Webinar Schedule

Microzonation for Earthquake Scenarios

Featuring Dr. Atilla Ansal, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Seismic microzonation is a methodology for estimating the response of soil layers under earthquake excitations and relative variations of earthquake ground motion characteristics on the ground surface for a selected area.

In this session, special guest speaker Dr. Atilla Ansal will walk us through the use of this methodology to provide input for urban planning for the assessment of the vulnerability of the building stock and earthquake preparedness. Microzonation requires realistic estimation of regional seismicity, local earthquake hazard, and detailed information of local soil conditions. It is probabilistic evaluation for all possible future earthquake in assessing the probability of building damage.

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Expert Panel: The Kinemetrics Information Series On-Demand Library

Featuring Dr. Derek Skolnik, Kinemetrics, Inc.

In this special session, our panel of experts will review the knowledge base of 28 on-demand webinars created in 2020 Kinemetrics Information Series.

Dr. Derek Skolnik will host Dr. Mathias Franke, Dr. Lani Oncescu, and Mauricio Ciudad-Real in a discussion of topics across four categories: Products, Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Business Continuity.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide a synopsis for each category, discuss what we learned, and provide information on how best to utilize these resources in your own projects.

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Operation of the Mission Critical Italian Strong-Motion Network – RAN

Featuring Dr. Mathias Franke, Kinemetrics, Inc.

The Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) is the owner of the 500-station national Italian strong-motion network (Rete Accelerometrica Naczionale – RAN). In a move to improve the network’s station availability, DPC outsourced the network’s maintenance and operation in 2012 to Kinemetrics’ Open Systems & Services Division (OSS).

In this session, Dr. Mathias Franke will cover the RAN from station design to information products, from daily tasks to network performance, and from people to software.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide an example of how OSS develops solutions, manages projects, and continually delivers value to clients.

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Ground-Motion Recording Networks in Groningen, the Netherlands, and Development of a Ground-Motion Model for Induced Earthquakes

Featuring Professor Julian J. Bommer

In this session, Professor Julian J. Bommer will describe the development of a ground-motion model as an integral component of a seismic risk model for induced earthquakes in the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands.

This informative webinar + Q&A places particular focus on the installation, characterization and operation of ground-motion recording networks in the field, including some unexpected challenges encountered along the way.

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An Introduction to the Antelope Environmental Monitoring Platform

Featuring Dr. Frank Vernon

How do the world’s largest seismic networks manage data acquisition and processing? They use Antelope!

In this session, Dr. Frank Vernon will provide an overview of the entire Antelope platform, including the background of Antelope, principles and innovations the platform brings us to today, and potential directions for the future. This presentation will discuss real world examples from a variety of seismic networks and experiments.

The Antelope Environmental Monitoring Platform delivers data acquisition, analysis, and management via a comprehensive set of real-time environmental monitoring data and processed information.

This informative webinar + Q&A will help operators, researchers and engineers understand the opportunities provided by the Antelope platform.

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The ARGONET (Greece) Seismic Observatory: An Accelerometric Vertical Array

Featuring Dr. Nikolaos Theodoulidis & Dr. Fabrice Hollender 

The ARGOstoli NETwork (ARGONET) consists of a vertical seismic array and a nearby free-field station located in Cephalonia, western Greece, in the vicinity of the Cephalonia Transform Fault Zone (CTFZ) which is characterized by some of the highest seismic activity levels in Europe.

In this session, special guest speakers Dr. Nikolaos Theodoulidis & Dr. Fabrice Hollender will walk us through this amazing project, describing the infrastructure and the scientific results it has enabled. The speakers will also present tests carried out to demonstrate the efficiency of the innovative ‘glass bead’ coupling solution, as well as a procedure followed to estimate the sensors’ orientation by using signals from distant large magnitude earthquakes.

ARGONET is intended to investigate the effects of local surface geology on the incoming seismic wavefield, with emphasis on strong ground motion. The vertical array is composed of accelerometer sensors placed on the ground surface at 5.6, 15.5, 40.1, and 83.4m depths.

ARGONET started operation in July 2015, and as of 30 April 2017, had generated high-quality recordings of nearly 1,000 local and regional earthquakes. The event dataset and metadata are openly available.

ARGONET data have already enabled several scientific studies, including the spectacular demonstration of variations in shear wave propagation velocity and site response as a function of rainfall; as well as the qualification of a method based on the use of seismic coda for the estimation of the site effects and of the earthquake source time function.

This informative webinar + Q&A is a must-see for researchers, operators, and engineers.

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Kinemetrics Open Systems & Services Division: Who We Are – What We Do – Where We Operate

Featuring Dr. Mathias Franke, Kinemetrics, Inc.

What is OSS, and how does this group within Kinemetrics deliver critical systems and services worldwide?

In this session, Dr. Mathias Franke will answer this question and more. He will discuss the history, capabilities, and approach of this service-driven organization. He will provide a real-world a synopsis of OSS, focusing on past and current projects.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide a detailed understanding of how OSS develops solutions, manages projects, and continually delivers value to clients.

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MARS Insight SP: Overcoming Engineering Challenges

Featuring Ian Standley, Kinemetrics, Inc.

What happens when you decide to send a seismometer to Mars? There’s only one way to find out!

In this session, Ian Standley will take us through the exciting Mars Insight project from the standpoint of the engineering team from Imperial College, Oxford University, and Kinemetrics tasked with developing a new seismometer that could withstand the harsh conditions of space and the surface of Mars.

He will discuss some of the engineering challenges and opportunities associated with this incredible project, and share his experience of seeing the team’s work reach the surface of another planet! Ian will talk about the deployment of the seismometer onto the surface and its operation on the planet. Finally he’ll discuss future potential missions to put seismometers on our own moon and possibly the “Icy moons of Jupiter”.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide an engaging and informative view into the engineering processes used to overcome challenging conditions, and give the audience an entertaining back-stage view into the Mars Insight SP project, and the story of the rock named, “The Ace of Spades”.

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The Abu Dhabi Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis (ADSHRA)

Featuring Dr. Mohamed El Idrissi, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Join us to for a walk-through of the Abu Dhabi Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis (ADSHRA)!

In this session, Mohamed El Idrissi, Director of Kinemetrics S.A. Switzerland will guide us through the details of this challenging and unique project.

The program was conceptualized to build an integrated system to assist regulators in formulating development policies and criteria to secure the population, present and future urban development, vital facilities and the infrastructure of the Abu Dhabi Emirate against potential adverse seismic impacts.

To achieve this strategic objective ADSHRA: (a) Developed specialized seismic monitoring systems; (b) Assessed the seismic risk of the Abu Dhabi Emirate and assured early disaster warning; (c) Established GIS shielded databases; and, (d) Ensured that all segments were interlinked in an integrated system.

This informative webinar + Q&A will help engineers, operators, and regulators understand the lessons learned from this important project.

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