Indo-US Joint NEES Workshop on International Collaborative Research in Earthquake Engineering January 3-5, 2005, IIT Bombay

         The Indo-US Joint NEES Workshop (IJUNW) on International Collaborative Research in Earthquake Engineering is being organized at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The event is jointly sponsored by IIT Bombay and the NEES Consortium, Inc. The Goerge E. Brown Jr. Network of Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) is a shared-use research facility for the earthquake engineering community funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). IIT Bombay is one of the leading institutions of education and research in technology, situated in Mumbai (Bombay), India.

         The workhop is primarily aimed at extending the international collaborative research in earthquake engineering under the NEES unbrella to the leading technical research centers in India. Invited partcipants from educational institutes, research centers and industrial organizations of United States, Taiwan and India will take part in this workshop.

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         The IUJNW will be held on January 3-5, 2005 and its venue will be the Jal Vihar ("Old") Guest House, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India. The program schedule is:

Program for the IUJNW, January 3-5, 2005
Date	Time	Event
Monday, Jan 03	Evening (17:00-19:00)	Inauguration Inaugural presentation by P. Banerji Inaugural presentation by V. Mujumdar
Tuesday, Jan 04	Morning (09:00-11:00 & 11:15-13:15)	Presentations by participants from US and Taiwan on NEES facilities and possible research topics for international collaboration
	Afternoon (14:30-16:10 & 16:25-18:25)	Presentations by participants from India regarding current testing facilities, plans for upgrading, major research projects
Wednesday, Jan 05	Morning (09:00-11:00 & 11:15-13:15)	Break-out sessions to discuss networking with NEES, topics for future collaboration and proposal development
	Afternoon (14:30-15:15) (15:30-17:00)	Continuation of break-out sessions Summary presentation of breakout groups; Recommendations and Resolutions
	17:30	Valedictory session

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• Subhash C. Goel, University of Michigan [subhash.AT.engin.umich.edu]

• K.C. Tsai, National Taiwan University [kctsai.AT.ce.ntu.edu.tw]

• Pradipta Banerji, IIT Bombay [pbanerji.AT.iitb.ac.in]
• Siddhartha Ghosh, IIT Bombay [ghoshs.AT.iitb.ac.in]
• A. Meher Prasad, IIT Madras [prasadam.AT.iitm.ac.in]

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• Subhash C. Goel (University of Michigan)
• Cathy French (University of Minnesota)
• Ian Buckle (University of Nevada, Reno)
• Dan Kuchma (University of Illinois, U-C)
• Bozidar Stojadinovic (UC Berkeley)
• S. Thevanayagam (SUNY Buffalo)
• Sashi Kunnath (UC Davis)
• Satish Nagarajaiah (Rice University)
• Vilas Mujumdar (National Science Foundation)
• K.-C. Tsai (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan)

• Pradipta Banerji (IIT Bombay)
• Alok Goyal (IIT Bombay)
• Ravi Sinha (IIT Bombay)
• R.S. Jangid (IIT Bombay)
• Siddhartha Ghosh (IIT Bombay)
• D. Choudhury (IIT Bombay)
• Nissar Khan (IIT Bombay)
• T.K. Datta (IIT Delhi)
• Sajal Kanti Deb (IIT Guwahati)
• Durgesh C. Rai (IIT Kanpur)
• A. Meher Prasad (IIT Madras)
• S.R. Satish Kumar (IIT Madras)
• K.B. Manjunath (CPRI, Bangalore)
• K. Muthumani (SERC, Chennai)

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1. Collaboration Opportunities in NEES for Advanced Multidisciplinary Research — V. Mujumdar
2. Recent International Cooperative Research Programs — US-Japan, US-Taiwan — S.C. Goel
3. An International Collaborative Experimental Program of a Full Scale Buckling Restrained Braced Composite Frame — K.C. Tsai
4. Hybrid Simulation across Continents: Challenges and Opportunities — B. Stojadinovic
5. Multi-Axial Sub-assemblage Testing (MAST) Facility: Description of Facility and Collaborative Research — C. French
6. Use of Dense Archived Test Data for the Development of Computational Tools — D. Kuchma
7. Recent Developments in Design and Retrofit of Highway Bridges — I. Buckle
8. Structural and Geotechnical Earthquake Research at UB-NEES — S. Thevanayagam
9. Advancing Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling using NEES Facilities — S. Kunnath
10. Variable Stiffness and Damping Systems for Earthquake Protection — S. Nagarajaiah
11. Laboratory Testing Based Research at IIT Madras — S.R. Satish Kumar
12. Base Isolation for Near-Fault Motions — R.S. Jangid
13. Earthquake Engineering Research at IIT Bombay: Upcoming Multi-Axial Pseudo-Dynamic Testing Facility — S. Ghosh
14. Vibration Control of Structures under Seismic Excitation — K. Muthumani
15. Experimental Research and Proposed Pseudo-Dynamic Test Facility at the IIT Kanpur — D.C. Rai
16. Research and Testing Activities at CPRI in Seismic Qualification of Power Plant Equipment and Structures — K.B. Manjunath
17. R&D Activities on Earthquake Engineering and Proposed Dynamic Testing Facilities at IIT Guwahati — S.K. Deb

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• NEES Consortium, Inc., USA.
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
• National Science Foundation (NSF), USA and NSF-NEES.
• Map of the IIT Bombay campus (Guest houses in the campus map: 35 = Jal Vihar, 36 = Van Vihar).
• Direction to the IIT Bombay campus
• Bombay/Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji) International Airport information
• Pre-paid taxis are available at the International terminal. The booth is at the right as you approach the last exit (it can also be accessed after you come out of the terminal). Ask for a cab to IIT-Powai.
• Jal Vihar Guest House phone: 91-22-2576-8946 (dial last 4 digits for calls within IITB campus)
• Accomodation for the participants is provided in the Van Vihar ("New") Guest House. Phone: 91-22-2576-8945
• Department of Civil Engineering office phone: 91-22-2576-7301

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