This table lists the special projects and initiatives that have been supported by the Endowment Fund since its inception in 1995.
Year | Project | Contributor, Chair or Author | Product |
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1995 | Electronic Information Management Plan, Paper | Farzad Naeim, author | |
1995 | White Paper on Public Policy and Building Safety | Chris Poland, chair | Public Policy and Building Safety |
1997 | White Paper and Workshop on Construction Quality and Seismic Education | Cynthia Hoover and Jim Russell, chairs | Construction Quality, Education and Seismic Safety |
1997 | White Paper and Workshop: Ethical Dilemmas in Earthquake Risk Reduction | Bret Lizundia, chair | Ethical Issues and Earthquake Risk Reduction |
1997 | Strategic Plan to Improve Seismic Training of Trades and Code Enforcers | Cynthia Hoover and Jim Russell, chairs | |
1997 | Promoting construction quality in developing countries. Turned into the World Housing Encyclopedia | Chris Arnold and Marjorie Greene, chairs | World Housing Encyclopedia |
1998-Present | Visiting Professionals Program turned into the Friedman Family Visiting Professional Program | Chris Arnold, chair | Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program Reports |
2000 | Financial Management of Earthquake Risk | Weimin Dong, chair | Financial Management of Earthquake Risk |
2000-Present | Encyclopedia of Housing Construction Types turned into the World Housing Encyclopedia | Svetlana Brzev, chair | World Housing Encyclopedia |
2002 | Northern California EERI Chapter: Quake '06 | Quake '06: NC Chapter | |
2005 | Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault | Don Ballantyne, chair | Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault |
2005-2007 | Small Grants for Developing Countries | Sudhir Jain, chair | 2005 Endowment Fund Annual Report: Small Grants for Developing Countries |
2006 | Guidelines for Developing an Earthquake Scenario | Jane Preuss, author | https://www.eeri.org/products-page/endowment-fund-reports/guidelines-for-developing-an-earthquake-scenario-3/ |
2006 | Collaborative project between UBC and UNAM on Confined Masonry: | Ken Elwood, chair | Evaluation of Confined Masonry Guidelines for Earthquake-Resistant Housing |
2007 | Support for Earthquake Engineering Practice, journal available outside of US/Canada/New Zealand | Sudhir Jain, chair | National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering |
2007 | New Madrid Earthquake Scenarios | Greg Hempen, chair | New Madrd Earthquake Scenarios |
2008 | International Strategy Workshop on Promotion of Confined Masonry Network | Craig Comartin and Sudhir Jain, chairs | Confined Masonry Network |
2008 | Identification of Methods to Achieve Successful Implementation of Nonstructural and Equipment Seismic Restraints | John Masek, author | Identification of Methods to Achieve Successful Implementation of Nonstructural and Equipment Seismic Restraints |
2008 | Contributions of Earthquake Engineering to Protect Communities and Critical Infrastructure from Multihazards | Thomas O'Rourke, chair | Contributions of EQ Engineering to Protecting Communities and Critical Infrastructure from Multihazards |
2009 | Straw Bale Construction: A Solution for Seismic Resistant Housing in Developing Countries | Darcey Donovan, consultant | Seismic Performance of Innovative Straw Bale Wall Systems |
2009 | Adobe with Geomesh Reinforcement | Marcial Blondet, author | Adobe with Geomesh Reinforcement |
2009-Present | New Tutorials section of World Housing Encyclopedia website | CVR Murty, chair | World Housing Encyclopedia Tutorials |
2010 | Tutorial on straw bale construction | Dmitry Ozeryansky and Martin Hammer, authors | To be published Spring 2013. |
2010 | City of Berkeley Soft Story Ordinance | David Bonowitz & Sheri Rabinovici, authors | PDF report |
2011 | Seismic Upgrade Triggers | Bonowitz, McCormick, Somers, authors | Report Coming Soon |
2011 | Framed Infill Network | Geohazards International | Framed Infill Network |