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Te Hiranga Rū Quakecore Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting 2020 Annual Meeting Information Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting 2020 Annual Meeting Information Wifi Login Network: Rutherford – Conference Password: quake Pigeonhole Go to: www.pigeonhole.at Passcode: QUAKECORE2020 Or scan this QR code – More Information For details on how to: • Find your poster number • Access voting for the Lightning Talks audience award • Download a PDF of the programme Go to: www.quakecore.nz/annualmeeting Table of Contents __2 Programme __4 About Us / Our Outcomes __6 Our Leadership __8 Speaker Biographies & Abstracts __54 Posters __64 Poster Index __66 Meeting Participants __72 Waiata & Himene Proud to support the QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting Programme Tuesday 1 September, 2020 5.00 – 6.00 PM REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 6.00 – 7.00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION 9.00 – 10.00 PM POSTER HANGING & POSTER SESSION Wednesday 2 September, 2020 7.30 – 8.30 AM REGISTRATION DESK OPEN OPENING SESSION - Mihi Whakatau - 2020 State of QuakeCoRE - Brendon Bradley 8.30 – 10.30 AM - Distinguished Lecture - Lori Peek Just Reconnaissance: A Framework for Ethical, Rigorous, and Coordinated Quick Response Disaster Research 10.30 AM MORNING TEA PLENARY SESSION Chairs: Ken Elwood and Charlotte Brown 11.00 - 12.30 PM Research Under Adversity: Research in the Aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake 12.30 PM LUNCH – POSTER SESSION PLENARY SESSION Chair: Jason Ingham 1:30 - 3:00 PM How Will We Respond to Future Earthquakes? New and Emerging Technology 2 / QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting 3.00 PM AFTERNOON TEA 3.30 - 5.00 PM POSTER SESSION 6.00 – 7:00 PM PRE-DINNER RECEPTION 7.00 PM QuakeCoRE DINNER Thursday 3 September, 2020 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT SESSION Chair: Chris McGann Te Apārangi o Hiranga Rū 8.30 -10.30 AM Mātauranga Māori Research Communications Programme Education Alliance QERC Lightning Talks 10.30 AM MORNING TEA PLENARY SESSION 11.00 - 12.30 PM Recoveries from Elsewhere Chair: Ilan Noy 12.30 PM LUNCH – POSTER SESSION PLENARY SESSION 1.15 - 2.45 PM Capturing the Opportunities in Recovery Chair: Erica Seville 2.45 – 3.15 PM DIRECTORS CLOSING REMARKS Brendon Bradley & David Johnston POROPOROAKI QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting / 3 About Us Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE is transforming the earthquake resilience of communities and societies, through innovative world-class research, human capability development and deep national and international collaborations. As a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), QuakeCoRE is a national network of leading Aotearoa New Zealand earthquake resilience researchers. QuakeCoRE is hosted by the University of Canterbury and has seven formal partners. We enhance earthquake resilience across the country and internationally, by working collaboratively on integrated, multi- disciplinary programmes of world-leading research. Our research supports the development of an earthquake-resilient New Zealand. Our Vision We will create an earthquake-resilient Aotearoa New Zealand where thriving communities have the capacity to recover rapidly after major earthquakes through mitigation and pre-disaster preparation informed by research excellence. 4 / QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting Our Outcomes Improved Earthquake Resilience 1 We will contribute to a step-change improvement in the earthquake resilience of the nation’s infrastructure from research-informed national and local policies, implementation standards and disaster planning. Improved Economic and Commercial Outcomes We will support Aotearoa New Zealand’s long-term economic benefit through significantly improved seismic performance of New Zealand infrastructure, 2 rapid business recovery after future earthquakes and the growth of engineering resilience innovation and business in the New Zealand construction sector driving international competitiveness. Improved Societal Outcomes 3 We will enable communities to recover rapidly after major earthquakes through mitigation and pre-disaster preparation, informed by research and public outreach. Highly Skilled and Diverse Workforce Our graduates will be sought after for their knowledge of earthquake resilience and work-ready professional skills. They are taught in the very best national and 4 international multi-disciplinary environments, combining research and industry elements. Through our graduates, we will seek a growth in under-represented groups (Māori and Paskifika) and gender equality in engineering disciplines. International Recognition 5 We will be a focal point for international earthquake resilience, attracting the best talent and business alongside national and international research collaborations. Growing Mātauranga Māori We will contribute by building close engagement with Māori leaders who have responsibility for earthquake planning and resilience and developing 6 opportunities for Māori capability building. The distinctive contribution of Māori indigenous knowledge of earthquake resilience will enhance social, economic and environmental outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand. QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting / 5 Our Leadership Directors Leadership Team Brendon Bradley – Director Brendon Bradley University of Canterbury University of Canterbury David Johnston – Deputy Director Misko Cubrinovski Massey University University of Canterbury Ken Elwood – Research Director Ken Elwood University of Auckland University of Auckland David Johnston Board Massey University Dean Kimpton – Chair Caroline Orchiston Tuhura Consulting University of Otago Rosalind Archer Wendy Saunders University of Auckland GNS Science Mary Comerio Tim Sullivan University of California, Berkeley University of Canterbury Jan Evans-Freeman Liam Wotherspoon University of Canterbury University of Auckland John Hare Holmes Consulting Group Mike Mendonça Wellington City Council John Reid Ngāi Tahu Research Centre Tā Mark Solomon 6 / QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting Flagship Programme Leaders Technology Platform Leaders Flagship Programme 1: Ground Motion Technology Platform 1: Large-scale Simulation and Validation Laboratory Facilities Leader: Brendon Bradley Leader: Rick Henry Deputy Leader: David Dempsey Deputy Leader: Alessandro Palermo Industry Representative: Didier Pettinga, Holmes Consulting Technology Platform 2: Field-testing and Monitoring Flagship Programme 2: Liquefaction Leader: Liam Wotherspoon Impacts on Land and Infrastructure Deputy Leaders: Quincy Ma & Geoff Leader: Misko Cubrinovski Rodgers Deputy Leaders: Rolando Orense & Sjoerd van Ballegooy Technology Platform 3: Multi-disciplinary Industry Representative: Sjoerd van Community Databases Ballegooy, Tonkin & Taylor Leader: Ilan Noy Supported by: TP3 Working Advisory Flagship Programme 3: Addressing Group Earthquake-vulnerable Buildings – A Multidisciplinary Approach Technology Platform 4: Computational Leader: Ken Elwood Simulation and Visualisation Deputy Leader: Ilan Noy Leader: Brendon Bradley Industry Representative: Derek Baxter, WCC Deputy Leader: Christopher McGann Flagship Programme 4: Next-generation Infrastructure: Low-damage and Repairable Special Project Leader Solutions Leader: Tim Sullivan Special Project 1: Spatially-distributed Deputy Leader: Rick Henry Infrastructure Industry Representative: Jared Keen, Beca Leader: Liam Wotherspoon Deputy Leader: Roger Fairclough Flagship Programme 5: Pathways to Industry Representative: Roger Fairclough, Improved Resilience Neo Leaf Global Leader: David Johnston Deputy Leaders: Caroline Orchiston & Wendy Saunders Industry Representative: Dan Neely, WREMO QuakeCoRE 2020 Annual Meeting / 7 Opening Session & Distinguished Lecture - 8.30 – 10.30am Wednesday 2 September Distinguished Lecture Just Reconnaissance: A Frame- work for Ethical, Rigorous, and Coordinated Quick Response Disaster Research Lori Peek Professor, Department of Sociology & Director, National Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder Biography this work, in turn, has led to fundamental scientific and engineering advancements Lori Peek is Director of the Natural Hazards that now inform emergency management Center and Professor in the Department practices and modern building codes of Sociology at the University of Colorado and standards. In catastrophes and other Boulder. She serves as principal investigator large-scale disasters, though, this research for the NSF-funded CONVERGE facility, activity has been called into question in which is dedicated to advancing the ethical light of the challenges associated with: conduct and scientific rigour of disaster (1) the lack of coordination among large research, improving research coordination, numbers of engineers, physical scientists, and promoting convergence research. Peek and social scientists; (2) the groundswell also leads the NSF-supported Social Science of researchers with limited knowledge of Extreme Events Research (SSEER) and affected areas and a lack of time to conduct Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering proper literature reviews or to become Extreme Events Research (ISEEER) networks. culturally competent; and (3) the potential She is an award winning-scholar and teacher to overwhelm affected people, local and is author of Behind the Backlash: Muslim researchers, and public officials. Americans after 9/11, co-editor of Displaced: These concerns are legitimate and should Life in the Katrina Diaspora, and co-author be taken seriously. At the same time, the of Children of Katrina. need to learn from disasters is ever more pressing as ever larger numbers of people globally are affected by extreme
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