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WHE Request for Manuals and Guidelines on Seismic Resistant Design and Construction

The World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE), a joint EERI and IAEE initiative, wants to increase its seismic resistant design and construction resources for design professionals and builders involved in housing projects. The WHE has already published a number of such publications and these are available f...

Register for 10NCEE Today: Rates Increase after May 15, Travel Grant Recipients, and SDC Info

Register now for 10NCEE in Anchorage, Alaska, July 21–25, 2014. Registration rates will increase after May 15, 2014 ($100 increase for full conference rate and $50 increase for one-day rates). Information about Travel and Lodging, Airline Discounts, Pre-Conference Events, and Thursday Evening at t...

Earthquake Spectra Issue on the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence Now Available Online

The February 2014 special issue of Earthquake Spectra on the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence is available online at http://earthquakespectra.org/toc/eqsa/30/1. Printed copies will begin arriving over the next few weeks. You may order additional copies at https://www.eeri.org...

2014 Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Exercise

EERI members are invited to participate in the California Earthquake Clearinghouse exercise on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. (PDT). This exercise will provide an opportunity for members to learn how to use EERI-supported tools for reconnaissance data collection and also to contribute...

Introducing EERI Housner Fellows Class of 2014

EERI's Housner Fellows Management Committee selected eight Fellows out of many competitive applications for the second class of Housner Fellows, a leadership training program EERI inaugurated with a bequest from George Housner. Additional support for the program is provided by the Federal Emergency ...

Abbie Liel and Greg Deierlein to Receive Spectra Outstanding Paper Award

The Earthquake Spectra Editorial Board and the EERI Honors Committee selected the following paper to receive the Earthquake Spectra Outstanding Paper Award: “Using Collapse Risk Assessments to Inform Seismic Safety Policy for Older Concrete Buildings,” by Abbie B. Liel (M. EERI, 2009), Universit...

Call for Abstracts: 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

The 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction (3ICUDR) will be held September 28–October 1, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado. The conference builds on an established practice of international collaboration and knowledge-sharing after disaster events in Japan, U.S., and Taiwan. In this thir...

M8.2 Iquique, Chile Earthquake and Tsunami: Preliminary Reconnaissance Observations

The EERI Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Committee, led by chair Ken Elwood (M. EERI, 1994), reached out to colleagues in Chile to compile this article for the EERI membership that summarizes their initial observations from the April 1, 2014 M8.2 earthquake and tsunami. This article is compiled by J...

M5.1 La Habra, CA Earthquake: California Earthquake Clearinghouse

At 9:09 p.m. on March 28, 2014, a M5.1 earthquake struck near the city of La Habra in Southern California. The California Earthquake Clearinghouse used this lower magnitude event in an urban area to exercise its activation procedures. The management committee of the Clearinghouse, which includes EER...

10NCEE Program Is Available Online: Register Today Before Rates Go Up!

The full program for the Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (10NCEE) is now available online at http://www.10ncee.org/program/at-a-glance. The program includes over 1,000 presentations in 130 sessions, including 27 invited presentations by distinguished speakers in the plenary ...

EERI Honorary Members: Bill Anderson and Bill Iwan

The EERI Board of Directors selected William (Bill) A. Anderson (M. EERI, 2001) and Wilfred (Bill) D. Iwan (M. EERI, 1989) as Honorary Members of the Institute. Honorary membership is awarded to recognize members who have made sustained and outstanding contributions to the field of earthquake engine...

Heidi Tremayne Joins EERI Staff as Program Manager

The EERI Board of Directors and Staff are thrilled to announce that Heidi Tremayne, P.E. (M. EERI, 2004) became EERI's Program Manager in early April. In this new position, Heidi will be responsible for managing multiple projects and programs, creating and leading professional development programs, ...

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