The Structural Engineering group at Purdue University and the Structural and Geotechnical Engineering group at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile will hold a two-part seminar series on the engineering lessons learned from the 2010 Chile earthquake.

These live-weblinked seminars will take place on Tuesday, April 5th, and Thursday, April 14th, at 4:30 P.M. EST (5:30 P.M. Chilean time). Instructions on connecting to the seminars are included in the attached pdf files below.

The speakers will be:

On April 5, 2011

• Prof. José Cembrano

Assoc. Prof., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Prof. Christian Ledezma

Asst. Prof., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Prof. Santiago Pujol

Asst. Prof., Purdue University

On April 14, 2011

• Prof. Diego López-García

Asst. Prof., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Prof. Matías Hube

Asst. Prof., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Prof. Mete A. Sozen

Kettelhut Distinguished Prof. of Structural Eng., Purdue University

This seminar series is initiated by the Purdue University student chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. The organizers are grateful for the generous technical support given by the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Operations Center (NEEScomm) at Purdue University.