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Principal, Seismic Systems & Enginering Consultants, 8601 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, Calfornia 94611 (phone: (510) 531-7489; fax: (510) 531-7293; e-mail: sdwerner@ix.netcom.com)
EDUCATION
B.S. (1961), Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana IL.
M.S. (1962) Structural Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL.
Eng.D. (1965) Structural Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA.
EXPERIENCE
Principal, Seismic Systems & Engineering Consultants, Oakland CA, 1996-present.
Associate and Principal Engineer, Dames & Moore, San Francisco CA, 1988-1996.
Consultant, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Emeryville CA, 1986-1988.
Project Engineer, Associate, and Manager of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Agbabian Associate, El Segundo CA, 1965-1971 and 1973-1986.
Project Engineer, D'Appolonia Engineers, Pittsburgh PA, 1971-1973.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chairman, ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) Ports Committee, and coordinator, editor, and contributor to committee report Seismic Guidelines for Ports, 1994-1998.
Chairman, ASCE-TCLEE Transportation Committee, 1987-1992.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC).
Chairman of Dynamic Analysis Committee of SEAONC Seismology Committee, 1987-1992.
Member of EERI bridge reconnaissance teams following 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and 1994 Northridge Earthquake and co-author of reconnaissance reports published in Earthquake Spectra..
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Risk Analysis of Transportation Systems, Bridge Engineering, Ports Engineering, Soil-Structure Interaction, Structural and Soil Dynamics.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"New Developments in Seismic Risk Analysis of Highway Systems" (with C.E. Taylor and J.E. Moore) Proceedings of Twelfth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2000, (in press).
"Loss Estimation due to Seismic Risks to Highway Systems" (with C.E. Taylor and J.E. Moore), Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, No. 4, November 1997, pp 585-604.
"Seismic Risk Reduction at Ports: Case Studies and Acceptable Risk Evaluation", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 123, No. 6, November/December 1997, pp 337-346.
"Use of Strong Motion Records for Model Evaluation and Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Structure" (with C.B. Crouse, L.S. Katafygiotis, and J.L. Beck) Proceedings of Fifth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chicago IL, Vol. I, July 1995, pp 511-520.
"Seismic Response Evaluation of Meloland Road Overpass Using 1979 Imperial Valley Earthquake Records" (with J.L. Beck, and M.B. Levine) Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 15, February 1987, pp. 249-274.
