Sponsors + Partners

Government Sponsors

National Science Foundation
Grant No. CMMI 1663569 and CMMI 1663348

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

CalOES / California Seismic Safety Commission

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Institutional Sponsors

American Iron and Steel Institute

Jay Larson

Managing Director, Construction Technical

Steel Framing Industry Association

Larry Williams

Executive Director

Experimental Facility

NHERI@UC San Diego

LHPOST6: 6-DOF Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table

Koorosh Lotfizadeh

Operations Manager

Industry Partners

Engineering & Construction

Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems

Lynn Pagett

Multi-Story Loadbearing Project Manager

DCI Engineers

Harry Jones

Principal

Mid-Rise Modular

Diego Rivera

CEO & Co-Founder

Peter DeMaria

Chief Design Officer & Co-Founder

Superior Wall Systems

Diego Rivera

President

Construction Specialties, Inc.

Kevin Smith

Senior Engineering Manager

Adam Kovac

Product Development Engineer

Ninyo & Moore

Sam Guha

Principal Engineer

Spencer Marcinek

Project Engineer

Clark Construction Group

Andy Armstrong

Vice President

KK Clark

Project Executive

Materials & Other Support

American Institute of Steel Construction

Devin Huber

Director of Research

Atlas Tube Inc.

Bradlee Fletcher

Senior Sales Engineer

Bob Burger

Sales Representative

California Expanded Metal Products Co.

Fernando Sesma

Director of Technical Services

Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems

Lynn Padgett

Multi-Story Loadbearing Project Manager

Greg Ralph

Vice President of Business Development

Crux Consulting

Brian Meacham

Director, Risk & Regulatory Consulting

FM Global

Hossein Mostafaei

Principal Research Scientist

Hosam Ali

Director, Structures and Natural Hazards Research

Hilti Corporation

Peter Grzesik

Code & Approval Manager

Christopher Gill

Senior Manager, Codes and Approvals

Innotech Windows + Doors

George Nickel

Director, Business Development

MiTek Inc.

Jesse Karns

Director, Research & Development – Structural Components

OmegaFlex, Inc.

Bob Torbin

Director, Codes & Standards

Saeed Fathali

Consultant

Palomar Insurance

Jon Christianson

President

Kyle Morgan

EVP, Corporate and Business Development

Raymond Group

Forrest Shaffer

VP, Area Manager RSD

Safehub Inc.

Evan Reis

Director of Science & Analytics

Schuff Steel

Craig Vaplon

Sr. Vice President & General Manager – SoCal

USG Corporation

Frank Pospisil

National Technical Sales Manager