Affiliations

Activities in Professional Societies

  • American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineering Mechanics Division
    • Executive Committee, Chairman (1986)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Division
    • Executive Committee, Chairman (1991)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
    • Board of Directors (1990–93)
    • Editorial Board, Earthquake Spectra (1999–2007)
  • Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
    • Board of Directors (1987–1989)
  • Seismological Society of America
    • Board of Directors (1982–83)
  • Applied Technology Council
    • Board of Directors (1972–74)
    • Chairman, Task Committee on Structural Analysis, Applied Technology Council Project ATC–3 for the development of new recommendations for the seismic design provisions of building codes (1974–77)

 

Service to Educational or Governmental Agencies

  • National Academy of Sciences Review Committee for "The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Engineering" (1972)
  • Member, U.S. Delegation (eight members) to the U.S.-Japan Seminar on Earthquake Engineering with Emphasis on Lifeline Systems, Tokyo, Japan, 1976
  • Member, U.S. Delegation (six members) to the Soviet Union to discuss and exchange information on design and construction of dams and hydroelectric power plant structures in seismic regions, 1977
  • Member, U.S. Delegation (twelve members) to the Advisory meeting on Earthquake Engineering and Landslides, U.S.-R.O.C. Cooperative Science Program, Taipei, R.O.C., 1977
  • Member, U.S. Delegation (ten members) to the Indo-U.S.A. Workshop on Natural Disasters Mitigation Research, New Delhi, India, 1978
  • Member, Advisory Board, MIT Press Series in Structural Mechanics (1979–82)
  • National Research Council Committee on Natural Disasters, Chairman (1982–83)
  • National Research Council Committee on Earthquake Engineering Research (1981–82)
  • National Research Council Committee on Earthquake Engineering: Panel on Concrete Dams (1986–90)
  • National Science Foundation: U.S. Planning Committee for the U.S.-China Arch Dams Workshop, 1987
  • Member, Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. (1995–2000)
  • Member, Consulting Board for Earthquake Analysis, Division of Safety of Dams, Department of Water Resources, State of California (1996– )

 

Editorial Service

  • Editorial Board, Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE (1975–77)
  • Member, Advisory Board, MIT Press Series in Structural Mechanics (1979–82)
  • Executive Editor (2014– ), Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, the Journal of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, General Editor (1996–2004); Associate Editor (1988–96).
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Dam Engineering, an international journal published by International Water Power and Dam Construction (1990– )
  • Editorial Board, Earthquake Spectra (1999–2006)