John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. John A. Blume was a world-renowned structural engineer who dedicated his professional life to the advancement of structural engineering. His extraordinary career spanned more than fifty years, and in recognition of his pioneering contributions to research and professional achievements, he received numerous medals and awards. He received his doctorate in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford in 1967 -- 34 years to the day after receiving his bachelor's degree on campus. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Blume was a three-time winner of the Leon S. Moisseiff Annual Award.
The John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture is given once a year by a structural engineer whose career best exemplifies Dr. Blume’s outstanding achievements.
Series Events
Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - From the Beginning until Today
Bechtel Conference Center
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
Evolution of Seismic Isolation Applications in Structural Engineering
Huang Engineering Building
Mackenzie Room 300
Stanford University
United States
Structures as Collective Art
Five Futures: Strategies for Shaping our Built Environment
Technical Advances and Remaining Challenges since Loma Prieta
The Promise of Smart Materials in Earthquake Resistant Design
Think Like an Engineer
Recent Advances in Accelerated and Stabilized Meshfree Method for Modeling Manmade and Natural Disasters
New Trends in Structural Topology Optimization: From Building Design to Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery
Cyberinfrastructure Enabled Analysis, Simulation, Design and Monitoring of Structures under Winds
Isogeometric Analysis
Protecting the World's Most Vulnerable Communities from Earthquakes
THE LAST MILE - Earthquake Risk Mitigation Assistance in Developing Countries
Stanford University
Tresidder Union, Oak Room
United States
Japanese Seismic Design of High-rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings: An Example of Performance-based Design Code and State of Practices
Building 420, Room 041
Stanford University
United States