Conference

Connect with Exponent at Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2024 Annual Meeting

Seattle, WA

April 9 - 12, 2024
Mexico City Earthquake

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2024 Annual Meeting offers a chance to learn about the latest developments in research and best practices for understanding earthquake risk and increasing earthquake resilience. Exponent is a proud sponsor of this event, which brings together participants from engineering, geoscience, emergency planning, social science, and other fields.

Firefighters extinguishing a burning building
PRESENTATION

"Vulnerability of Tall Buildings with Respect to Fire and Rescue Service"

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 | 2-3:30 P.M. PDT

Speaker: Serdar Selamet, Ph.D., Manager, Thermal Sciences 

Exponent's Serdar Selamet will speak on how wildfires and earthquakes can create cascading emergencies in high-seismic regions, requiring improved response planning for firefighters and rescue teams.

A collapsed apartment in the aftermath of an earthquake, rooms are exposed to the outside. Exponent experts assess the damage.
POSTER PRESENTATION

"Column Axial Forces in Tall Reinforced Concrete Buildings Under Horizontal and Vertical Ground Motions"

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 | 5:30-7 P.M. PDT 

Speaker: Connie Chen, Ph.D., Associate, Civil and Structural Engineering

Exponent's Connie Chen will present a study of the effects of combined horizontal and vertical earthquake ground motions on the column axial forces in tall reinforced concrete buildings.