Technology Transfer Program/Outreach Yousef Bozorgnia, PEER Associate Director Debra Jacob, PEER Outreach Director

Industry and Government Partners Industry and government partners are an integral part of the research program at PEER An example: > 110 Lifelines projects in partnership with:

Interactions with Academia, Public and Private Sectors Broad and deep interactions with researchers and practitioners An example: NGA Workshops 75 to 80 people attend each workshop from:  PG&E  Caltrans  CEC  CGS  BART  CA Div. of Dams  USGS  SCEC  Geomatrix  URS Corporation  Bechtel Corporation  AIR  UCD, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, USC, Caltech, UN Reno, Cal Sate SD, …

Business and Industry Partnership (BIP) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Between THE PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER And "Business and Industry Partner" THIS AGREEMENT, with an Effective Date of ________________________,is by and between the REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (herein referred to as “University”) and _________________________________________ _________________________(herein referred to as “Partner”). This Agreement governs the conditions of membership for the Partner in the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER). BIP is a formal mechanism for engaging industry partners in PEER programs  Researchers share individual research plans and findings with BIP members

Business & Industry Partnership Is Growing

Information Dissemination Publications PEER Website Press releases, news briefs Workshops, Conferences, Seminars Exhibits at Conferences Annual Meeting

Publications Technical Report Series Annual Progress Reports Research Digests

PEER Technical Report Series Reports published by year:     2003:17  2002:24  2001:16  2000:10  1999:14  1998:8 PEER reports are distributed to BIPs, libraries, etc. Free of charge

PEER Web Site Web site was re-designed in early 2007 Is being updated continuously All reports, databases, etc. are available through the web site

PEER Annual Meetings About 200 people attend Plenary, breakout, and poster sessions

Active Participation in Conferences

Other Examples of Tech Transfer and Outreach Many presentations, speeches, workshops, at: Local (e.g., SEAONC, LATBSDC, OpenSees Workshops,...) State level (e.g., Caltrans, CEA,...) National level (e.g., USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps conferences, NCEE,...) International (WCEE,...) EERI/PEER Lecture Series  “Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures”  Well attended sessions

Thank You!