Welcome to the web site for Prof. Baker's research group at Stanford University. The group's research focuses on the use of probabilistic and statistical tools for modeling of extreme loads on structures. We have investigated probabilistic modeling of seismic hazards, improved characterization of earthquake ground motions, dynamic analysis of structures, prediction of the spatial extent of soil failures from earthquakes, and modeling of loads on spatially distributed infrastructure systems.
11/6/2009: Jack Baker gave a lecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology EERI chapter seminar series entitled "Spatial correlation of strong ground motion intensities: Measurement and implications for engineering applications."
10/28/2009: Jack Baker gave a lecture at the University of Southern California CEE Department seminar series entitled "Spatial correlation of strong ground motion intensities: Measurement and implications for engineering applications." A link to an online video of the lecture will be available shortly.
10/16/2009: Jack Baker gave two talks at the PEER Annual Meeting and PEER Transportation Systems Research Program coordination meeting in San Francisco. Group members Nirmal Jayaram and Ting Lin presented their research at the Annual Meeting poster session.
9/21/2009: Jack Baker and group member Nirmal Jayaram presented three talks at the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR) in Osaka, Japan. Related papers are available in the publications section of the web site.
7/26/2009: Group members Ting Lin and Andy Seifried presented research posters at the National Science Foundation CMMI Grantee Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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