Glenn J. Rix, Director
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 W (404) 894-2292 F (404) 894-2281
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Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering
Role in Project: Project management, site and material
characterization

Reginald DesRoches, Deputy Director
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 W (404) 385-0826 F (404) 894-0211
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Expertise: Structural Engineering
Role in Project: Project Management, and Analysis and Testing of
Container Cranes

Ann Bostrom, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Washington 
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs 
Seattle, WA 98195  W (206) 685-8198 F (206) 685-9044
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Expertise: Public policy analysis
Role in Project: Risk communication, decision making

Alan Erera, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0205 W (404) 385-0358 F (404) 894-2301
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Expertise: Industrial and systems engineering
Role in Project: Port operations and logistics

Stuart Werner, Principal Investigator
Principal, Seismic Systems & Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Oakland, CA 94611-1635 W (510) 531-7489 F (510) 531-7293
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Expertise: Seismic design and performance of port facilities
Role in Project: Research program manager, loss estimation

Dominic Assimaki, Investigator
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 W (404) 894-7598 F (404) 894-2281
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Expertise: Soil-structure interaction
Role in Project: Soil-structure interaction

Ross Boulanger, Investigator
Professor, University of California, Davis
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Davis, CA 95616 W (530) 752-2947 F (530) 752-7872
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Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering
Role in Project: Centrifuge testing of soil-structure systems

Patricia Gallagher, Investigator
Associate Professor, Drexel University
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Philadelphia, PA 19104 W (215) 895-6426 F (215) 895-1363
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Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering
Role in Project: Soil improvement via grouting

Robin Gregory, Investigator
Senior Researcher, Decision Research & Value Scope Research, Inc.
Galiano, B.C. Canada VON 1PO W (250) 539-5701
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Expertise: Decision Sciences
Role in Project: Stakeholder deliberation

Eduardo Kausel, Investigator
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Cambridge, MA 02139 W (617) 253-5336
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Expertise: Soil-structure interaction
Role in Project: Soil-Structure interaction

James LaFave, Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dpartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Urbana, IL 61801 W (217) 333-8064 F (217) 265-8039
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Expertise: Structural Engineering
Role in Project: Structural testing of pile connections

Dawn Lehman, Investigator
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Seattle, WA 98195 W (206) 616-3530 F (206) 543-8883
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Expertise: Structural Engineering
Role in Project: Pile-supported wharf structures

Roberto Leon, Investigator
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 W (404) 894-2220 F (404) 894-2278
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Expertise: Structural Engineering
Role in Project: Structural response of cranes

Ellen Rathje, Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Department of Civil Engineering
Austin, TX 78712-1710 W (512) 232-3683 F (512) 471-6548
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Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering
Role in Project: Soil improvement via prefabricated drains, full-scale field testing

Charles Roeder, Investigator
Professor, University of Washington
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Seattle, WA 98195 W (206) 543-6199 F (206) 543-8883
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Expertise: Structural Engineering
Role in Project: Pile-supported wharf structures

Craig Taylor, Investigator
President, Natural Hazards Management, Inc.
Torrance, CA 90505 W (310) 791-0043 F (310) 791-6684
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Expertise: Risk analysis
Role in Project: Risk analysis

Andrew Whittle, Investigator
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cambridge, MA 02139 W (617) 253-7122 F (617) 253-6044
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Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering
Role in Project: Constitutive modeling of soil

Tanya Blackwell
Project Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 W (404) 385-0062 F (404) 894-2281
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Role in Project: Project Administrator