The University of Nebraska Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Student Chapter is pleased to be hosting Dr. Sissy Nikolaou (Earthquake Engineering Group Leader for the Materials and Structural Systems Division - NIST) for a VIRTUAL guest lecture on “Functional Recovery – the new Frontier in Earthquake Design” through the Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program of EERI. In this lecture Dr. Nikolaou will discuss the emerging concept of Functional Recovery,: a holistic basis for earthquake-resistant design incorporated in the recently released NIST-FEMA report to the Congress. This report includes recommendations that, if acted upon, may greatly improve the resilience of communities across the nation. All Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) students, Architectural Engineering (AE) students and/or academics/professionals in these fields and disaster management areas are particularly encouraged to attend this lecture. REGISTRATION IS FREE.
DATE & TIME: March 2, 2021 from 12:00-1:30 PM CST (including Q&A session)
TO REGISTER: Please go to https://eeri.swoogo.com/2021ffvp/792711
and when prompted, please select University of Nebraska Student Chapter Member regardless if you are a Student Member or not. Please reach out to eeri.unl@gmail.com with any questions.
SPEAKER BIO: Dr. Sissy Nikolaou serves as the Earthquake Engineering Group Leader for the Materials and Structural Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She has over 25 years of global experience in buildings and infrastructure systems, with emphasis on geotechnical and structural engineering, performance-based design, soil-structure interaction, seismic hazard analysis, liquefaction evaluation and mitigation, multi-hazard risk assessments of critical facilities; and emergency and action preparedness planning for communities. Nikolaou earned her 5-year Civil Engineering Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece with emphasis on Structural Engineering M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo with focus on geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Nikolaou has served as Director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Applied Technology Council (ATC), and is currently a Governor of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) where she holds the Fellow status, and she is an advisory member of GEER. Nikolaou has led reconnaissance missions of major natural disasters of earthquakes and hurricanes around the world, including Hurricane Sandy in NYC, and Mineral-VA, Cephalonia-Greece, Muisne-Ecuador and Puebla-Morelos Mexico earthquakes; and has played a key role in the development of new generation guidelines and codes for extreme events. She is active in seismic codes development and has been the chair for the seismic committee for the NYC Building Code since 2014. For her contributions in earthquake engineering, Dr. Nikolaou was invited to the White House to participate in the Earthquake Resilience Summit of 2016. Her recognitions include the Prakash Prize for Excellence in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, the 2017 ACEC-NY Principal of the Year, and Board-Certification in Earthquake Engineering by the Academy of the Geo-Professionals (AGP).
We look forward to having you join us!
More details at: https://eeri.swoogo.com/2021ffvp/792711