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Technology Transfer Program/Outreach

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

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Technology Transfer Program/Outreach

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

  2. 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:

  3. 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, …

  4. Researchers share individual research plans and findings with BIP members 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

  5. Business & Industry Partnership Is Growing

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

  7. Annual Progress Reports • Research Digests Publications • Technical Report Series

  8. PEER Technical Report Series • Reports published by year: • 2006 12 • 2005 16 • 2004 9 • 2003: 17 • 2002: 24 • 2001: 16 • 2000: 10 • 1999: 14 • 1998: 8 PEER reports are distributed to BIPs, libraries, etc. Free of charge

  9. 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

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

  11. Active Participation in Conferences

  12. EERI/PEER Lecture Series • “Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures” • Well attended sessions 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, ...)

  13. Thank You!

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