Technical Program Topics

Earth Science and Ground Motions
  • Seismicity, Earthquake Sources, & Earthquake Geology
  • Engineering Seismology, Hazard Applications & Operational Earthquake Forecasting 
  • Ground Motion Modeling
  • Instrumentation, Data Collection, and Seismic Networks
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
 
Geotechnical Engineering
  • Liquefaction & Ground Failures
  • Soils, Foundations, Earth Retention Systems, Underground Infrastructure
  • Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Ground Improvement
  • Numerical Modeling and Advances in Non-Linear Modeling Tools
  • Experimental Methods
  • Case Histories
  • Performance-Based Design & Improvements to Codes/Practice
  • Site investigation methods/tools
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
 
Risk/Loss Modeling, Planning, and Response
  • Risk & Loss Assessment & their Socio-Economic Impacts
  • Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, Cascading Hazards following earthquakes
  • Tsunami Hazard Assessment, Design, & Recovery
  • Insurance Applications and Catastrophe Models
  • Fire Following Earthquake
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
  • Community-level Earthquake Resilience Assessment
  • Social Science, Public Health, and Public Policy
  • Earthquake Response, Emergency Management, Damage Assessment, & Recovery
  • Earthquake Effects Mitigation & Resilience Building
  • Socio-economic Issues & Public Policy
  • Earthquakes & Public Health
  • Information Technology & Collaboration 
  • Earthquakes and Social Justice
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
 
Structural Engineering
  • Repair and Retrofit
  • Tall Building Analysis & Design
  • Non-Structural Components and Systems
  • Bridge Structures
  • Building Structures
  • Innovative Systems 
  • Performance-Based Design for Resilience 
  • Advances in Non-Linear Modeling Tools 
  • Experimental Methods
  • Structural Health Monitoring 
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
 
Sustainable Materials and Advanced Construction Methods
  • Advanced Construction Methods, including additive construction, 3D printing, robotic methods
  • Mass timber construction
  • Modular construction
  • Seismic Retrofit Challenges for Historic and Heritage Structures
  • Advancements in Low-Damage Seismic Design
 
Transportation & Lifelines 
  • Risk & Resilience of Distributed Infrastructure and Lifelines
  • Performance-Based Engineering of Lifelines
  • Seismic Hazard Assessment for Transportation & Lifelines
  • Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation & Control Systems for Lifelines 
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
 
Other/Cross-Cutting Topics
  • Reconnaissance/ Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes; Post-Earthquake Assessment and Response
  • Risk Communication and Public Education for Earthquakes
  • Critical Infrastructure (hospitals, schools, power plants, dams, ports)
  • Earthquake Engineering, Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery in Oregon/Portland 
  • Machine learning/Artificial Intelligence applications to earthquake engineering
  • Community Engagement
 
Special Session Topics
  • Intersection of  Earthquake Engineering with Sustainability or Multi-Hazard Adaptation
  • Response and Recovery from Simultaneous Disasters
  • Local and Regional Earthquake Hazard
  • Indigenous Knowledge and Earthquake Resilience
  • Seismic Resilience of Coastal Communities Facing Rising Sea Levels
  • Interdisciplinary Hazards/Resilience Education