Newsletter, June 2004 Volume 38, Number 6

EERI Newsletter, June 2004 Volume 38, Number 6

News of the Institute EERI and Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Sign Cooperative Agreement EERI President Thomas D. O’Rourke recently joined Michael Griffith, president of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES), in signing a Scientific and Technical Collaboration Agreement between the two organizations. The objective of the agreement is to promote and sponsor collaboration between both organizations, with the goal of participating jointly in scientific and EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING technical activities in areas of common interest related to earthquake engi- RESEARCH INSTITUTE neering. In order to achieve this objective, EERI and AEES agreed to • develop an agenda of common problems and areas of opportunity in earth- NEWSLETTER quake engineering, • exchange selected publications and other information, Editor Thalia Anagnos • develop joint publications and information on mitigation measures, Associate Editors Sarah Nathe • carry out joint research programs, Gerald Brady • organize seminars and conferences, Editorial Assistant Eloise Gilland • engage in exchange of scholars to participate in conferences, colloquia, Earthquake Engineering symposia, and special short-term courses, Research Institute 499 14th Street, Suite 320 continued on page 3 Oakland, California 94612-1934 Phone: 510/451-0905 Fax: 510/451-5411 News of the Profession E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.eeri.org Roblee Selected as the First Executive Director ISSN 0270-8337 Reproduction with attribution is permitted. of the NEES Consortium The Board of Directors of the NEES Consor- EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING tium, Inc. has named EERI member Dr. Cliff RESEARCH INSTITUTE Roblee as executive director, concluding an in-depth competitive selection process con- PRESIDENT Thomas D. O’Rourke ducted over the past several months. Roblee is currently the chief of geotechnical and PRESIDENT-ELECT ground motion research for the California Craig D. Comartin Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and has been extensively involved in the devel- VICE PRESIDENT Mary C. Comerio opment and guidance of the PEER-Lifelines Cliff Roblee program, an industry-sponsored applied SECRETARY-TREASURER earthquake research partnership. He received Ronald L. Mayes his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEES President Ian Buckle said on behalf of the NEES Consortium Board: “I John L. Aho am delighted that we have been able to attract a person of Cliff’s caliber … Donald Ballantyne Cliff is highly regarded in the geotechnical earthquake engineering commu- Bruce R. Clark Craig D. Comartin nity for his leadership in collaborative research, his excellent technical and Mary C. Comerio organizational skills, and his ability to connect with audiences of all ages. Ronald L. Mayes This is a key appointment for NEES and speaks well for the future of the con- Farzad Naeim sortium and the ultimate success of the NEES Collaboratory. I look forward to Sarah Nathe Cliff’s tenure with great confidence.” Thomas D. O’Rourke Roblee will lead a consortium headquarters organization of approximately 18 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Susan K. Tubbesing individuals who will function in the areas of finance and administration; equip- continued on page 5

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• Social science contributions under Announcement NEHRP, both in terms of knowledge creation and utilization. Multihazard Summer • Contributions of the social sciences since the creation of NEHRP to Institute the understanding of natural, tech- The 2004 Multihazard Building De- nological, and human-induced haz- sign Summer Institute is offering ards faced by communities in the four courses in hazard mitigation, nation. including one course entitled Topics • Challenges posed for the social in Performance-Based Earthquake science disaster research commu- Engineering, which will be pre- Disaster Research in nity due to the expectation that, sented July 26-29, 2004. The other like other relevant disciplines, it courses, Wind Mitigation Design, the Social Sciences will become a major partner in Flood Mitigation Design, and Fire Safe Design, are offered July 19-22. The National Academy of Sciences integrated hazard and disaster The courses will be presented at the (NAS) was recently awarded a Na- research. Emergency Management Institute, tional Science Foundation (NSF) • Opportunities for bridging the gap located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. grant to conduct a detailed appraisal between social scientists who of the short and long-term chal- study natural disasters and those The four-day courses are designed lenges facing the social science dis- who investigate technological for engineering faculty, with the ex- aster research community, and new risks. pectation that course attendees will and emerging opportunities for ad- • Likely impact of key societal utilize the course material in under- vancing knowledge in the field and changes — such as the emer- graduate and graduate curriculum its application for the benefit of soci- gence of new technologies, em- development. The summer institute ety. According to the project descrip- phasis on new hazards, and a courses are offered free of charge, tion, the study “should provide a changing emergency manage- including travel costs, to qualified basis for planning future social sci- ment profession — on how disas- applicants. A prerequisite for the ence and multidisciplinary research ter research is done and on what earthquake course includes previ- related to natural, technological, and is studied by social scientists in ous attendance at the Institute’s willful disasters in response to chal- the future. Introduction to Earthquake Engi- lenges and opportunities presented neering Course, or permission from • by a changing nation and world.” Challenges of postdisaster investi- the lead instructor. gations and opportunities to in- Several EERI members are partici- crease their value. The Topics in Performance-Based pating on the NAS committee for the • Future opportunities for collabora- Engineering course includes ses- project, including Thomas Birkland, tive international research. sions on Principles of Performance Stephanie Chang, Robert Olson, Based Earthquake Engineering, • Kimberly Shoaf, and Kathleen Tier- Opportunities for meeting the Seismic Hazard and Seismic Risk ney. EERI member William Anderson challenge of furthering the applica- Analysis, Geotechnical Earthquake is the responsible NAS staff officer. tion of research results. Engineering, Ground Motion Selec- The committee is chaired by Gary • Future workforce needs and op- tion and Scaling, Nonlinear Static Kreps, professor of sociology and portunities to meet them. and Dynamic Analysis Procedures, vice-provost at the College of William A final report will be issued at the Passive Energy Systems, and Seis- and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. end of the project in approximately mic Isolation Systems. Each lesson is enhanced with a variety of indi- The study will start by examining the 18 months. The committee held its vidual and group exercises. The contributions and accomplishments first meeting on April 23, 2004. latest versions of computer pro- of the social sciences through the EERI members and others who are grams NONLIN, NONLIN-Pro, and National Earthquake Hazards Re- interested in providing feedback to EQTools are provided to each parti- duction Program (NEHRP), the the committee and monitoring cipant for use at the Institute and in program that, through NSF, has progress on this project can visit their own college classrooms. provided much of the support for the the NAS web site (www. social science effort to date. nationalacademies.org/). Click on Complete course information Current Projects, and then enter and application materials may be The study will examine the following the name of this project: Disaster obtained from training.fema.gov/ areas: Research in the Social Sciences. emiweb/MBDSI/.

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News of the Profession News of the Profession Nominations Sought Elnashai Succeeds Abrams as Director of for Awards of Mid-America Earthquake Center Excellence Dr. Amr Elnashai has been named director of the Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE), suc- ceeding Dr. Daniel Abrams, who had been Nominations are being sought for director since 1997. The center focuses on the the 2004 National Awards of Excel- infrequent but high-consequence seismic events lence, which will be presented at the that are typical in the eastern and central United National Earthquake Conference, States. The center’s research is directed at “con- September 26-30, 2004, St. Louis sequence-based engineering” and includes de- Missouri. velopment of enabling technologies to synthesize The awards are given to persons, damage across regions, mitigation methods to organizations, or agencies that have minimize earthquake consequences, and better contributed significantly to address- Amr Elnashai definitions of seismic hazards. ing earthquake risk reduction within the United States through their Elnashai’s research interests are experimental, analytical, and field investiga- achievements, leadership, and dedi- tions of the seismic response of concrete, steel, and composite buildings and cation. Special emphasis is placed bridges. He is the director of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simu- on those who have demonstrated lation (NEES) Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structured Testing and Simulation these qualities as part of a collabor- Facility at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC). In 2001, Elna- ative effort in addressing the hazard. shai moved from Imperial College, London, and joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UIUC. In addition to his participation Award recipients will be honored in many professional organizations, he lectures at the European School for during an awards luncheon Wed- the Reduction of Seismic Risk in Italy. He has served as associate director nesday, September 29, 2004. Recip- of the MAE Center since his arrival at UIUC and has been serving as acting ients will be featured in conference director of the center during Abram’s recent sabbatical. materials and on the official conference web site. Abrams, the Willet Professor of Civil Engineering at UIUC, was the leader of the winning proposal to establish the MAE Center in 1997. He thereafter led Awards are given in the following the planning and execution of the process of building the center academi- categories: mitigation, response and cally and administratively, making it a leading international organization in recovery, plans and materials, re- the field of earthquake engineering. Abrams is at the forefront of the area of search, multijurisdictional planning, seismic performance of masonry structures. An active member of EERI, he and outreach programs. Nomina- has served as chair of the Experimental Research Committee, as a member tions must be submitted no later of the Research Policy Committee, and as a member of the editorial board of than June 30, 2004. Notification will Earthquake Spectra. He has also held leadership roles in other professional be sent by registered mail to award organizations including the Masonry Society, the National Center for Earth- winners no later than July 31, 2004. quake Engineering Research, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Organizations eligible for awards include state, provincial, county, and city governments; nonprofit organi- Australian EQ Engineering To carry out the goals of the agree- zations; and business or academic ment, EERI and AEES will establish continued from page 1 institutions responsible for earth- a bilateral commission to prepare quake programs, projects, or prod- • encourage the organization of and work programs, periodically evalu- ucts for which the nominee has pro- participation in technical commit- ate their fulfillment, and exchange vided leadership, effort, or technical tees, information on their progress and assistance. • promote the participation of social on the development of policies and scientists from both countries in procedures. AEES President Griffith For additional information and nomi- the development of earthquake said that he was “looking forward to nation forms, visit www. mitigation policies, working with EERI to develop practi- earthquakeconference.org/ • encourage a multidisciplinary ap- cal earthquake risk mitigation for AwardsNominationForm.doc. proach in the activities to be devel- low-to-moderate earthquake hazard oped. regions such as Australia.”

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PLEASE POST IMMEDIATELY

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Fellowship Announced

Under a cooperative agreement established with FEMA, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is pleased to offer the 2005 Professional Fellowship to provide an opportunity for a practicing professional to gain greater skills and broader expertise in earthquake hazards reduction, either by enhancing knowledge in the applicant’s own field, or by broadening the applicant’s knowledge in a related but unfamiliar discipline.

Who Should Apply? This unique fellowship is designed to bring together an experienced career professional with other professionals conducting significant research, thereby providing opportunities to both enrich the applicant’s knowledge and skills and to broaden the research base with challenges faced in practice. The Professional Fellowship is not intended to fund work towards a degree.

The Award The fellowship provides a stipend of $30,000, commencing in January 2005, to cover tuition, fees, and relocation and living expenses. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of a spe- cific project, with the proposed work or course of study to be carried out over a period of up to one year. The recipient will have the flexibility to work less than full time with the host institution and academic sponsor, with the understanding that the effort will result in a report by the end of twelve months.

Criteria Applicants must provide a detailed work plan for a research project that would be carried out in the twelve-month period. The fellow will be expected to produce a written report upon comple- tion of the project. All applications must be accompanied by a professional resume and letter of nomination from the faculty host at the cooperating educational institution. Faculty members should also indicate the institution’s ability to provide research facilities, including library, work space, telephone, and computer access. Applicants must hold U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status.

To Apply Candidates may obtain an application form from the Earthquake Engineering Research Insti- tute, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, California 94612-1934, tel: (510) 451-0905, fax: (510) 451-5411, e-mail: [email protected], or from EERI’s web site at http://www.eeri.org.

Deadline for receipt of all application materials at EERI is September 7, 2004. Announcement of the award will be made October 18, 2004.

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News of the Membership U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seis- universities and private sector orga- mic Effects from 1983 to 1999. nizations have participated in the panel and its 12 task committees. Japanese Award to The award recognizes the accom- Richard N. Wright plishments of international and Principal accomplishments of the Japanese engineers and scientists, panel’s research efforts include: many of whom are EERI members, • acquiring and sharing data on wind in cooperative research to reduce velocities and forces, earthquake the harmful effects of extreme ground motions, and structural winds, earthquakes, and tsunamis. responses to extreme winds and The governments of the United earthquakes; States and Japan in January 1964 • related Standard Penetration Test created the U.S.-Japan Coopera- (SPT) results from U.S. and Japa- tive Program in Natural Resources nese tests to improve identification (UJNR) as one of three programs of sites subject to liquefaction in Richard N. Wright comprising the U.S.-Japan Coop- earthquakes; erative Science Program. The Panel • improved seismic design methods The Japan Society of Civil Engineers on Wind and Seismic Effects was for steel, reinforced concrete and gives its International Award annu- established in 1969 to encourage, pre-cast concrete buildings; ally to a foreign civil engineer who develop, and implement technolo- • improved seismic design methods has contributed to the advancement gies to mitigate wind and seismic for bridge columns; of technological exchange or collab- effects; develop stronger technical • strength-based design guidelines oration. Its 2003 Award will be pre- links between the two countries; for reinforced masonry buildings; sented in Tokyo on May 28, 2004, to conduct cooperative research pro- • confirmed methods for prediction EERI member Dr. Richard N. Wright, grams; and exchange guest re- of performance of full-scale struc- for his contributions to technological searchers and equipment. The Na- tural components and subassem- exchange between Japan and the tional Institute of Standards and blies; and United States and to the advance- Technology has provided the U.S. • hybrid control algorithms for effi- ment of wind and seismic design secretariat and chairman. Eighteen cient limitation of structural re- technologies in both countries, in U.S. agencies, seven Japanese sponse to extreme winds and his capacity as U.S. chairman of the agencies, and representatives of earthquakes.

Roblee management, and performance of quake ground motion hazard and applied earthquake research with related implications for facility and continued from page 1 Caltrans. He has significant practical network performance. He managed ment site operations; information experience with in situ geophysical research projects on the develop- technology operations; and educa- measurement of wave velocity, lab- ment of prototype in situ testing tion, outreach and training. Candi- oratory measurement of material equipment and mapping of landslide dates to manage these departments properties, and design specification hazards along highway corridors. and candidates for other consortium of earthquake ground motions and He also has been instrumental in positions will be solicited in the com- deformations. At Caltrans, he led a introducing emerging knowledge ing months. small team of georesearch special- and technologies into Caltrans’ prac- ists that focused on topics including tices, ranging from comprehensive The executive director will serve as earthquake seismology, foundation source-path-site ground motion a spokesperson for the earthquake engineering, subsurface characteri- modeling, to standardized approach- engineering community in support- zation, and geotechnology imple- es for electronic archive and ex- ing and guiding the NEES initiative mentation. change of geo-information, to im- of the National Science Foundation, proved regional and network-based will coordinate NEES research and He developed significant research procedures for earthquake planning its resources, and will connect partnerships with government, aca- and emergency response. Roblee NEES research capabilities and demic, and private sector entities, serves on several national technical findings to broader communities. both within the United States and committees and participated in the internationally. These partnerships geotechnical field reconnaissance of For the past 12 years, Roblee has led to coordinated programs of ap- the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey and been involved in the development, plied research focused on earth- Taiwan.

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Announcements better prepared than others in maxi- ties in New Zealand in the future. mizing federal and state assistance This chairmanship will be at the Nominations Sought and consequently in gaining critical level of existing research fellow- community support. ships sponsored by the NZEC in for Prakash Award seismic studies at Victoria University To assist local agencies respon- The Shamsher Prakash Foundation and earthquake engineering at the sible for providing disaster relief in University of Canterbury. is soliciting nominations for the 2004 becoming familiar with state and Shamsher Prakash Annual Prize for federal requirements to receive For more information, e-mail Helen Excellence in the Practice of Geo- recovery assistance, the California Cox of Academic Search Interna- technical Engineering, which is giv- Governors Office of Emergency Ser- tional at helen.cox@academic- en to a young (less than 45 years vices (OES) is conducting a series search.net. old) engineer, scientist, or research- of recovery and mitigation courses er from anywhere in the world. Can- at no cost to participating organiza- didates should be specialists in geo- tions. The courses are designed to Call for Papers technical engineering or geotech- assist communities in maximizing nical earthquake engineering, have disaster assistance funding and Structural Dynamics made significant independent contri- services following a disaster. The butions to the field, and show prom- descriptions of courses with the Conference ise of future excellence. The award dates and locations can be found at The Society for Experimental includes a cash prize of $1,100. www.oes.ca.gov. Mechanics (SEM) will host IMAC- Nominations are due on or before XXIII: A Conference and Exposition October 31, 2004. All nominations on Structural Dynamics January 31- will be reviewed by a judging com- Job Opportunity February 3, 2005, at the Rosen mittee of international experts from Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Canada, Japan, the United King- Massey University The conference theme is “Structural dom, and the United States. The Health Monitoring” (SHM), which award will be announced by Decem- New Zealand has been an evolving technology for ber 31, 2004. Massey University is seeking appli- a number of years. With the development of more powerful computa- Additional information on submitting cants for a chair in natural hazards planning, recently endowed by the tional capabilities and miniaturized nominations can be found at www. sensors, SHM schemes are being rollanet.org/~prakash1/yoga10/ New Zealand Earthquake Commis- sion (NZEC). The position is in the explored that can be designed into geotechengg.htm, or by contacting the structure, providing a compre- Sally Prakash at [email protected]. Resource and Environmental Plan- ning Programme in the School of hensive health evaluation. OES Disaster People, Environment, and Planning SEM is accepting abstracts for at the university’s Palmerston North technical papers for presentation Recovery and Campus. through June 14, 2004. The topics Mitigation Training Applicants must have a distin- are grouped under the following guished track record of teaching, four areas: general topics, structural In times of disaster, communities research, and scholarship and the dynamics related to civil structures, looks to their leaders and gov- ability to provide strong academic structural health monitoring, and ernment agencies to guide them leadership. The appointee will special focus areas. Each special in obtaining disaster relief for become the leading commenta- focus area will have background residents, businesses, ranchers, tor in New Zealand, advancing the educational lectures or panel discus- farmers, and public infrastructure. field of natural hazards planning to sions. For more information about Federal and state agencies have a wide range of groups both within the topics, visit www.sem.org. This numerous regulations and proce- academia and in the wider com- site also has details about submit- dures that must be followed to gain munity. The position will focus on ting abstracts and the submission critical recovery assistance. Local natural hazards in undergraduate form. Only electronic submissions agencies responsible for providing and postgraduate programs in plan- will be accepted. Abstracts should disaster relief must be familiar with ning and other disciplines, and will not exceed 200 words and should these state and federal require- lead to improved understanding and not contain figures or equations. For ments to receive timely assistance. enhanced capabilities in those who accepted abstracts, the deadline for Experience has shown that following will help build self-reliant communi- the finished paper will be October a disaster, some communities are 11, 2004.

6 7 EERI Newsletter, June 2004 Volume 38, Number 6 EERI Newsletter, June 2004 Volume 38, Number 6 CALENDAR 25-28 SEAOC Ann’l Convention, Mon- 2006 terey, CA. Info: www.seaoc.org (5/04) APRIL Items that have appeared previously 18-21. 8th U.S. Nat’l Conf. on EQ are severely abbreviated. The issue SEPTEMBER Eng. (8NCEE), EERI Annual Meet- containing the first, or most informa- 14-17. NDE/NDT for Highways and ing, SSA Annual Meeting, Disaster tive, appearance is indicated at the Bridges 2004, Buffalo NY. Info: www. Resistant California, San Francisco, (12/03) entry’s end. Items listed for the first asnt.org/events/events.htm CA. Info: www.eeri.org (5/04) time are shown in bold. 26-30. 2004 National EQ Conf., JUNE St. Louis, MO. Info: www. News of the Membership 7-10. SEM X Int’l Cong. on Experi- earthquakeconference.org/. See mental & Applied Mechanics, Costa page 3. (4/04) RMS Characterizes 10 Mesa, CA. Info: www.sem.org (10/03) 29-Oct. 1. Annual Conf. on Deep Greatest Risks 10-11. 4th Int’l Workshop on Struc- Foundations, Vancouver, B.C., tural Control, Columbia Univ., NY. Canada. Info: www.dfi.org (12/03) What are the greatest risks we face Info: www.civil.columbia.edu/ in the United States? In an effort to OCTOBER find more imaginative ways to write 4IWSC (11/03) 18-20. 3rd Int’l Conf. EQ Eng., Nan- and report on risk, the magazine jing, China. Info: 20-23. 14th World Conf. on Disaster 3icee.njut.edu.cn/ Risk & Insurance posed this ques- (5/04) Management, Toronto, Canada. Info: tion to EERI Subscribing Member www.wcdm.org/ (11/03) 25-Nov. 5. 7th Workshop on 3-D Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a leading risk modeling firm. 23-25 Int’l Symposium on Steel Modelling of Seismic Waves, Trieste, Italy. Info: Bridges, Millau, France. Info: agenda.ictp.trieste.it/ First, the decision was made to look (2/04) www.otua.org/events/ (5/04) smr.php?1586 at only risks triggered by an event, natural or man-made. Second, the JULY NOVEMBER event had to have a reasonable 6-9. Int’l Symp. Network & Center- 15-19. Commitee on Safety of Nu- chance of happening — namely, Based Research for Smart Struc- clear Installations Workshop on Seis- a probability of once in a hundred tures Tech. & EQ Eng., Osaka, mic Input Motions, Tsukuba, Japan. years. For six months, a team of Japan. Info: [email protected]. Info: www.nea.fr/html/nsd/ RMS researchers led by Robert osaka-u.ac.jp (12/03) workshops/SEIS2004/index.html (4/04) Muir-Wood, RMS’s research director, looked at the panoply of risk and 12-15. 3rd European Conf. on Struc- DECEMBER identified the following 10 events tural Control, Vienna, Austria. Info: 8-20. 4th Int’l Conf. on Dam Engr., as the worst confronting the United www.samco.org/3ecsc (10/03) Nanjing, China. Info: www.dam04. States: hurricane, flood, oil spill, ter- 18-23. Composite Construction in com (1/04) rorism, blackout, wildfire, industrial Steel and Concrete V, Kruger Na- 2005 accident, cyber attack, pandemic, tional Park, South Africa. Info: www. JANUARY and earthquake. engconfintl.org/4ab.html (12/02) 13-16. Int’l Symp. on EQ Eng., RMS created realistic scenarios to 26-28. ASCE Specialty Conf. on Japan. (2/04) bring these events to life. The result Probabilistic Mechanics and Struc- 31-Feb 3. IMAC XXIII, Orlando, FL. is a 24-page article in the April 15 tural Reliability, Albuquerque, NM. See page 6. (6/04) issue of Risk & Insurance. EERI Info: www.esc.sandia.gov/ member Fouad Bendimerad wrote PMCconferenceinfo.html (12/03) FEBRUARY the earthquake scenario, based on 2-6. EERI Annual Meeting, Ixtapa, a magnitude 7.0 Palos Verdes event AUGUST Mexico. Info: www.eeri.org (4/04) that postulates 400 dead, 3,000 1-6. 13th World Conference on EQ injured, and direct costs of $100 19-22. Int’l Assoc. for Bridge Struc. Eng. (13WCEE), Vancouver, British billion. Columbia, Canada. Info: www. Eng. Conf., New Delhi, India. Info: 13wcee.com (7/02, 3/03, 4/04) www.iabse.org (11/03) A copy of “Today’s 10 Greatest Risks” may be downloaded from SEPTEMBER 8-11. MOVIC 04 Motion and Vibra- www.rms.com/Publications/ 20-23. 3rd Int’l Structural Eng. & tion Control Conf., St. Louis, MO. 10GreatestUSCats_R&I_ Const. Conf., Shunan, Japan. Info: Info: www.seas.wustl.edu/ 041504.pdf. A hard copy may be www.tokuyama.ac.jp/tcss1/ISEC_ movic04/ (11/02) obtained from Haresh Shah at 03/ (4/04) [email protected].

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News of the Institute News of the Institute Lessons Learned Over Time Projects for 2004 Honors Committee EERI’s Learning from Earthquakes Elizabeth Hausler: Evaluation of Seeks Member Input Advisory Committee has selected Lasting Change in Construction The EERI Honors Committee will four proposals for support in 2004 Practices Resulting from Post-Earth- meet in the third quarter and invites that are aimed at capturing earthquake Reconstruction Financing EERI members to participate in the quake lessons from past earth- and Capacity-Building Programs in process of identifying worthy mem- quakes. This is the fourth round of India bers whose contributions should be proposals supported by this modest Stephen Tobriner: San Francisco recognized. In particular, the com- program, developed to identify les- Codes 1906-1920, a chapter from mittee would like to hear from the sons that may not be apparent in the “Saving San Francisco: Engineers, general membership in identifying immediate post-earthquake recon- Architects, and Earthquakes 1836- candidates for the George W. Hous- naissance phase, or that should be 1933” ner Medal and the Distinguished reevaluated in light of new under- Lecturer Award. standing and knowledge. This pro- Recently, EERI members should gram is part of the larger Learning The committee will also nominate have received Volume V in the from Earthquakes Program, funded members for Honorary Membership series of publications supported by by the National Science Foundation, and recommend the award for the the Lessons Learned Over Time enabling engineers, earth scientists, Earthquake Spectra Outstanding grants, entitled Adobe Housing Re- social scientists, and other research- Paper for 2003. All these awards will construction after the 2001 El Salva- ers to visit earthquake sites and be presented at the EERI Annual dor Earthquakes, written by Dominic carry out investigations. Meeting in Ixtapa, Mexico, in Febru- Dowling. It has the feature, hereto- ary 2005. The following four proposals have fore unique for an EERI publication, been selected for support: of being printed in both Spanish and Send your nominations to the Hon- English in one volume. ors Committee at the EERI office. Lori Dengler: Development of a Past Distinguished Lecturers, Hon- Complete Data Set on the 1964 Further information on the Lessons orary Members, and Housner Medal Crescent City Tsunami Learned Over Time Program is recipients are listed on page ii of the Jennifer Haase: Hands-on Science available from EERI LFE Program 2003 EERI Roster. A complete de- in Schools: Mapping Amplification Manager Marjorie Greene at scription of each award can be of Earthquake Ground Motion in [email protected]. found at www.eeri.org/home/ Indiana honors.html.

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