Keith Porter
Dr. Porter is an Associate Research Professor in Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Principal of the international consulting company SPA Risk LLC. He received degrees in civil and structural engineering from UC Davis (BS 1987), UC Berkeley (MEng 1990), and Stanford University (PhD 2000). He is a licensed Professional Engineer and researcher specializing in 2nd-generation performance based earthquake engineering, seismic vulnerability, and societal risk from natural disasters. He has been the engineering coordinator for the USGS Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR) disaster scenarios ShakeOut, ARkStorm, and Tsunami Scenario. He also helped to lead the Mitigation Saves study, an effort sponsored by the US Congress and carried out by the Multihazard Mitigation Council that estimated that FEMA’s natural hazard mitigation efforts save $4 for every $1 spent. More information can be found at http://spot.colorado.edu/~porterka and www.sparisk.com.