Full Name
Ezra Jampole
Job Title
Managing Engineer
Organization
Exponent Inc.
Speaking At
Ezra Jampole's lecture hosted by University at Buffalo
Ezra Jampole's lecture hosted by Cornell University
Ezra Jampole's lecture hosted by Cornell University
Speaker Bio
Dr. Jampole is a Managing Engineer in the Buildings and Structures Practice at Exponent, Inc. in New York City. He specializes in risk analysis and performance of structures subjected to extreme loads such as earthquakes, wind, and flood events. He has served as a consultant on projects assessing the origin of damage to structures following natural disasters, adjacent construction incidents, corrosion and deterioration, settlement, and long-term issues. He has substantial experience investigating the engineering standard of care for complex energy and infrastructure projects for litigation and arbitration. He also has experience designing steel, concrete, and wood framed buildings; and in nonlinear analysis and earthquake ground motion selection.
Dr. Jampole has developed strategies for improving the performance of light frame structures during severe earthquakes. He developed a sliding isolation system geared towards the properties of light frame structures, and validated its performance through numerical analysis, component testing, and full-scale shake table testing of a two-story isolated house. He also developed a ground motion intensity measure for the prediction of sliding isolation demands, and subsequent ground motion prediction equations for use in probabilistic seismic hazard analyses.
Dr. Jampole is extensively involved in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute as co-chair of the Younger Members Committee, and through the Learning from Earthquakes Program. He has participated in post-earthquake reconnaissance investigations in Oklahoma, Mexico City, and New Zealand, including as part of EERI’s Learning from Earthquake’s Program Travel Study Program.
Dr. Jampole currently serves as an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he teaches a graduate course on structural dynamics and researches high-performance concrete materials. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University.
Dr. Jampole has developed strategies for improving the performance of light frame structures during severe earthquakes. He developed a sliding isolation system geared towards the properties of light frame structures, and validated its performance through numerical analysis, component testing, and full-scale shake table testing of a two-story isolated house. He also developed a ground motion intensity measure for the prediction of sliding isolation demands, and subsequent ground motion prediction equations for use in probabilistic seismic hazard analyses.
Dr. Jampole is extensively involved in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute as co-chair of the Younger Members Committee, and through the Learning from Earthquakes Program. He has participated in post-earthquake reconnaissance investigations in Oklahoma, Mexico City, and New Zealand, including as part of EERI’s Learning from Earthquake’s Program Travel Study Program.
Dr. Jampole currently serves as an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he teaches a graduate course on structural dynamics and researches high-performance concrete materials. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University.
