steel Bridge Piers", ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol.9, No.1, pp Bruneau, M., Berman, J. (2003). "Plastic Analysis and Design of Steel Plate Shear Walls", ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol.129, No.11, pp Bruneau, M., Tierney, K. (2002). "Market-Focused and Open-Systems Approaches to Earthquake Loss-Reduction: Contextualizing Role of Engineering Research", ASCE Natural Hazards Review, Vol.3, No.2, pp Synergistic Activities - I. Professional Activities Member, CSA-S16.1 Standard, Limit States Design (LSD) of Steel Structures, Seismic Task-Group ( now), and member of Composite Columns Task-Group ( now). Member, Building Seismic Safety Commission, NEHRP Recommended Provisions Update Committee, Technical Subcommittee 6 on Steel Structures (2001-now, corresponding member ). Research Team Member, NCHRP Comprehensive Specification for the Seismic Design of Bridges ( ). Member Seismic Committee of Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code ( ). Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Steel Bridge Committee, ( ). Member, Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering Standing Committee on Seismic Design (1994-now). Associate Member, American Concrete Institute ACI-ASCE Committee 442 (Response of Concrete Buildings to Lateral Forces), Sub-committee on Masonry ( ) International Association of Spatial Structures (IASS), Working Group 4, Guyed Masts and Towers ( ) Member, The Masonry Society ( ) Member, American Society of Civil Engineering (since 1985) Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (since 1984) Member, Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (since 1994) Member, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (since 1981) Registered Professional Engineer, Province of Ontario (1988-now) Synergistic Activities - II. Reconnaissance Visit to Disaster Stricken Area On-site observation and study of structural damage for: World Trade Center towers and buildings near Ground Zero, New York City, Sept. 11, Chi Chi (Taiwan) earthquake of September 21, 1999, Richter Magnitude 7.6. Kocaeli (Izmit) Turkey earthquake of August 17, 1999, Richter Magnitude 7.4. Hyogoken Nanbu (Kobe, Japan) earthquake of January 17, 1995, Richter Magnitude 7.2. Northridge (Los Angeles) earthquake of January 17, 1994, Richter Magnitude 6.6. Erzincan, Turkey, earthquake of March 13, 1992, Richter Magnitude 6.8. Loma Prieta (San Francisco/Oakland/Santa Cruz/Watsonville) earthquake of October 17, 1989, Richter Magnitude 7.1. Mexico City, Mexico, earthquake of September 19, 1985, Richter Magnitude 8.1. Collaborators I have supervised the research of over 30 graduate students and have collaborated with dozens of Canadian and American earthquake engineers in the last few years. Given the very large number of past collaborators, listing them all is prohibitive.

13 STEPHANIE E. CHANG Centre for Human Settlements West Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T1Z2, Canada Phone : Fax : stephanie.chang@ubc.ca Professional Preparation Princeton University Civil Engineering and Operations Research B.S.E. (1989) Cornell University Regional Science M.S. (1993) Cornell University Regional Science Ph.D. (1994) Appointments July 2004-present Jan.-June 2004 Associate professor, School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia. Canada Research Chair in Disaster Management and Urban Sustainability. Assistant professor, SCARP and IRES, University of British Columbia. Canada Research Chair Research assistant professor, Geography, University of Washington Project/Lead engineering economist, ABS Group (EQE International), California & Washington. Selected Publications Publications Closely Related to the Project 1. S.E. Chang "Modeling How Cities Recover from Disasters," Proc. 1st International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan. 2. Y. Okuyama and S.E. Chang, eds Modeling Spatial Economic Impacts of Disasters. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 3. S.E. Chang and M. Shinozuka "Measuring Improvements in the Disaster Resilience of Communities," Earthquake Spectra, Vol.20, No.3, pp S.E. Chang and A. Falit-Baiamonte "Disaster Vulnerability of Businesses in the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake," Environmental Hazards, Vol.4, No. 2/3, pp S.E. Chang and N. Nojima "Measuring Post-Disaster Transportation System Performance: The 1995 Kobe Earthquake in Comparative Perspective," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol.35, No.6, pp Other Significant Publications 6. S.E. Chang "Evaluating Disaster Mitigations: A Methodology for Urban Infrastructure Systems," Natural Hazards Review, Vol.4, No.4, pp S.E. Chang, W.D. Svekla, and M.Shinozuka Linking Infrastructure and Urban Economy: Simulation of Water Disruption Impacts in Earthquakes, Environment and Planning B, Vol.29, No.2, pp S.E. Chang Disasters and Transport Systems: Loss, Recovery, and Competition at the Port of Kobe after the 1995 Earthquake, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol.8, No.1, pp S.E. Chang, M. Shinozuka, and J.E. Moore II Probabilistic Earthquake Scenarios: Extending Risk Analysis Methodologies to Spatially Distributed Systems, Earthquake Spectra, Vol.16, No.3, pp

14 10. S.E. Chang and M. Shinozuka "Life-Cycle Cost Analysis with Natural Hazard Risk," ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp Synergistic Activities Participated in the testing, refinement, and validation of HAZUS (FEMA's nationally applicable earthquake loss estimation software tool for local government disaster decisionsupport and other uses), specifically its economic loss modules. Participated in King County/Pierce County Project Impact, an effort to evaluate potential earthquake impacts and convey this information to local businesses. Organized sessions on disaster modeling at the Regional Science Association International annual meetings ( ). Steering committee member for the st Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, th US-Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Mitigation, th ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Conference, and 1995 EERI Conference on Economic Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake. Member of National Research Council committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences, (2004-present). Member of EERI s Learning From Earthquakes committee ( ) and chair of EERI s Social Science Research Technical Committee (2002-present). Member of Earthquake Spectra editorial board (2003-present). Has supported student research assistants who are members of underrepresented groups (women, minorities) and is herself a member of under-represented groups. Collaborators & Other Affiliations Collaborators and Co-editors (within past 48 months) Ballantyne, D., ABS Consulting Beyers, W.B., Univ. of Washington Eguchi, R.T., ImageCat, Inc. McDaniels, T., Univ. of British Columbia Miles, S.B., University of Washington Nojima, N., Gifu University Okuyama, Y., West Virginia University Reed, D., University of Washington Rose, A.Z., The Pennsylvania State Univ. Seligson, H.A., ABS Consulting Shinozuka, M., University of California, Irvine Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors Graduate advisors: Barclay G. Jones (deceased), Erik Thorbecke, Thomas D. O Rourke (all at Cornell University) Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor None.

15 TSEN-CHUNG CHENG Lloyd F. Hunt Professor & Director Electric Power System Program Department of Electrical Engineering, 634 PHE University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Phone: ; Fax: Professional Preparation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1969 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E.E. and M.S., 1970 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sc.D., 1974 Field of Interest Power devices and systems; Neural network based analysis of power system and reliability; Power system contingency planning during earthquakes. Appointments present: Lloyd F. Hunt Professor & Director, Electric Power Program, USC Professor & Director, Electric Power Program, USC Associate Professor & Director, Electric Power Program, USC Assistant Professor, USC Engineering Specialist, LADWP Engineering Specialist, LADWP Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA Selected Publications Publications Closely Related to the Project 1. M. Shinozuka, M. Feng, X. J. Dong, S. E. Cheng, T. C. Cheng, X. Jin, and M. A. Saadeghvaziri, "Advances in Seismic Performance Evaluation of Power Systems", MCEER Research Progress and Accomplishments (2003). 2. M. Shinozuka, X. J. Dong, X. Jin, T. C. Cheng, M.A. Saadeghvaziri, System Performance Analysis of Power Networks", 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21-25, A.S. Farag, T.C. Cheng, "Failure Analysis of Composite Dielectric of Power Capacitors Used in Distribution Systems," IEEE Trans. On Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 5, August 1998, pp T.C. Cheng, A.S. Farag, Don Penn, "Ground Termination of Lightning Protective Systems," IEEE Trans. on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 5, No. 6, Dec. 1998, pp T.C. Cheng, A.S. Farag et al "Failure Analysis of Composite Dielectric of Power Capacitors Used in Distribution Systems," International Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 44, No. 2, Feb., 1998, pp Other Significant Publications 1. X. H. Jin, C. C. Wang, T. C. Cheng, "Comparison of PD classification capabilities for transformer failure and typical noise models with neural network applications", CEIDP, 2000 Annual Report Conference, Page M.J. Bershir, T.C. Cheng, and A.S. Farag, "New Comprehensive Reliability Assessment Framework for Power Systems," to be published in the International Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 1999.

16 3. T.C. Cheng, M. Moechtar, et al, "Combined Genetic Algorithms and Neural-Network Approach for Power-System Transient Stability Evaluation" European Transactions on Electrical Power Vol. 9, No. 2, Mar/Apr. 1999, pp T.C. Cheng, A.S. Farag et al, "Magnetic Field in Home," International Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 45, No. 2, May 1998, pp A.S. Farag, T.C. Cheng et al, "Risk-of-Failure Calculation Accuracy,"Proceedings of ISEI, Vol. 2, June 7-10, 1998, pp Arlington, Virginia USA. Synergistic Activities Participated in the national discussions on the Northeast Blackout, August, 2003, and was interviewed on three TV news networks, Jim Lehrer's News Hours, CBS Evening News and Channel One News, and several radio stations, including National Public Radio. Fellow IEEE, Fellow IEEE PES, Fellow IEEE EIS Member IEEE, Power Engineering Education Committee Consultant, Electric Utility Industry Consultant, Electric Manufacturing Industry Collaborators And Other Affiliations A.S. Farag, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Dept., College of Engineering, Universi Tenaga Nasional, Melasia M.Q. Feng, Dept. of Civil and Environmenttal Engineering, University of California, Irvine George Lee, Dept. of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo Don Penn, Drpenn Inc Bradbury Rd. San Marino, CA Ala Saadeghvaziri, Dept. of Civil Engineering, New Jersy Institute of Technology Masanobu Shinozuka, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine Graduate Students/Postdoctoral Advisors Xianhe Jin, (post doctor) Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USC B. Mumyakuaz, Dept. of Electrical Engineering. USC Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor Xianhe Jin, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USC Gary Zheng, Lubbock Electric Power Company, Texas Total 200 graduate students advised; 15 postdoctal schloars sponsored

17 MICHAEL C. CONSTANTINOU Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 132 Ketter Hall University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY Phone: x2404 Fax: Professional Preparation B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 1980 M.S., Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982 Ph.D., Civil Engineering Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, 1984 Appointments Chair, Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Eng., Univ. at Buffalo, Co-Director, Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory, University at Buffalo, Professor, Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Eng., Univ. at Buffalo 1994-present. Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Eng., Univ. at Buffalo, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Eng., Univ. at Buffalo, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civil and Architectural Eng., Drexel Univ., Selected Publications Publications Closely Related to the Project 1. Sigaher, A.N. and Constantinou, M.C., Scissor-Jack-Damper Energy Dissipation System, Earthquake Spectra, Vol.19, No.1, Feb. 2003, pp Wolff, E.D. and Constantinou, M.C., Experimental Study of Seismic Isolation Systems with Emphasis on Secondary System Response and Verification of Accuracy of Dynamic Response History Analysis Methods, Report No. MCEER , Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY, Ramirez, O.M., Constantinou, M.C., Whittaker, A.S., Kircher, C.A., Johnson, M.W. and Chrysostomou, C.Z., Validation of 2000 NEHRP Provisions Equivalent Lateral Force and Modal Analysis Procedures for Buildings with Damping Systems, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 19, No.4, Nov. 2003, Pavlou, E. and Constantinou, M.C., Response of Elastic and Inelastic Structures with Damping Systems to Near-Field and Soft-Soil Ground Motions, Engineering Structures, Vol. 26, 2004, Kasalanati, A. and Constantinou, M.C., Testing and Modeling of Prestressed Isolators", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131, No.6, 2005, Roussis, P. C. and Constantinou, M. C., Uplift-Restraining Friction Pendulum Seismic Isolation System, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, to appear, April Other Significant Publications 1. Highly Effective Seismic Energy Dissipation Apparatus, US Patent 6,438, Roussis, P.C.and Constantinou, M.C., Experimental and Analytical Studies of Structures Seismically Isolated With an Uplift-Restraint Isolation System, Report No. MCEER , Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY, Tsopelas, P.C., Roussis, P.C., Constantinou, M.C, Buchanan, R. and Reinhorn, A.M., 3D-BASIS- ME-MB: Computer Program for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Seismically Isolated Structures, Report No. MCEER , Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY, 2005.

18 Synergistic Activities Member of Provisions Update Committee and Technical Subcommittee 12, Development of NEHRP Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures, , Chair, Technical Subcommittee 12, Development of 2003 NEHRP Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures, , Member, Technical Subcommittee 2, Development of 2008 NEHRP Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures, present. Member of T-3 Team that developed the 1999 and 2000 Interim AASHTO Guide Specifications for Seismic Isolation Design, Member of New Technologies Team that developed the Federal Emergency Management Agency Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, Consultant on analysis and design of seismic isolation and energy dissipation systems, 1984-today. Consulted on the following projects: Mesologgi Hospital, Greece; Corinth Canal Bridges, Greece; LNG Tanks, Greece; U.S. Court of Appeals building, San Francisco; San Bernardino County Medical Center Replacement Project; Queensboro Bridge, NY; ISP Chemicals Tanks, Kentucky; University Bridge, Seattle; San Francisco Airport International Terminal; Corinth Canal Railway Bridge, Greece; Rion-Antirion Cable-Stayed Bridges, Greece; Caltrans SRMD Test Facility; JFK Roadways, NY; Beijing Railway Station, China; Hearst Mining Building, Berkeley; Rion-Antirion Approach Viaduct, Greece; Santa Clara Police Facility, CA; Yerba Buena Tower, San Francisco; 196 th Street Bridge, Seattle; Woodrow-Wilson Bridge, Washington, D.C; Ataturk International Airport Terminal, Turkey; Pasadena City Hall, CA; Ingram Micro Building, Santa Ana, CA; AboveNet Building, San Francisco, CA; Univ. Avenue Building, Palo Alto, CA; Bolu Viaduct, Turkey; Museum of the Acropolis, Greece; SouthBay Tower, San Jose, CA; Nestos Bridge, Greece; CYTA Central Building, Cyprus; Shemya Radar Facility, Alaska; Ashley Phosphate and US 52 Bridges, Charleston, SC; Kourion Timber Structures, Cyprus; Centre Administratif Pictet-Acacias, Switzerland; Orlan Gas Platform, Sakhalin, Russia; Piltun and Lunskoye Gas Platforms, Sakhalin, Russia; Willamette River Bridge, Portland, Oregon; New de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA; Stutson Bridge, Rochester, NY; Tarabya Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey; Retrofit of CYTA buildings, Cyprus; Grand Street Bridge, NJ; Bahai Temple, Chile; LNG Tanks, Long Beach, CA; Oakland Cathedral, CA; Hermes Statue, Greece; Mills Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, CA; CPMC Hospital, San Francisco, CA; CC/ED Bldg. Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA; Erzurum Hospital, Turkey. Credited with major contributions in the development and implementation of seismic isolation systems, viscous seismic energy dissipation systems and the toggle-brace and scissor-jack damping systems (60 citations in newspapers and magazines). Received several awards and recognitions including a 1988 Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 1994 General Services Administrator Award for Technology and Innovation, the 2002 Grand Award of the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the 2005 ASCE, CERF Pankow Award for Innovation. Collaborators & Other Affiliations (past 48 months, other than co-pis) C. Kircher (CKA), A. Mokha (EPS), D. Taylor (Taylor Dev.), A. Kasalanati (DIS), O. Ramirez (U. Panama). Thesis Advisement: Post-doctoral Fellows: 11; Completed Ph.D. degrees: 13 (5 in faculty positions); Completed M.S. degrees: 19; Current Ph.D. students: 2 Past Four Years: E. Wolff, Ph.D. (U.S. Navy), O. Ramirez, Ph.D. (Univ. of Panama), Ani N. Sigaher- Boyle, Ph.D. (Univ. at Buffalo), P. Roussis, Ph.D. (Univ. of Cyprus), Eleni Pavlou, Ph.D.

19 GARY F. DARGUSH Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo 318 Jarvis Hall Buffalo, NY Phone: x 2405 Fax: gdargush@eng.buffalo.edu Professional Preparation Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering, B.S., 1974 State University of New York at Buffalo, Structural Engineering, M.S., 1977 State University of New York at Buffalo, Computational Mechanics, Ph.D., 1987 Appointments State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor (2005-Present) Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Professor ( ); Associate Professor ( ); Assistant Professor ( ) Research Associate Professor ( ); Research Assistant Professor ( ) General Motors Corporation, Lockport, NY Senior Engineer ( ), Finite Element Analysis Group Leader Project Engineer ( ), Industrial Heat Exchanger Group Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI Research Engineer B ( ); Research Engineer C ( ) Publications 1. Barham, W.S., Aref, A.J. and Dargush, G.F., Development of the Large Increment Method for Elastic Perfectly Plastic Analysis of Plane Frame Structures under Monotonic Loading, Int. J. Solids Struct., 42, (2005). 2. Dargush, G.F. and Hu, Y, Evolutionary Methodologies for Aseismic Decision Support, Eighth U.S. National Conf. Earthquake Engrg., Paper NCEE-1132, EERI, San Francisco, CA, April Dargush, G.F. and Sant, R.S., Evolutionary Aseismic Design and Retrofit of Structures with Passive Energy Dissipation, Earthquake Engrg. Struct. Dyn., 34, (2005). 4. Dargush, G.F. and Hadjesfandiari, A., Generalized Stress Intensity Factors for Strength Analysis of Bi-material Interfaces, Mech. Adv. Mat. Struct., 11, 1-15 (2004). 5. Grigoriev, M.M. and Dargush, G.F., A Multi-Level Boundary Element Method for Two- Dimensional Steady Heat Diffusion, Numer. Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 46, (2004). 6. Grigoriev, M.M. and Dargush, G.F., A Poly-region Boundary Element Method for Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flows, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engrg., 46, (1999). 7. Makris, N., Dargush, G.F. and Constantinou, M.C., Dynamic Analysis of Viscoelastic Fluid Dampers, J. Engrg. Mech., ASCE, 121, (1995). 8. Soong, T.T. and Dargush, G.F., Passive Energy Dissipation Systems in Structural Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England (1997). 9. Soong, T.T. and Dargush, G.F., Passive Energy Dissipation and Active Control, Chapter 35, Handbook of Structural Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2 nd Edition (2005). 10. Wang, C.-H., Soom, A. and Dargush, G.F., Transient Thermoelastic Contact of Sliding Rings with Axisymmetric Surface Roughness, J. Tribology, ASME, 126, (2004).

20 Synergistic Activities Overview Dr. Dargush conducts research in computational mechanics, earthquake engineering, structural control and sociotechnical modeling. He has developed finite element and boundary element methods, along with the corresponding software, for structural analysis and design. Recent work with Prof. A.J. Aref has focused on the development of a new flexibility-based large increment method (LIM) for nonlinear structural problems. Additionally, he has expertise in constitutive modeling of hysteretic and viscoelastic materials, in nonlinear analysis, and in fracture mechanics. He has also worked toward the development of a mechanics-based approach to problems of structural control. This latter effort led to the publication of the first book on passive energy dissipation systems, co-authored with Prof. T.T. Soong. Currently, he is collaborating with Professors Petak and Alesch from the social sciences to develop methods for sociotechnical decision support in multi-hazard environments. Dr. Dargush has published over sixty papers in archival journals, a half dozen book chapters and numerous conference papers. Professional Affiliations American Society of Civil Engineers Member Buffalo Section - Vice President ( ), Secretary ( ), Treasurer ( ), Director ( ) Faculty Advisor - SUNY/Buffalo Student Chapter ( ) Computational Mechanics Committee, J. Engrg. Mech. ( ) American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member United States Association for Computational Mechanics Member Educational Outreach Future City Competition - Middle School Program ( ) Engineering Expressions - Middle School Program ( ) Engineering Opportunities - High School Program ( ) Collaborators & Other Affiliations Recent Collaborators Aref, A.J., Soom, A., Chen, S.S., Whittaker, A.S., Reinhorn, A.M. Green, M.L. (SUNY/Buffalo); Petak, W.J. (USC); Alesch, D.J. (Wisconsin-Green Bay); M. Sivaselvan (UC/Boulder) Dissertation Advisor Banerjee, P.K. (SUNY/Buffalo) Recent Postdoctoral and Ph.D. Advisees Grigoriev, M.M.; Hadjesfandiari, A.R.; Sant, R.S.; Lin, L.; Wang, Y.; Wang, C-H.; Hu, Y.

21 RACHEL A. DAVIDSON School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 373 Hollister Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Phone: , Fax: Professional Preparation Princeton University Civil Engineering B.S.E. Summa Cum Laude 1993 Stanford University Civil Engineering M.S Stanford University Civil Engineering Ph.D Stanford University School of Engineering post-doc Appointments Assistant Professor, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 7/00-present. Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Civil Engineering Dept., 8/98-6/00. Selected Publications 5 Publications Closely Related to the Project 1. Çağnan, Z., Davidson, R., and Guikema, S. Post-earthquake restoration planning for Los Angeles electric power. Earthquake Spectra, in press. 2. Çağnan, Z., and Davidson, R. Discrete event simulation of the post-earthquake restoration process for electric power systems. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, in press. 3. Guikema, S., Davidson, R., and Liu, H. Statistical models of the effects of tree trimming on power system reliability. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, in press. 4. Liu, H., Davidson, R. Rosowsky, D. and Stedinger, J Negative binomial regression of electric power outages in hurricanes. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 11(4), Dodo, A., Xu, N. Davidson, R. and Nozick, L Optimizing regional earthquake mitigation investment strategies. Earthquake Spectra 21(2), Other Significant Publications 6. Xu, N., Davidson, R., Nozick, L., and Dodo, A. The risk-return tradeoff in optimizing regional earthquake mitigation investment. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, in press. 7. Dodo, A., Davidson, R., Xu, N., and Nozick, L. Application of regional earthquake mitigation optimization. Computers and Operations Research, in press. 8. (Kumar) Jain, V., Davidson, R., and Rosowsky, D Modeling changes in hurricane risk over time. Natural Hazards Review 6(2), Davidson, R., and Rivera, M Projecting changes in the Carolina building inventory and their effect on hurricane risk. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 129(4), Davidson, R., Zhao, H., and Kumar, V A quantitative model to forecast changes in the hurricane vulnerability of a regional building inventory. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 9(2), Synergistic Activities Engineers for a Sustainable World (formerly Engineers Without Frontiers). On the Board of Directors of national ESW organization. Founding faculty advisor of Cornell chapter, which provides opportunities for students to engage in engineering-based community service. Created for-credit course that offers academic framework for students to undertake engineering-based group service projects. The projects, which may be local or international, offer real-life engineering research and design experiences, from problem formulation through implementation. Students work on interdisciplinary teams with a project supervisor and a representative from the partner community

22 organization. (6/02-present). Civil Infrastructure Systems M.Eng. and M.S./Ph.D. programs. Helped create new programs at Cornell that allow students to substantially enrich their education in structures and geotechnical engineering with additional work in systems modeling, public policy, and the social and behavioral sciences. Curricular materials. Developed five new courses: Engineers for a Sustainable World, Civil Infrastructure Systems and Introduction to Decision Analysis at Cornell, and Sophomore Design Project Laboratory and Engineering Risk Analysis at UNC Charlotte. All are innovative in their emphasis on the integration of systems engineering concepts and tools into the civil engineering curriculum, communication skills, and understanding the social, economic, and political context of engineering activities. Earthquake Risk Indexes. Work with GeoHazards International (non-profit org.), United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Secretariat, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, and United Nations Development Program on related projects to compare earthquake risk in cities/countries worldwide, and thereby to raise awareness and motivate risk reduction actions. Board memberships. Councilor, Society for Risk Analysis ( ). Board Member Engineers for a Sustainable World (2004-present). Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council, (12/02-9/05). Recent Collaborators (preceding 48 months) Tanya Apansovich (Cornell), Richard Bernknopf (U.S. Geological Survey), Arthur Lembo, Jr. (Cornell), June Ma (Cornell), Linda Nozick (Cornell), Thomas O Rourke (Cornell), David Rosowsky (Oregon State), Jery Stedinger (Cornell). Graduate And Postdoctoral Advisors Professor Haresh C. Shah, Stanford University, Ph.D. and Postdoctoral advisor. Thesis Advisor And Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor Zehra Çagnan (Ucok Design, Architects and Engineers Assoc.), Atsuhiro Dodo (Swiss Re), Seth Guikema (Texas A & M Univ.), Vineet Kumar (Applied Insurance Research), Kelly Lambert (G.L. Wilson Building), Selina Lee (in prog.), Haibin Liu (in prog.), Maria Rivera Porada (Parsons Brinckerhoff), Isaac Sarpong (Rummel, Klepper, & Kahl), Taronne Tabucchi (in prog.), Huan Zhao (Rummel, Klepper, & Kahl) Number of graduate students advised: 10 Number of postdoctoral scholars sponsored: 1 Honors And Awards Dorothy G. Swanson Excellence in Teaching Award from Cornell University College of Engineering (2004) Society for Risk Analysis, Councilor ( ) Member, National Academy of Engineering, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (12/02-9/05) Invited participant in the National Academy of Engineering Seventh Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering, Irvine, CA (3/02) National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award (7/00-6/04) National Science Foundation Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) award (7/00-12/01) National Science Foundation Three-Year Graduate Fellowship (9/93-6/97) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Paper Competition winner (1997) Tau Beta Pi (1991), Phi Beta Kappa (1993), Sigma Xi (1993), Phi Beta Delta (1998)