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Astani CEE Department Seminar - EERI

Speaker: Dr.

Farzad Naeim, S.E., Esq., Vice President and General Counsel John A. Martin & Associates, Inc

Talk Title: Realtime Post-Disaster Performance Evaluation and Damage Detection for Buildings

Abstract: This presentation discusses the need for and utility of a new system developed for real-time performance evaluation and damage detection for buildings.

First we establish the need for such as system and then proceed with describing the technological breakthroughs that have made development of such a system possible. Finally we wrap up by presenting the results that may be obtained by using such a system.

While the general public usually associates natural disasters with the visual spectacle of fallen buildings, in reality even during most severe disasters in many modern met