He can be contacted at mosqueda@ eng.buffalo.edu. Jerome O’Connor, P.E., is senior program manager for Transportation Research of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, headquartered at UB. He can be contacted at jso7@buffalo.edu. James N. Jensen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at UB, where he teaches courses and conducts research in environmental engineering. He can be contacted at jjensen@eng.buffalo.edu.