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