Advancing earthquake science worldwide
Jonathan D. Bray, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at UC Berkeley was selected as the 2012 Joyner Lecturer. He delivered his lecture at the SSA Annual Meeting in April 2012 in San Diego, CA. Dr. Bray was chosen because of his scientific and engineering research and exchange of information regarding liquefaction … Continue Reading »
Thomas C. Hanks, Research Geophysicist at the Menlo Park, CA office of the U.S. Geological Survey, was selected as the 2011 Joyner Lecturer. He delivered his lecture at the SSA April 2011 Annual Meeting in Memphis, TN. Hanks? research has ranged widely across the causes and effects of earthquakes, including … Continue Reading »
Arthur D. Frankel, Research Geophysicist in the Seattle office of the U.S. Geological Survey, was selected as the 2010 Joyner Lecturer. He delivered his lecture at the SSA April 2010 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Frankel’s work provides the crucial bridge at the interface of earthquake science and engineering … Continue Reading »
Robin K. McGuire, Ph.D., Founder and President of Risk Engineering Inc., was the 2009 Joyner Lecturer. He delivered his lecture at the SSA 2009 Annual Meeting in Monterey, California. McGuire holds degrees in structural engineering from MIT and Univ. of California, Berkeley. For 30 years he has been consulting in … Continue Reading »
Chris Poland was the Joyner Lecturer for 2008. He is Chairman and CEO of Degenkolb Engineers, one of the nation’s leading structural engineering firms. His research has contributed to the development of federal standards for seismic evaluations and mitigation for all federal buildings and numerous guidelines related to earthquake hazard … Continue Reading »
Gail Atkinson was the Joyner Lecturer for 2007. She is Professor of Geophysics at University of Western Ontario and has spent much of her career working at the engineering-seismology interface. She has authored more than 100 research articles on the subjects of earthquake ground motions and seismic hazards; among these … Continue Reading »