CEE 200-1 Seminar: Dr. Farzad Naeim, PhD, will present: “Performance Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings”

Dr. Farzad Naeim, President of Farzad Naeim, Inc. and CEO of Mehrain Naeim International Inc. presents: “Performance Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings”

This presentation will provide an overview of current performance-based methodologies utilized for design of tall buildings in the United States.

The reasons why common prescriptive code provisions are incapable of addressing the needs of tall building design engineers are explained. The performance objectives commonly associated with tall building design are identified and the evolution of current component-based performance objectives to a more rigorous and fully probabilistic approach to performance based design is discussed.

Modeling and acceptance criteria associated with various performance based design guidelines are explained and special issues such as selection and scaling of ground motion records, soil-foundation-structure interaction issues, and seismic instrumentation and peer review needs are discussed.

Biography:

Dr. Farzad Naeim is the President of Farzad Naeim, Inc. and CEO of Mehrain Naeim International Inc. both of Irvine California. Dr. Naeim is also an Adjunct Professor at UCI and a faculty member at the European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE). He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 1982 and his J.D. with highest honors in 2002. In 2007, he received the Fazlur Khan Medal for lifetime achievements in seismic design of tall buildings from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. He has served two terms (1995 and 2011) as the President of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council. Dr. Naeim is a Past-President and an honorary member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). He is currently Chair of California’s Strong Motion Instrumentation Advisory Committee and serves on the Seismic Advisory Board of Caltrans, Board of Expert Consultants of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and Advisory Council of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC). Farzad has published four textbooks, more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, and has developed 45 different software systems for earthquake engineering design and education. Dr. Naeim has served as Technical Director for many landmark structures in California and across the United States and has collaborated with researchers from Stanford, UCB, UCLA, USC, UCSD, UCI and University of British Columbia on various research projects.

We hope to see you there!

Date/Time:
Date(s) - Jan 31, 2017
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location:
MS 5200
UCLA Los Angeles CA 90095