Purdue University welcomes Lucas Laughery
Purdue University welcomes Lucas Laughery
October 12, 2018
Lucas Laughery, Ph.D., an Associate at Exponent (and recent Visiting Researcher at Nagoya Institute of Technology), presented A Potential Problem with Reinforced Concrete Infill Wall Retrofits to the EERI Student Chapter at Purdue University on October 12, 2018. In this presentation, Dr. Laughery reported the results from experimental tests of vulnerable reinforced concrete frames retrofitted using high-strength concrete infills. The purpose of this work is to evaluate current Japanese detailing requirements and develop a possible solution to observed shortcomings.
Dr. Anahid Behrouzi, co-chair of the EERI Younger Members Committee and Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, presented to the EERI Student Chapter at North Carolina State University on September 7, 2018. The presentation, entitled Machine Learning to Enable Image Classification of Earthquake Damage to Civil Infrastructure, introduced a set of software tools developed by architectural engineers and computer scientists at Cal Poly to enable rapid post-earthquake damage classification of buildings and above-ground infrastructure. The software package includes a manual photo tagging tool, an automated image classification tool, and post-processing scripts for ArcGIS mapping to enable data analysis related to the severity, type, and geographical distribution of civil infrastructure damage.
