Press Releases
60th Annual Meeting of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Kicks off in New Orleans Historic French Quarter, February 6 - 9, 2008
February 2008 --Hurricane Katrina taught the world that reducing disaster impacts and speeding recovery requires not only the latest techniques in engineering design and construction, but also the ability to understand and respond to complex urban economic, cultural, and social realities.
Eguchi to Provide a View from Space as 2008 Distinguished Lecturer
October 2007 --An EERI member since 1976, Eguchi has over 30 years of experience in risk analysis and risk management studies.
EERI/FEMA Graduate Fellowship Awarded
June 25, 2007 --Barbara Chang, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California at San Diego, has been selected as the 2007-2008 NEHRP Graduate Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction.
Senator Alquist passes away
March 28, 2006 --Retired State Senator Al Alquist, 97, of Santa Clara passed away Monday, March 27, 2006 at 4:00 a.m. due to complications from pneumonia.
EERI/FEMA Professional Fellowship Awarded
Oct 17, 2005 --Mathew Francis, a senior geotechnical engineer at URS Corporation in Salt Lake City, has been selected as the 2006 NEHRP Professional Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction, awarded by EERI under a cooperative program funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
EERI/FEMA Graduate Fellowship Awarded
June 20, 2005 -- Troy Morgan, a Ph.D. candidate in Structural Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has been selected as the 2005-2006 NEHRP Graduate Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction.
EERI Sends Reconnaissance Teams to Areas affected by Sumatra Tsunami
January 6, 2005 -- Greatest Tsunami Disaster in History Generates Enormous Response from Earthquake Engineering Research Community
EERI SENDS ENGINEERING TEAM TO IRAN
January 6, 2004 -- The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is sending a team of engineers and medical specialists to Iran to investigate and report on the effects of the severe earthquake that destroyed the city of Bam on 26 December. That earthquake resulted in the deaths of more than 30,000 people, with an additional 50,000 seriously injured. Over 90 percent of the buildings in Bam collapsed and numerous others are inhabitable, leaving more than 100,000 homeless throughout the earthquake-stricken region. The earthquake destroyed the historical citadel of Arg-e-Bam, adding severe cultural loss to its growing and shocking list of serious effects.
AFTER COLIMA EARTHQUAKE, MEXICAN AND U.S. RECONNAISSANCE TEAM MEMBERS WORK TO QUICKLY APPLY LESSONS LEARNED
Oakland, CA. -- The first step taken under a recently initiated Mexican-U.S earthquake engineering cooperative agreement was to send a joint team to Colima, Mexico for an immediate, post-earthquake investigation of impacts on housing, infrastructure, people, and the local economy.
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