EERI SESI Subcommittees are open to any EERI member, and are tasked to achieve various actions and activities of the program. Each Subcommittee will be lead by a Subcommittee Chair. If you are interested in joining a subcommittee, please email the associated Chair listed below.
- Safety Screening, Inventory, and Evaluation of Schools
- Classroom Education and Outreach
- Tsunami Mitigation for Schools
- Code Updating and Improvements
- Safety Advocacy and Messaging
Safety Screening, Inventory, and Evaluation of Schools
Chair: Ken Goettel
Members: David Bonowitz, Phil Gould, Karen Izumoto, Heidi Tremayne
Charge: Facilitate and encourage implementation of risk reduction measures by developing and helping to carry out stepwise screening methodologies to identify school buildings with the highest seismic risk efficiently while minimizing the effort and expense for school districts.
Products:
Classroom Education and Outreach
Co-Chair: Thalia Anagnos
Co-Chair: Lelli Van Den Einde
Members: Vince Pericoli, Mary Fatih Silva, Heidi Tremayne, Eddie Vega, Ivan Wong, James Mallard, Alex Lee, Zoe Yin, Cindy Qian, Zahraa Saiyed, Barbara Simpson
Charge: Use education in the classroom to create on ongoing dialog with parents, teachers, and administrators and to develop advocates for earthquake school safety. Bring together EERI regional and student chapters to collaborate on delivering the activities and serving as expert resources for stakeholders.
Resource Downloads:
- Earthquake Engineering Design Lessons for 4th Grade (78MB .zip file)
- SESI Classroom: 4th Grade Training Video (Lessons 1 & 2)
- SESI Classroom: 4th Grade Training Video (Lesson 3 & 4)
Tsunami Mitigation for Schools
Chair: Chair pending, Yumei Wang and Heidi Tremayne are the current contacts
Members: Veronica Cedillos, Greg Deierlein, Lori Dengler, Doug Dougherty, Lesley Ewing, Hermann Fritz, Sue Graves, Karen Izumoto, Manuel Lugo, Kevin Miller, Cindy Pridmore, Jay Raskin, Kevin Richards, Althea Rizzo, Ian Robertson, Zahraa Saiyed, John Schelling, Jeri Siegel, Tom Tobin, Heidi Tremayne, Yumei Wang, Jay Wilson, Rick Wilson, Harry Yeh
Charge: Support schools with tsunami hazard by provide them access to experts and sharing best
practices for tsunami risk mitigation.
Products:
- List of U.S. K-12 Schools in Tsunami Evacuation Zones, Version 1.0, March 2017 (.xlxs file)
- Tsunami Preparedness Checklist for K-12 School Administrators and Principals, Version 1.0, October 2016 (.pdf file)
- Activity Update Letter to Coastal Zone Foundation, dated July 26, 2016 (.pdf file)
- SESI Tsunami Resources List V1 (.pdf file)
- Advocacy for Tsunami Mitigation and Preparedness of U.S. schools along the “Pacific Rim” 16 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering paper #4924 (.pdf file)
Code Updating and Improvements
Chair: Rob Jackson
Members: Bill Holmes, Karen Izumoto, Mike Mahoney (ex officio), Sissy Nikolaou, Gary Patterson, Menzer Pehlivan, Alissa Tan, Heidi Tremayne, Barry Welliver, Guillermo Diaz-Fanas
Charge: Advocate for code improvements, refinement and/or implementation practices that will enhance school safety and use after major earthquakes.
Safety Advocacy and Messaging
Chair: Lucy Arendt
Members: David Bonowitz, Karen Izumoto, Heidi Tremayne, Dorian Tung, Barry Welliver
Charge: Bridge the communication gap between technical professionals and non-technical partners and stakeholders interested in earthquake risk reduction for schools.
