Dr. Hideki "Kit" Miyamoto | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | American, Japanese |
Education | Ph.D from Tokyo Institute of Technology, [1] MS and BS from California State University [2] |
Occupation | Seismic safety professional [3] |
Known for | Miyamoto International, Earthquake disaster response |
Dr. Hideki "Kit" Miyamoto (born 1963) [1] is a Japanese American structural engineer known for being the founder-CEO of Miyamoto International, a global structural engineering and disaster risk reduction organization. [4] [5] He is also the chairman of California's Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, which investigates earthquakes and recommends policies for risk reduction. [6] [7]
Miyamoto was born and raised in Tokyo and studied earthquake engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and California State University. He lives in Los Angeles. [8]
Miyamoto started his career in structural engineering [2] and later focused on disaster resiliency, response, and reconstruction. [9] He provides policy consultation to the World Bank, USAID, UN agencies, governments and private sector. He has led teams of professionals on response and reconstruction projects after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, [1] 2010 Haiti earthquake, [10] [11] 2011 Japan earthquake, 2015 Nepal earthquake, [12] 2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes [13] and other seismic risk reduction programs along with disaster risk mitigation policy work. [14]
Miyamoto was elected as a chair of the California Seismic Safety Commission in October 2020. He has formerly served as a seismic safety commissioner for eight years where he has advocated for increased resiliency in California. [15]
Dr. Miyamoto was responsible for the seismic retrofit of the Theme Building, an iconic Space Age structure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The innovative retrofit consisted of adding a tuned mass damper (TMD) to the top of the building’s core. The TMD option was selected because it was less expensive, protected the building’s architectural features, and minimized building closure. [16] This was the first time this retrofit had been achieved in the United States. [17]
Year | Award | Institution or Publication | Distinction |
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2024 | Award of Excellence [18] | Engineering News Record | Recognition of trajectory in engineering, disaster risk reduction, and post-disaster and post-conflict response across the globa. |
2022 | Most Admired CEO [19] | Sacramento Business Journal | Honorees for this award program were nominated by Business Journal readers and staff and chosen through a vote of their peers. |
2015 | Humanitarian Award [20] | American Society of Civil Engineers of Sacramento | |
2013 | G. Brooks Earnest (GBE) Award | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
2013 | 1st Annual Business Innovation & Economic Development Award | Haiti Renewal Alliance | |
2012 | Allied Professions Honor Award [21] | American Institute of Architects California Council | The award celebrates a member of an allied profession who is committed to enhancing and contributing to the field of architecture and architectural design. |
2012 | Distinguished Alumni | California State University, Sacramento | |
2011 | Distinguished Alumni | California State University, Chico | |
2011 | Fellow | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
2011 | Frederick W. Panhorst Structural Engineering Award | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
2011 | Top 25 Newsmakers | Engineering News Record | |
2011 | Alfred E. Alquist California Seismic Safety Commissioner | Seismic Safety Commission | |
2011 | Community Service Award [22] | Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce | |
2011 | Jerry Allen Courage in Leadership Award | ZweigWhite |
Dr. Kit Miyamoto provides aid in major earthquake emergencies.
Major media such as CNN, [30] LA Times, [31] NY Times [32] and Rolling Stone [33] have mentioned, represented, or interviewed him. He was also featured in the “Designing for Disaster” exhibit at the National Building Museum. [34]
Seismic risk or earthquake risk is the potential impact on the built environment and on people's well-being due to future earthquakes. Seismic risk has been defined, for most management purposes, as the potential economic, social and environmental consequences of hazardous events that may occur in a specified period of time. A building located in a region of high seismic hazard is at lower risk if it is built to sound seismic engineering principles. On the other hand, a building located in a region with a history of minor seismicity, in a brick building located on fill subject to liquefaction can be as high or higher risk.
The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment magnitude 6.7, blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The quake had a duration of approximately 10–20 seconds, and its peak ground acceleration of 1.82 g was the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Shaking was felt as far away as San Diego, Turlock, Las Vegas, Richfield, Phoenix, and Ensenada. The peak ground velocity at the Rinaldi Receiving Station was 183 cm/s, the fastest ever recorded.
Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. With better understanding of seismic demand on structures and with recent experiences with large earthquakes near urban centers, the need of seismic retrofitting is well acknowledged. Prior to the introduction of modern seismic codes in the late 1960s for developed countries and late 1970s for many other parts of the world, many structures were designed without adequate detailing and reinforcement for seismic protection. In view of the imminent problem, various research work has been carried out. State-of-the-art technical guidelines for seismic assessment, retrofit and rehabilitation have been published around the world – such as the ASCE-SEI 41 and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE)'s guidelines. These codes must be regularly updated; the 1994 Northridge earthquake brought to light the brittleness of welded steel frames, for example.
Seismic analysis is a subset of structural analysis and is the calculation of the response of a building structure to earthquakes. It is part of the process of structural design, earthquake engineering or structural assessment and retrofit in regions where earthquakes are prevalent.
Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earthquake engineer aims to construct structures that will not be damaged in minor shaking and will avoid serious damage or collapse in a major earthquake. A properly engineered structure does not necessarily have to be extremely strong or expensive. It has to be properly designed to withstand the seismic effects while sustaining an acceptable level of damage.
This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to structural engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, please see List of engineering topics. For biographies please see List of engineers.
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Seismic base isolation, also known as base isolation, or base isolation system, is one of the most popular means of protecting a structure against earthquake forces. It is a collection of structural elements which should substantially decouple a superstructure from its substructure that is in turn resting on the shaking ground, thus protecting a building or non-building structure's integrity.
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A soft story building is a multi-story building in which one or more floors have windows, wide doors, large unobstructed commercial spaces, or other openings in places where a shear wall would normally be required for stability as a matter of earthquake engineering design. A typical soft story building is an apartment building of three or more stories located over a ground level with large openings, such as a parking garage or series of retail businesses with large windows.
An unreinforced masonry building is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such as chimneys, are made of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other masonry material that is not braced by reinforcing material, such as rebar in a concrete or cinderblock. The term is used in earthquake engineering as a classification of certain structures for earthquake safety purposes, and is subject to minor variation from place to place.
Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely impervious to earthquake damage, the goal of earthquake engineering is to erect structures that fare better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts. According to building codes, earthquake-resistant structures are intended to withstand the largest earthquake of a certain probability that is likely to occur at their location. This means the loss of life should be minimized by preventing collapse of the buildings for rare earthquakes while the loss of the functionality should be limited for more frequent ones.
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is a leading technical society in dissemination of earthquake risk and earthquake engineering research both in the U.S. and globally. EERI members include researchers, geologists, geotechnical engineers, educators, government officials, and building code regulators. Their mission, as stated in their 5-year plan published in 2006, has three points: "Advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering; Improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political, and cultural environment; and Advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes".
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