Judith Mitrani-Reiser: Taking Measure: How Earthquake Reconnaissance Has Evolved Over Fifty Years
KEYNOTE LECTURES
Judith Mitrani-Reiser: Taking Measure: How Earthquake Reconnaissance Has Evolved Over Fifty Years
Thursday, July 4th, MiCo Auditorium
Abstract:
Extreme events, such as earthquakes and fires, test buildings and infrastructure in ways and on a scale that cannot be easily replicated in a laboratory. Therefore, actual disasters and failure events provide important opportunities for scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and elsewhere to study these events and improve the safety of buildings, their occupants, and emergency responders. The keynote lecture will provide an overview of the disaster research conducted at NIST and informed by strategic plans developed by national disaster statutory programs: Disaster and Failure Studies (DFS) Program, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP), and National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP). The lecture will highlight how the metrology of disasters has evolved since the Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Program was established fifty years ago by the National Science Foundation, a NEHRP agency. The lecture will also provide an overview of how the advancement of tools (e.g., interview/survey instruments, GIS, data management, etc.) and technology (e.g., lidar, GPS, drones, etc.) in seismic reconnaissance missions has enabled scientists and engineers to quantify better the physical and social impacts of earthquakes on communities. The lecture will commemorate the multidisciplinary approach to learning from disasters directly from the LFE Program.
Bio:
Dr. Judith Mitrani-Reiser is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and has dedicated her career to reducing losses from disasters and failures in our built environment. Judy previously served as the Associate Chief of the Materials and Structural Systems Division and Director of the Engineering Laboratory's Disaster & Failure Studies Program at NIST. Before switching to a career in public service, she served on the faculty of the Departments of Civil Engineering and Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She has led research projects and transdisciplinary teams in multi-hazard impacts, community resilience, evacuation modelling, and the performance of healthcare facilities. Judy currently leads NIST's National Construction Safety Team (NCST) investigation of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. She also leads the mortality project of the NCST investigation of Hurricane Maria's impacts on Puerto Rico. At NIST, she leads national hazard reduction programs, including the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP). Judy received her Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2007, her M.S. in Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001, and her B.S. in Civil and Coastal Engineering from the University of Florida in 2000. Judy was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2021 and has received several NIST awards for her mentorship, dedication to a safe working environment, and advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. She served as the Vice President of EERI in 2021 and its Board of Directors from 2018 to 2021.
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Jack P. Moehle Intro 00:07
Judith Mitrani-Reiser 03:43
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