Contributors
 

James C. Anderson, Ph.D.

Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

(Dynamic Response of Structures)

Christopher Arnold, AIA

President, Building Systems Development, Inc., San Mateo, California

(Architectural Considerations)

Hussain Bhatia, Ph.D., P.E.

Senior Research Engineer, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California

(Performance Based Seismic Engineering; Computer Applications in Seismic Design)

Bruce A. Bolt, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Seismology, University of California, Berkeley, California

(The Nature of Earthquake Ground Motions)

Rao Boppana, Ph.D., S.E.

President, Sato and Boppana Consulting Engineers, Los Angeles, California

(Seismic Design of Floor Diaphragms)

Michel Bruneau, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York

(Seismic Design of Steel Structures)

Craig A. Cole, S.E.

Project Manager, EQE International, Inc., Oakland, California

(Seismic Upgrading of Existing Structures)

John G. Gillengerten, S.E.

Senior Project Manager, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California

(Design of Nonstructural Systems and Components)

Arnaldo T. Derecho, Ph.D.

Consulting Structural Engineer, Mount Prospect, Illinois

(Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures)

Roger M. DiJulio, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Engineering, California State University, Northridge, California

(Linear Static Lateral Force Procedures)

Ronald O. Hamburger, S.E.

Senior Vice President, EQE International, Inc., Oakland, California

(Seismic Upgrading of Existing Structures)

Gary C. Hart, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California

(Seismic Design of Wood and Masonry Structures)

M. Reza Kianoush, Ph.D.

Professor, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures)

Marshall Lew, Ph.D., G.E.

Corporate Consultant, Law/Crandall, Inc., Los Angeles, California

(Geotechnical Considerations)

Roy F. Lobo, Ph.D., P.E.

Senior Research Engineer, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California

(Performance Based Seismic Engineering; Computer Applications in Seismic Design)

Ronald M. Mayes, Ph.D.

Engineering Consultant, Berkeley, California

(Design of Structures with Seismic Isolation)

Bijan Mohraz, Ph.D.

Professor of Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

(Earthquake Ground Motion and Response Spectra)

Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E.

Vice President/Director of Research and Development, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California

(Design for Drift and Lateral Stability; Seismic Design of Floor Diaphragms; Design of Structures with Seismic Isolation; Performance Based Seismic Engineering; Computer Applications in Seismic Design)

Fahim Sadek, Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

(Earthquake Ground Motion and Response Spectra)

John G. Shipp, S.E., FASCE

Manager Design Services and Senior Technical Manager, EQE Engineering and Design, Costa Mesa, California

(Seismic Design of Wood and Masonry Structures)

Key-Chyuan Tsai, Ph.D., S.E.

Professor of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

(Seismic Design of Steel Structures)

Chia-Ming Uang, Ph.D

Professor of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California

(Seismic Design of Steel Structures)

Andrew S. Whittaker, Ph.D., S.E.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York

(Seismic Design of Steel Structures)