Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center HAWAII WASHINGTON CALIFORNIA OREGON Core University Partners: UC Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego; Caltech; Stanford; USC; Univ. of Washington Education Affiliates: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; CSU LA; CSU Northridge; Oregon State University; San Jose State University; University of Hawaii Sponsors: US National Science Foundation States of California Pacific Gas & Electric Company California Energy Commission California Department of Transportation Federal Emergency Management Agency California Earthquake Authority Nuclear Regulatory Commission California Geological Survey Pankow Foundation Business and industry partners

PBEE ten years ago Base Shear Drift Damage Threshold Collapse Onset OPENOPEN OPENOPEN OPENOPEN FEMA 356 Performance Levels IOLSCP Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Concepts $, % replacement 025% 50% 100% Downtime, days Casualty rate PEER contribution

PEER Mission Advance performance-based earthquake engineering to meet the needs of various stakeholders.

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BL Schmid Structural Engineering Industry Participation Earthquake professionals and government agency representatives are involved in … Strategic planning Decision making Funding research Technology transfer

PEER’s Spirit of Collaboration

Internships Over 90% of undergraduate participants in PEER education programs, such as summer internships, go on to attend graduate school. Internships Over 90% of undergraduate participants in PEER education programs, such as summer internships, go on to attend graduate school. Internships Over 90% of undergraduate participants in PEER education programs, such as summer internships, go on to attend graduate school. Internships Over 90% of undergraduate participants in PEER education programs, such as summer internships, go on to attend graduate school. PEER’s Nearly 200 Interns!

PEER Shake-Table Competitions Students engineer model buildings, meet other students, interact with graduate students and practicing engineers after T. Hutchinson

Successfully Encouraged Students to enter Graduate School