Today Claudio Sepulveda, a graduate student from UCSD (my alma mater) and Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile, led our discussion of Balancing Energy Quantities in Dynamic Analysis, with an emphasis on #OpenSees. YES, IT'S in SPANISH!

I was invited to give a presentation at a short course on Hysteretic Modeling today. Here is the presentation I put together, I hope it emphasizes the importance to stop and think before you model! Please visit my web page to participate in and support my initiatives: https://www.silviasbrainery.com/

Since I am not a professor, I have to find ways to learn from the students at UCLA in creative ways! Here is the recording of one of their events in April 2021. Because I was blown away by their intensity, I wanted to share it here. "The Spring Research Symposium is a new UCLA-EERI chapter event with the goal of providing a low-pressure platform for young student researchers to present their work in structural/earthquake engineering. Presenters were be given 15-minutes to showcase their personal research work or a technical paper. Following the presentations there was a Q&A session so undergrad students can learn from their peers on how to get involved in research. To learn more, please contact uclaeeri@gmail.com"

Learn about solving 2nd order ordinary differential equations and use this knowledge to solve the Equation of Motion of a SDOF system under free vibration Learn more and sign up for the full course at: https://www.silviasbrainery.com/structural-dynamics-fundamentals

Hoy dia tuvimo una discusion interesante. Muchas gracias a todos los que parteciparon y a los que invitaron los partecipantes! YES IT'S ALL IN SPANISH! Join us live: https://courses.silviasbrainery.com/courses/opensees-cafecito

OpenSees Cafecito @ Silvia's Brainery -- A Spanish-Speaking #OpenSees Meeting Place, 24 Abril 2021. Influencia de la Mamposteria en el Comportamiento Inelastico de Porticos de hormigon Aramdo, por Brian Cagua, de Ecuador join our weekly OpenSees Cafecito meetings live: https://courses.silviasbrainery.com/ visit my web site for more info on all the initiatives: https://www.silviasbrainery.com/

OpenSees Cafecito @ Silvia's Brainery -- A Spanish-Speaking #OpenSees Meeting Place, 24 Abril 2021. Estudio de la Influencia de Rellenos en Porticos y Refuerzo con Placas de Acero Utilizando OpenSees, por Dr. Ing. Gonzalo Torrisi, Argentina join our weekly OpenSees Cafecito meetings live: https://courses.silviasbrainery.com/ visit my web site for more info on all the initiatives: https://www.silviasbrainery.com/

I gave this presentation today to my research group and, based on the reception it received, I thought I would share it here. Stay tuned for the next part(s)..... I only covered ~24 of the ~87 slides I prepared!