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Robert E. Englekirk

Books

1. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. Earthquake Design of Concrete Masonry Buildings, Volume 1, Response Spectra Analysis and General Earthquake Modeling Considerations, Prentice-Hall, 1982.

2. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Earthquake Design of Concrete Masonry Buildings, Volume 2, Strength Design of One- to Four-Story Buildings, Prentice-Hall, 1984, 268 pp.

  • Englekirk, R.E., Steel Structures: Controlling Behavior Through Design, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., March, 1994, 807 pp.
  • Nawy, Edward G., Prestressed Concrete, Third Edition, Chapter 13, Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000.
  • Englekirk, R.E., Seismic Design of Reinforced and Precast Concrete Buildings, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., March 2003.

Published Abstracts

1. Englekirk, R.E. "Overview of the ATC Seminar on Design of Prefabricated Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Loads," PCI Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1982, p. 80-96.

Papers Published in Professional and Scholarly Journals

1.* Englekirk, R.E., Matthiesen, R.B. "Forced Vibration of an Eight-Story Reinforced Concrete Building," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 57-3:421-436, June 1967.

2.* Englekirk, R.E. "Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Building from a Designer’s Viewpoint," American Concrete Institute Publication Sp. 53-2, pp. 47-57, 1977.

3. Englekirk, R.E. "An Evaluation of the State of the Art in the Design and Construction of Prefabricated Buildings in Seismically Active Areas of the United States," Earthquake Resistant Reinforced Building Construction, June, 1978.

4.* Englekirk, R.E., "Commentary on the State of the Art Report on Seismic Resistance and Precast Structures," Prestressed Concrete Institute Journal, p.87-88, November-December 1978.

5. Englekirk, R.E. "Design of a Concrete Frame for Seismic Loads," Precast Concrete Institute Journal, Volume 24, No. 6, November-December 1979.

6.* Englekirk, R.E. "Development of a Precast Concrete Ductile Frame," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, pp. 46-65, November, 1979.

7.* Englekirk, R.E., Nakaki, D., Hart, G.C. "Earthquake Design Manual for Ductile Frame and Shear Wall Buildings," Portland Cement Association, April 1982.

7a.* Hart, G.C., Huang, S.C., Englekirk, R.E., Dow, S.M., "An Earthquake Design Equation for Masonry Shear Walls in Shear," The Masonry Society Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July-December, 1983, pp.T1-T10.

8. Hart, G.C., Englekirk, R.E., Sabol, T.A. "Limit State Strength Design Criteria for One- to Four-Story Reinforced Concrete Masonry Buildings," The Masonry Society Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, July-December 1986, pp. T21-T24.

9.* Englekirk, R.E. "Concepts for the Development of Earthquake Resistant Ductile Frames of Precast Concrete," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, January-February, 1987, Vol. 32, pp.30-48.

10.* Englekirk, R.E., "U.S.-Japan Seminar on Precast Concrete in Seismic Zones - Designer’s Viewpoint of Seminar," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, March-April, 1987, Vol. 32, pp.78-85.

11.* Englekirk, R.E., "An Analytical Approach to Establishing the Seismic Resistance Available in Precast Concrete Frame Structures," Journal of Prestressed Concrete Institute, Jan-Feb, 1989, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 92-101.

12.* Englekirk, R.E., Sabol, T.A. "Strengthening Buildings to a Life Safety Condition," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 7, No. 1, February, 1991, pp. 81-87.

13.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Noland, J.L., Kinglsey, G.R., Sajjad, N.A., "The Use of Confinement Steel to Increase the Ductility in Reinforced Concrete Masonry Shear Walls, The Masonry Society Journal, Vol 7, No. 2, Jul-Dec, 1989. p.19-42.

14.* Englekirk, R.E., "Seismic Design Considerations for Precast Concrete Multi-Story Buildings," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 35, No. 3, May-Jun, 1990, p.40-51 (Winner of PCI’s State-of-the-Art Award)

15.* Englekirk, R.E., Huang, S.C., "Strengthening of a "Non-Ductile" Concrete Frame to a Dynamic Response Criterion," ACI Journal, Vol. 89, No. 3, May-June 1992, pp. 305-314.

16.* Englekirk, R.E., "Letter to Editor on Yee Article and Lew/Cheok Article," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 37, No. 1, January-February 1992, p.88-89.

17.* Nakaki, S. D., Englekirk, R.E., "PRESSS Industry Seismic Workshops: Concept Development," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 35, No. 5, September-October, 1991, p.54-61.

18.* Englekirk, R.E., The Development and Testing of a Ductile Connector for Assembling Precast Concrete Beams and Columns," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 40, No. 2, March-April, 1995, p.36-51.

19.* Englekirk, R.E., Beres, A., "The Need to Develop Shear Ductility in Prestressed Members," Concrete International, October, 1994, p.49-56.

20.* Nakaki, S.D., Englekirk, R.E., Plaehn, J.L., "Ductile Connectors for a Precast Concrete Frame," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 39, No. 5, September-October, 1994, p.46-59.

21.* Englekirk, R.E., "Earthquake Induced Damage to Steel Frames - What Will Become of It?" National Underwriter's Publication, to be published.

22.* Englekirk, R.E., "An Innovative Design Solution for Precast Prestressed Concrete Buildings in High Seismic Zones," Journal of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, July/August, 1996, Vol. 41, No. 4, p.44 -53.

23.* Englekirk, R.E., Nakaki, S.D., "The Wiltern Parking Structure," PCI Ascent Magazine, Fall, 1996, p.34 - 37.

24.* Englekirk, R.E., "Extant Panel Zone Design Procedures for Steel Frames Are Questioned," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 15, No.2, May 1999, p.361-369.

25.* Englekirk, R.E., “Design-Construction of The Paramount - A 39-Story Precast Prestressed Concrete Apartment Building,” Journal of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, July/August, 2002, Vol. 47, No. 4, p.56 - 71.

Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conferences or Symposia

1. Englekirk, R.E. "Accelerograph and the Structural Engineer," Proceedings of the Structural Engineers of California, Los Angeles, p.57-62, 1968.

2. Englekirk, R.E. "Geological Reports," American Geological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, March 1972.

3.* Englekirk, R.E. "A Comparative Study of Seismic Design Criteria for Ductile Structures," Proceedings of the Sixth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India, pp.1858-1863, January 1977.

4.* Englekirk, R.E. "Component Design of Structures," Proceedings of the National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Stanford University, California, August 1979, pp. 913-922.

5.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Earthquake Design of Concrete Masonry Walls," Proceedings of the International Workshop on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, September 1980, pp. 601-604.

6. Englekirk, R.E. "Summary Proceedings of the ATC-8 Conference," St. Louis, Missouri, November 1981.

7.* Englekirk, R.E., Selna, L.G. "Criteria for the Design of Prefabricated Concrete Systems," ATC Proceedings of a Workshop on Design of Prefabricated Concrete Buildings for Earthquake Loads, pp.639-656, April 27-29 1981.

7a.*Del Tosto, R., Hart, G.C., Englekirk, R.E., "Damage Evaluation Using Reliability Indices," Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Athens, Greece, September 20-25, 1982.

8. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Dow, S.M. "Evaluation of a Concrete Masonry Building Performance During the Coalinga Earthquake of 1983 Utilizing Currently Accepted Strength Design of Concrete Masonry Design Criteria," San Francisco, California, April 27, 1984.

9.* Englekirk, R.E. "The Ductile Brace," Proceedings of the International Conference on Tall Buildings, Singapore, October 22-26, 1984, pp.177-182.

10.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Sabol, T.A. "Limit State Design of Masonry in the United States," Proceedings of the Seventh International Brick Masonry Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February 17-20, 1985, pp.1417-1425.

11.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Sabol, T.A., "Limit State Strength Design Criteria for One- to Four-Story Buildings," Proceedings of Third North American Masonry Conference, Arlington, Texas, June 3-5, 1985, pp. 70-1 - 70.8.

12.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Basharkhah, A.M. "Increasing Strength and Ductility in Concrete Masonry Shear Walls Using Confinement," Proceedings of Third North American Masonry Conference, Arlington, Texas, June 3-5, 1985, pp.42-1 - 42-14.

13.* Dow, S.M., Hart, G.C., Englekirk, R.E., Raggett, J.D., "Three Phase Design for Wind Loads on Structures," Proceedings of Third ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference on Dynamic Response of Structures, Los Angeles, California, March 31-April 2, 1986.

14.* Englekirk, R.E. "An Assessment of the Quality of Current Seismic Design Procedures in the United States," Proceedings of the U.S.-France Workshop on Quality Guidelines for the Practice of Earthquake Engineering, Paris, France, May 26-28, 1986.

15.* Englekirk, R.E., "Concepts for the Development of Earthquake Resistant Ductile Frames of Precast Concrete," Proceedings of U.S.-Japan Seminar on Precast Concrete Construction in Seismic Zones, Tokyo , Japan October 27-November 1, 1986.

16.* Englekirk, R.E., "State-of-the-Art Design Perspective," Proceedings of U.S.-Japan Seminar on Precast Concrete Construction in Seismic Zones, Tokyo, Japan, October 27-November 1, 1986.

17.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Kelly, T., Mayes, R.L. "1988 Uniform Building Code Limit State Strength Design Criteria Shear Walls," Proceedings of The Fourth North American Masonry Conference, Los Angeles, California, August 16-19, 1987, pp. 4-1 - 4-18.

18.* Englekirk, R.E., Ewing, R.D., Kariotis, J.C., Hart, G.C., "Analytical Modeling for Reinforced Masonry Buildings and Components - TCCMAR Category 2 Program," Proceedings of The Fourth North American Masonry Conference, Los Angeles, California, August 16-19, 1987, pp. 39-1 - 39-41.

19.* Englekirk, R.E., Dow, S.M. "U.S. Design Oriented Research Activity in Precast Concrete," Proceedings of the Ninth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo-Kyoto, Japan, August 2-9, 1988.

20.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Hong, W., "Use of Experimental Data to Develop Probable Behavior," Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress 1989, San Francisco, California, May 1-5, 1989.

21.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Thurston, S.J., "Seismic Evaluation of a Tall Reinforced Concrete Frame Building," Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress 1989, San Francisco, California, May 1-5, 1989.

22.* Englekirk, R.E., "Strength Design in Steel and Its Logical Implications on the Design of Ductile Bracing Systems," Proceedings of the 1989 Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 18, 1989.

23.* Englekirk, R.E., "Design Considerations for Taller Precast Concrete Multi-Story Buildings in Seismic Areas," Proceedings of the National Concrete Engineering Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 18-20, 1989.

24.* Englekirk, R.E., Sabol, T.A., "Strengthening Buildings to a Life Safety Criterion," Proceedings of the Fourth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Palm Springs, California, May 20-24, 1990.

25.* Englekirk, R.E., "Considerations in the Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Nonductile Concrete Frame Buildings," Proceedings of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council, 1990 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 17, 1990.

26.* Islam, S., Hart, G., Englekirk, R., Huang, S., "The Response of Tall Buildings to Wind and Its Mitigation," Proceedings of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council, 1991 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 16-17, 1991.

27.* Englekirk, R.E., "The Need to Retrofit," Proceedings of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council, 1992 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 16, 1992. (Session Chair)

28.* Englekirk, R.E., "Some Comments on the Effectiveness of U.S. Seismic Design Codes and Practice," Proceedings of the 61st Annual Convention of the Structural Engineers Association of California, Ixtapa, Mexico, September 29 - October 4, 1992, pp. 107-136.

29.* Englekirk, R.E., "Controlling the Seismic Behavior of Precast Concrete," Proceedings of the 1993 ASCE Structures Congress, Irvine, California, April 19-21, 1993.

30.* Englekirk, R. E. and Sabol, T. A. "Conceptual Steel Ductile Frame Design: A Behavioral Approach," Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, July 10-14, 1994.

31.* R.E. Englekirk, "Design Implications Derived from the University of Texas, Austin, Test Program," Northridge Steel Update I, American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., October, 1994.

32.* Englekirk, R.E., "Earthquake Design - A Critical Review," Proceedings of Tall Building Structures - A World View, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago, Illinois, April 15-18, 1996, pp. 129-142.

33.* Englekirk, R.E., "Geotechnical Issues in the Conservation of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes," Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Conservation of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and the Related Studies, Nara, Japan, February 1- 4, 1996, p.135-146.

34.* Englekirk, R.E., "Did We Heed the Warning?" Proceedings of the 1996 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, February 8 - 10, 1996.

35.* Englekirk, R.E., Beres, A. and Li, R., "Seismic Aspects of Tall Building Design for Regions of Moderate Seismicity," Proceedings of the Sixth EERI U.S. National Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 31, 1998.

36.* Englekirk, R.E., "Recent Advances in the Design and Construction of Concrete Buildings," Proceedings of the SEAOC Convention, Sparks, Nevada, October 7-10, 1998.

37.* Englekirk, R.E., "Recent Advances in the Design of Precast Concrete Buildings in Seismic Areas," Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Tall Buildings," Hong Kong, December, 9, 1998.

38.* Englekirk, R.E., "Research and Development in Concrete," Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii Annual Convention, Kona, Hawaii, August 6 & 7, 1999.

39.* Englekirk, R.E., Ho, L.Y., Li, R., “A 21-Story Structure Upgraded with a Composite Structural System,” Proceedings of the Sixth ASCCS International Conference, USC, Los Angeles, CA, March 22-24, 2000

40. Englekirk, R.E., Post-Yield Torsional Response Considerations in the Design of a 39-story Precast Concrete Ductile Frame Braced Building,” Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2000, pg. 101-111.

41.* Englekirk, R.E., Ho, L.Y., Li, R., “A Hybrid Concrete Beam-to-Steel Column Ductile Bracing System,” Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2000, pg. 171-180.

42.* Pourzanjani, M., Englekirk, R.E., “High Strength Concrete Applications in Regions of High Seismicity,” Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2000, pg. 201-217.

43.* Englekirk, R.E., “Hollywood & Highland: Selecting the Structural System for a Megalomaniacal Mixed-Use Project,“ Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2001, pg. 4-1-4-5.

Contributions to Seminars, Symposia and Conferences

1. Englekirk, R.E. "Forced Vibration of an Eight Story Reinforced Concrete Building," Seismological Society of America Annual Convention, Reno, June 1966.

2. Englekirk, R.E. "Seismic Instrumentation of Buildings," Structural Engineers Association of California Annual Convention, San Diego, California, October 1968 (Invited).

3. Englekirk, R.E. "Geological Reports," American Geological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, March 1972 (Invited).

4. Englekirk, R.E. "Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Building - A Designer’s Viewpoint," American Concrete Institute Symposium, San Francisco, March 1974 (Invited).

5. Englekirk, R.E. "A Comparative Study of Seismic Design Criteria for Ductile Structures, 6th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India, January 1977.

6. Englekirk, R.E. "An Evaluation of the State of the Art of Design and Construction of Prefabricated Buildings in Seismically Active Areas of the United States," Workshop on Earthquake-Resistant Reinforced Concrete Building Construction, Berkeley, California, July 1977 (Invited).

7. Englekirk, R.E. "Design of a Precast Concrete Frame for Seismic Loads," Prestressed Concrete Institute, 1977 Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, October 30 - November 2, 1977 (Invited).

8. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Seismic Design of Concrete Block Masonry Shear Walls," ASCE National Convention , Hollywood, Florida, October 1980.

9. Englekirk, R.E. "Component Analysis - Will It Lead to Safer, More Economical Structures," 2nd National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Stanford, California, August 1979, pp.913-922.

10. Englekirk, R.E. "Earthquake Design of Concrete of Concrete Masonry Walls," 7th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, September 1980 (Presenter).

11. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "An Ultimate Strength Approach to the Earthquake Resistive Design of Concrete Masonry Walls," ASCE Convention, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 1980.

12.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Seismic Design of Concrete Block Masonry Shear Walls," ASCE National Convention, Hollywood, Florida, October 1980, pp.1799-1814 (Review Only).

13. Englekirk, R.E. "Ultimate Strength Concepts in Concrete Masonry," Annual Convention, Structural Engineers of California, Monterey, California, October 1980 (Invited).

14. Englekirk, R.E. "Ultimate Strength Concepts in Concrete Masonry," National Concrete Masonry Association Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1980 (Invited).

15.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Concrete Block Shear Walls: Strength Design for Flexure," Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada, December 1980 (Invited Co-Presenter).

16. Englekirk, R.E. "Concrete Masonry Shear Walls," A Research Program for the Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada, Phase I, Progress Report, 1981.

17.* Englekirk, R.E. "Limitations of Current Masonry Design in Seismic Areas and Direction for Improvement," Monthly SEAOSC Dinner, February 4, 1981.

18.* Englekirk, R.E., Selna, L.G. "Loading Criteria," ATC-8 Workshop, April 1981.

19.* Englekirk, R.E. "Theme Paper," ATC-8 Workshop, April 1981.

20.* Englekirk, R.E. "Earthquake Lecture" Optimist Club Palisades, October 20, 1981.

21.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Del Tosto, R. "Damage Evaluation Using Reliability Indices," ASCE National Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, October 26-27, 1981, pp.1-17.

22. *Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Del Tosto, R. "Structural Engineering Earthquake Damage Evaluation of Existing Building," International Symposium on Rehabilitation of Structures, Bombay, December 21-23,1981, pp.167-175.

23. Englekirk, R.E. "Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering," Junior League of Newport Natural History Lecture Series, Newport Beach, California, March 21, 1982 (Invited).

24. Englekirk, R.E. "Update on Ultimate Strength Design," CMACN Spring Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2, 1982 (Invited).

25. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Earthquake Design of Ductile Frame and Shear Wall Buildings," Portland Cement Association, San Diego, Pasadena, San Francisco and Sacramento, April 6, 13, 20, 21, 1982.

26. Englekirk, R.E. "Earthquake Design Seminar," Honolulu, June 29, 1982 (Invited).

27. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Earthquake Design of Concrete Masonry Buildings: Response Spectra Analysis and General Modeling Considerations," Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Reno, October 20, 22, 27, 29, 30, 1982 (Invited).

28. Englekirk, R.E. "Practical Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures - Concrete Structures," Structural Engineers Association of Washington, Seattle, February 23, 1983 (Invited).

29. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C. "Strength and Earthquake Design of Concrete Masonry Buildings," Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles, February 15,16, 22, 23, 1984 (Invited).

30. Englekirk, R.E., Callison, T.A., Khol, G., Inman, B.D. "Design Construct Can Work for You," World of Concrete ’84, Washington, D.C., February 29, 1984 (Invited).

30a Hart, G.C., Englekirk, R.E., Dow, S.M. "Evaluation of Concrete Masonry Building Performance During the Coalinga Earthquake of 1983 Utilizing Currently Accepted Strength Design of Concrete Masonry Design Criteria," Applied Technology Council Seminar on Earthquake Ground Motion and Building Damage Potential, San Francisco, March 27, 1984, pp. 157-166.

31. Englekirk, R.E. "Behavior of Shear Walls Subject to Earthquake Induced Loads and Deformations," Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Pasadena, San Francisco, Seattle, April 12, July 18, October 11, 1984 (Invited).

32. Englekirk, R.E., "The Structural Engineer’s Role in Controlling Concrete Construction Costs," Southern California Chapter, American Concrete Institute Chapter Meeting, Monterey Park, California, January 24, 1985 (Invited).

33. Englekirk, R.E., "Strength Design of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls," Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Meeting, Monterey Park, California, January 8, 1986 (Invited)

34. Englekirk, R.E., "Strength Design of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls," Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Meeting, Sacramento, California, March 4, 1986 (Invited)

35. Englekirk, R.E. Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada Convention, Monterey, California, September 19, 1986 (Invited)

36.* Englekirk, R.E., "The Influence of the Double Integral of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Building Periods," Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Meeting, Sacramento, California, September 25-27, 1986 (Invited)

37.* Englekirk, R.E. "Concepts for the Development of Earthquake Resistant Ductile Frames of Precast Concrete," 1986 Precast Concrete Industry Convention, Los Angeles, California, October 8, 1986 (Workshop Coordinator)

38. Englekirk, R.E. "Design of Concrete Structures for Earthquake Loads," EERI Regional Seminar on Earthquake Fundamentals, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 16-17, 1986 (Invited)

39. Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Los Angeles, California, February 25-26, 1988 (Invited)

40. Englekirk, R.E., Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada Seminars, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, March, 1988.

41. Englekirk, R.E., Seismic Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures, U.S. and New Zealand Perspectives, University of California, San Diego, June 3&4, 1988 (Invited).

42.* Englekirk, R.E., Hart, G.C., Hong, W.K., "Structural Component Model of Flexural Walls," Fourth Meeting of the Joint Technical Coordinating Committee on Masonry Research, U.S.-Japan Coordinated Earthquake Research Program, San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1988 (Invited).

43.* Englekirk, R.E., "State of the Art and Goals for U.S. Precast Concrete Construction in Seismic Areas," Preliminary Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee on Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS), Tsukuba, Japan, October 23,-24, 1989 (invited).

44.* Englekirk, R.E., "Towards a More Effective Use of Precast Concrete Cladding," Symposium on Architectural Precast Concrete Cladding, Chicago, Illinois, November 8-9, 1989.

45. Englekirk, R.E., Invited Member of American Institute of Architect’s Armenian Earthquake Urban Design Assistance Task Force, Armenia, U.S.S.R., November 4-12, 1989.

46.* Englekirk, R.E., "Overview of U.S. Designed Building," First Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee on Precast Seismic Structural Systems (JTCC-PRESSS), San Diego, California, November 29 - December, 1990.

47.* Englekirk, R.E., "Summary of Design Building Program JTCC-PRESSS,"First Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee on Precast Seismic Structural Systems (JTCC-PRESSS), San Diego, California, November 29 - December, 1990.

48.* Englekirk, R.E., "U.S. Practice and Research in Prefabricated Construction," US-India Binational Workshop on Construction Materials, Techniques and Management, Madras, India, December 10-14, 1990.

49.* Englekirk, R.E., "Towards an Intuitive Understanding of the Dynamic Behavior of Precast Concrete Frames," Third Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee on Precast Seismic Structural Systems (JTCC-PRESSS), November 18-20, 1992, San Diego, California.

50.* Englekirk, R.E., "Applying Concrete Technology to the Seismic Stabilization of Historic Buildings," Invited Colloquium on Seismic Stabilization of Historic Buildings," May 31-June 3, 1993, Quito, Equador.

51.* Englekirk, R.E., "Geotechnical Issues in the Conservation of Sites," International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites: Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road, October 3-8, 1993, Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang, China.

52.* Englekirk, R.E., "An Approach to Seismic Strengthening of Existing Structures," CERF Corporate Advisory Board Executive Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1993.

53.* Englekirk, R.E., "Response of Modern Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings to Strong Ground Motion," EERI 1994 Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, April 6-9, 1994 (Invited).

54. Englekirk, R.E., "How Concrete Structures Have Responded to L.A.’s Northridge Quake," ACI Convention, San Francisco, California, March 22, 1994 (Invited).

55.* Englekirk, R.E., Damage to Ductile Steel Frames in the Northridge Earthquake," Fourth Meeting of the U.S./Japan Joint Technical Coordinating Committee, Tskuba, Japan, May 16-18, 1994 (Invited).

56. Englekirk, R.E., "Steel Moment Frames - After Northridge, Damage Assessment & Repair," The American Institute of Steel Construction, Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 1994.

57.* Englekirk, R.E., "Some Suggestions on the Design of Steel Special Moment Frames," The American Institute of Steel Construction/SAC Joint Venture, Finding Solutions: Steel Moment Frames After Northridge, Los Angeles, California, November 9, 1994.

58. Englekirk, R.E., "Precast Concrete - The Building System with the Greatest Seismic Potential," 1995 Spring ACI Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 5 - 10, 1995.

59. Englekirk, R.E., "Retrofitting Precast Concrete Diaphragms to a Behavior State Criterion," 1995 Spring ACI Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 5 - 10, 1995.

60. Englekirk, R.E., "Performance of Concrete and Steel Buildings in the Northridge Earthquake," ACI Washington Chapter Meeting, April 4, 1995.

61. Englekirk, R.E., "Damage" Property Loss & Liability Claims Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 9-12, 1995.

62.* Englekirk, R.E., "Loss Estimation Methodologies," Presentation to Fanny Mae Representatives, May 1995.

63.* Englekirk, R.E., “Developing Best Practices for Design/Build Practitioners," Stanford/DBIA Professional Design-Build: A National Conference for Owners and Practitioners, San Francisco, October 5-6-, 1995.

64.* Englekirk, R.E., "Improving the Behavior of Steel Beam-to-Column Joints - A Designer's Perspective," University of California, San Diego, November 3, 1995.

66.* Englekirk, R.E., "On the Design of Coverplated Beam-to-Column Connections," SAC Joint Venture, February, 1996.

67.* Englekirk, R.E., "Highrise Design Considerations in Regions of Moderate Seismicity," University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, October, 1996.

68. Englekirk, R.E., "The Design of Precast Concrete in Seismic Regions," Structural Engineers Association of Arizona, Phoenix, November 1, 1997.

69. Englekirk, R.E., "Designing Steel for Serviceability, Lecture 4: Control of Lateral Drift,"

Sacramento, 9/24/97, San Francisco, 9/25/97, Portland, 11/5/97, and Seattle, 11/6/97, (Invited Speaker)

  • Englekirk, R.E., "Precast Concrete: Dawn of a New Era in Seismic Regions," 1998 PCI Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 1998, (Invited Speaker)
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Better Earthquake-Resistant Buildings,” ULI Los Angeles District Council and USC Lusk Center for Real estate Development Trends Conference, Los Angeles, January 27, 1998, (Invited Speaker)
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete: Dawn of a New Era in Seismic Regions,” 1998 PCI Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 1998, (Invited Speaker)
  • Englekirk, R.E., “The Getty Center,” American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter of U.C. San Diego, February 24, 1999
  • Englekirk, R.E., “680 Mission Street, San Francisco, California – A Breakthrough project, PCI Convention, Palm Springs, CA, October 17-20, 1999 (Invited Speaker)
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Concrete Buildings – Can They Be Both Less Expensive and Better?,” Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Meeting, Los Angeles, January 5, 2000 (Invited Speaker)
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Concrete Buildings – Can They Be Both Less Expensive and Better?,” American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter of U.C. San Diego Meeting, La Jolla, January 25, 2000.
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete Ductile Frames - Better and Less Expensive,” Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, March 13, 2000 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete Ductile Frames - Better and Less Expensive, PCI Convention, Orlando, Florida, September 27, 2000 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., Steel Building Lecture Series, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, October 3 – 6, 2000 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete Ductile Frames - Better and Less Expensive, ACI Convention, Toronto, Canada, October 18, 2000 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete Ductile Frames - Better and Less Expensive, ACI Convention, Toronto, Canada, October 18, 2000 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “680 Mission Apartment Building, San Francisco – Structural Design Considerations, PCI Convention, Reno, Nevada, October 24, 2001 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “The Paramount Apartments – 3rd & Mission, 680 Mission,” The University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Chicago, April 4, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Precast Concrete Bracing Systems – A Coming of Age,” Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “New Methods in Concrete Construction,” Structural Engineers Association of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Performance Based Design: A Penetrating Overview,” Universidad Catholica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, October 1, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Design of Yielding Precast Concrete Frame System,” Steel Expo - The Chilean Institute of Concrete and Steel (Expo Hormigon ICH), Santiago, Chile, October 3, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “The Design of Precast Concrete Bracing Systems,” Steel Expo – The Chilean Institute of Concrete and Steel (Expo Hormigon ICH), Santiago, Chile, October 5, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Benefits and Reasons for Using Precast Concrete in Regions of High Seismicity,” PCMAC/OSHPD Seminar, Sacramento, Los Angeles, November 5, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Work vs. Graduate School,” UCSD ASCE Student Chapter Meeting, La Jolla, California, February 19, 2003 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Designing Reinforced Concrete Structures to a Performance Criterion,” 2003 Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, March 7 & 8, 2003 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Innovative Seismic Applications of P.T.,” Post Tensioning Institute Conference and Exhibition 2003, Huntington Beach, California, May 18-20, 2003 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Improving Seismic Behavior Through the Use of Seismic Design,” Mexican Precast-Prestressed Producers Association, Mexico City, Mexico, September 23, 2003 (Invited Speaker).
  • Englekirk, R.E., “Beyond the Paramount,” 3 rd International Symposium on High Performance Concrete PCI National Bridge Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 19-22, 2003 (Invited Speaker).

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