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EERI/FEMA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

Ann Marie Kammerer, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has been selected as the NEHRP Graduate Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction awarded by EERI under a cooperative program funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA funds the award as part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. The fellowship is designed to foster the participation of capable individuals in working toward the goals and practice of earthquake hazard mitigation. It provides a nine-month stipend of $12,000 and $8,000 for tuition, fees, and research expenses.

Kammerer was chosen from a group of eleven applicants. Applications were reviewed by James K. Wight of the University of Michigan, Saiid Saiidi of the University of Nevada, Reno, and Jonathan Stewart of the University of California, Los Angeles. Candidates came from seven different universities in California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Utah. They represented structural, civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineering.

Kammerer is currently working on quantifying the deformation potential of liquefiable soils over the entire density range. Her work will constitute the first high quality simple shear laboratory testing performed with two-directional shear loading (3-D) conditions. Kammerer’s research will provide insight into liquefaction behavior in a more robust way than in the past and will provide data for numerical model development and calibration.

According to Associate Professor Juan M. Pestana-Nascimento of the University of California, Kammerer "…has the potential for becoming one of the leaders in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering in the very near future."

EERI is a national, nonprofit, technical society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, and social scientists. EERI members include researchers, practicing professionals, educators, government officials, and building code regulators. The objective of EERI is to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering, by improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political and cultural environment, and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes. For more information about EERI or the EERI/FEMA NEHRP Fellowship Program, contact Susan K. Tubbesing, Executive Director, at the address below.