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News of the Institute EERI and CAEE Sign Cooperative Agreement During the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference in April, EERI Presi- dent Craig D. Comartin joined Murat Saatcioglu, president of the Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE), in signing a Scientific and Technical Collaboration Agreement between the two organizations. The objective of the agreement is to promote and sponsor the collaboration, with the goal of participating jointly in scientific and technical activities in areas of common interest related to earthquake engineering. The earthquake engineering communities in the two countries have always been close. A sig- EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING nificant percentage of CAEE members are also members of EERI. The two RESEARCH INSTITUTE organizations have collaborated on a number of initiatives in the past, includ- ing earthquake and tsunami reconnaissance and briefings, and the co-host- NEWSLETTER ing of technical seminars. Saatcioglu said, “We certainly hope to build on this close relationship and ex- Editor Mark Yashinsky pand the scope of collaboration between CAEE and EERI with an increased Associate Editors Sarah Nathe number of joint projects.” Gerald Brady continued on page 3 Editorial Assistant Eloise Gilland Earthquake Engineering News of the Membership Research Institute 499 14th Street, Suite 320 Oakland, California 94612-1934 Draper Richards Fellowship Awarded to Hausler Phone: 510/451-0905 Fax: 510/451-5411 The Draper Richards Foundation recently announced the addition of EERI E-mail: [email protected] member Elizabeth Hausler of Build Change to its nonprofit social entrepre- Web site: http://www.eeri.org neur portfolio. Draper Richards funding provides the visionary nonprofit orga- ISSN 0270-8337 nization with $300,000 and business assistance over a three-year period. Reproduction with attribution is permitted. Build Change seeks to end the devastating loss of life and shelter in earth- quake-torn regions. EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING In addition to having a Ph.D. in civil engineering, Hausler is a skilled brick, RESEARCH INSTITUTE block, and stone mason. Her mission is to rebuild homes using earthquake- resistant engineering, as well as to train local civil engineers, architects, and PRESIDENT construction supervisors to integrate earthquake-resistant techniques into Craig D. Comartin their building practices. Build Change currently works in Indonesia and plans PRESIDENT-ELECT to expand into Kashmir and other needy regions. For more information, visit Thalia Anagnos www.buildchange.org. In 2004, Hausler’s organization received $60,000 in VICE PRESIDENT seed funding from the global social venture Farzad Naeim fund Echoing Green (see page 1 of the October 2004 Newsletter). SECRETARY-TREASURER Marshall Lew Established in 2002, the Draper Richards Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship BOARD OF DIRECTORS in San Francisco provides selected early- John L. Aho stage nonprofit organizations with start-up Thalia Anagnos funding of $100,000 annually for three Jonathan D. Bray Craig D. Comartin years, as well as assistance and support. Richard K. Eisner Start-up funds are structured as fellow- Polat Gülkan ships to emphasize the importance of the Laurie A. Johnson entrepreneur in the selection process. The Marshall Lew foundation’s founders, venture capitalists Farzad Naeim William H. Draper, III, and Robin Richards Donohoe, believe in the power of innova- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Susan K. Tubbesing tive and passionate individuals to change the world. Elizabeth Hausler
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News of the Institute News of the Institute Concrete Coalition EERI-HESCO Heritage Innovation Prize Moves Forward Through the generous sponsorship of Wiss Janney Elsner Associates, Inc., At the recent Centennial event in EERI’s Heritage and Existing Structures Committee (HESCO) is initiating San Francisco, EERI announced a a prize to highlight the contributions of individuals and organizations for major collaborative effort, co-spon- creativity, innovation, and leadership in the seismic protection of historical sored by the Pacific Earthquake En- monuments, heritage sites, and cultural artifacts. gineering Research Center (PEER) A $1,000 prize will be presented to recognize outstanding contributions in the and the Applied Technology Council, development or implementation of innovative solutions or policies to preserve to address the high earthquake risk heritage structures or related artifacts. The goals of the prize are to publicize posed by older concrete buildings. the exceptional contributor and stimulate further creativity and leadership in The initiative grows out of planning the field of earthquake risk management for the protection of irreplaceable sessions conducted last winter in resources. Seattle, San Francisco, and Los An- geles in conjunction with a technical The annual prize will be given with the hope that the recipient will be able to seminar sponsored by EERI and attend EERI’s Annual Meeting, where the award will be bestowed. A sum- PEER. The Concrete Coalition will mary of the criteria will be released in the Newsletter in upcoming months. comprise individuals from existing Nomination packages must be received by November 1. Notification will be organizations and institutions. Par- made by early December. ticipants will include engineers, building officials, public policy makers, and building owners and managers. News of the Profession The purpose of the coalition is to catalyze the development of techni- Protecting Art Collections cally sound, economically effective, and socially acceptable solutions to The following report was submitted by EERI member Can Simsir of the EERI the risks posed by nonductile con- Heritage and Existing Structures Committee. crete buildings. The coalition’s func- tions are (1) to be a clearinghouse The Department of Antiquities Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum for reliable information on the identi- organized and held an international colloquium May 3-4, 2006, that provided fication, evaluation, and mitigation of information about protecting collections from earthquake damage. Empha- seismically deficient concrete build- sizing interdisciplinary collaboration, the colloquium gathered scientists, ings, and (2) to find common ground engineers, conservators, and museum officials from Greece, Japan,Turkey, upon which coalition members can and the United States for presentations on seismology, museum retrofitting, create consensus and become a seismic response of historic structures and monuments, and seismic damage center of advocacy to reduce risks mitigation for museum displays, collections, and traveling exhibitions. posed by these buildings. Paul Somerville of URS presented new advances in seismology including Initial planning is under way with directivity, basin, and basin edge effects on seismic waves. Charles Kircher the formation of a senior advisory of Kircher & Associates discussed seismic risk assessment, and described panel including engineers and public various base isolation and damping systems available for the seismic protec- policy experts with extensive expe- tion of museums. Bill Ginell and Mary Hardy of the Getty Conservation Insti- rience in dealing with nonductile tute presented research on the seismic retrofit of historic adobe structures concrete buildings and earthquake with examples of retrofit applications from the field. Retrofit techniques that risk mitigation programs. The panel were developed and tested included center coring, strapping, bond beams, will meet this summer to refine goals steel ties, mortar injection, and base isolation. and objectives and to develop an There were talks on seismic mitigation for collections in the Getty Villa, the organizational plan. It is anticipated National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the Asian Art Museum in San that a charter workshop will take Francisco, the Museum at Olympia (Greece), the Seattle Art Museum, the place in about six months. Those Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and many other museums. interested in participating in the Concrete Coalition should contact Papers and posters from this conference will be available through the Getty James Godfrey, e-mail jgodfrey@ Museum later in the year. eeri.org, at EERI.
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News of the Profession ing appropriate modifications. ters at major universities in Canada; Questions about these comments joint research efforts, including Public Comments on or the ongoing review process may those coordinated with NEES for funding by U.S. and Canadian be addressed to [email protected]. NEHRP Strategic Plan sources; and collaboration in the development of seismic design pro- The National Earthquake Hazards visions and guidelines, while recog- Reduction Program (NEHRP) agen- EERI and CAEE Sign nizing and respecting differences in cies (Federal Emergency Manage- local conditions and practices. ment Agency [FEMA], National Insti- Cooperative Agreement tute of Standards and Technology continued from page 1 For more information on CAEE, visit [NIST], National Science Founda- http://www.caee.uottawa.ca/. In order to achieve the objective of tion [NSF], and the U.S. Geological the agreement, EERI and CAEE Survey [USGS]) will update the After hosting the 13th World Confer- have agreed to do the following: NEHRP Strategic Plan in 2006, tar- ence on Earthquake Engineering in 2004 in Vancouver with record at- geting NEHRP activities for the next • develop an agenda of common tendance, CAEE is now organizing five years (2006-2010). This will problems and areas of opportunity the 9th Canadian Conference on update the plan delineated in FEMA in earthquake engineering, Report 383, Expanding and Using Earthquake Engineering to be held Knowledge to Reduce Earthquake • exchange selected publications in Ottawa June 26-29, 2007 (www. Losses: The National Earthquake and other information, 9ccee.ca). Because of the large number of abstracts received, the Hazards Reduction Program Strate- • develop joint publications and in- gic Plan, 2001-2005. duration of the 9CCEE was recently formation on mitigation measures, extended from three to four days. To help with the updating process, • carry out joint research programs, the NEHRP agencies sought public comments from the earthquake haz- • organize seminars and confer- News of the Institute ences, ards reduction community on any Where will the 9NCEE aspect of the 2001-2005 strategic • exchange scholars to participate plan and how it might be improved. in conferences, colloquia, sym- be held? The public comment period closed posia, and special short-term The EERI Board of Directors and on May 26, 2006. courses, staff are beginning to plan for The NEHRP Secretariat received • encourage the organization of and the 9th National Conference on a number of public comments. To participation in technical commit- Earthquake Engineering, which will see them, visit http://www.nehrp. tees, be held in 2010. The first matter to gov/info/StrategicPlanComments- be resolved is: where will it be held? • promote the participation of social June2006.pdf. Ideally, in a delightful city with good scientists from both countries in travel connections and reasonably Comments were also received at the development of earthquake priced hotel accommodations. A the public forum held at the 100th mitigation policies, and strong organizing committee is essential, but it’s not necessary Anniversary Earthquake Confer- • encourage a multidisciplinary for all committee members to be ence in San Francisco. To see these approach in the activities to be located in the host city. comments, visit http://www.nehrp. developed. gov/stakeholder_input_forum. If you and your colleagues are html. In order to carry out the goals of the interested in hosting the 9NCEE, agreement, EERI and CAEE are es- send a proposal to the EERI office The NEHRP agencies are now in tablishing a bilateral commission to for consideration at the next Board the process of reviewing the com- prepare work programs, evaluate meeting on September 21. ments. This review is expected to their fulfillment periodically, and ex- take several weeks. Responses to change information on their prog- Earthquake all comments will be crafted, with ress and on the development of poli- the goal of making meaningful up- cies and procedures. the child’s doll peeks dates to the NEHRP Strategic Plan. from under the house The NEHRP Secretariat will make Other examples of potential work recommendations to the Interagen- programs that may be developed are joint EERI/CAEE student chap- — Haiku by Peter Duppenthaler cy Coordinating Committee regard- (Osaka)
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News of the Institute harmful effects on the environ- the global need for credible and ment. The Board agreed that high reliable information. The Board priority should be placed on con- agreed to explore opportunities to Summary Minutes of tinuing the successful series of develop an international seismic the February 2, 2006, technical seminars. Ron Mayes alliance with the International As- will continue as the Technical sociation of Earthquake Engi- Board of Directors Seminars Committee chair for neering. The Board will also en- Meeting 2006. The Board also supports courage EERI to be an informa- using the web site to distribute tional resource for nongovern- President Craig Comartin called the the seminar content to a wider mental organizations handling meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Pres- audience. The Board will encour- relief and reconstruction in post- ent were President-Elect Thalia age the regional chapters to orga- earthquake rebuilding. The Anagnos, Directors John Aho, Jon nize at least one local seminar Board will maintain cooperative Bray, Laurie Johnson, Marshall Lew, each year. efforts with existing international Farzad Naeim, Executive Director partners and work strategically The Board endorsed creating a Susan Tubbesing, and Administra- to initiate additional collaborative theme section in Earthquake tive Assistant Valarie Austin. Direc- agreements. Spectra to feature articles of par- tors Richard Eisner and Polat Gul- ticular interest to practitioners. • Expand and broaden the financial kan were not present. Guests in- Naeim will prepare an article for resource base to underwrite cur- cluded Ellen Rathje, chair of the the Newsletter inviting practical rent and future EERI programs Student Activities Committee, and papers, technical association and initiatives. The Board will Chris Rojahn and Jon Heintz from committee reports, and other identify and target major players the Applied Technology Council. articles from practitioners (see in the earthquake field to enlist Election of officers: Comartin pre- page 1 of the March Newsletter). them as Subscribing Members. sented Marshall Lew to the Board, The Board will undertake to es- The Board will continue to focus and he was unanimously elected to tablish collaborative agreements on efforts to attract and retain serve as secretary/treasurer. The with other organizations, pro- new members. Board expressed appreciation to fessional associations, and earth- Concrete Coalition: Comartin, Lew for assuming this responsibil- quake research centers to im- Mayes, Tubbesing, Jack Moehle, ity. Comartin presented Naeim to prove the transfer of research into and William Petak will prepare a the Board and he was unanimously practice. written one-page summary of the elected to serve as vice president. • Outreach and advocacy: Estab- draft proposal. This will accompany President’s Report: Comartin lish and maintain a highly visible a request to the Special Projects stated that it was the duty of each profile at all governmental levels and Initiatives Committee to fund Board member to attend Board to inform the public and influence a kick-off workshop to create an meetings consistently and to be public opinion and public policy Action Plan and attract more funds prepared to work collaboratively on to support EERI’s mission. The for implementation. Comartin will issues that concern the governance Board reviewed other strategies keep the Board informed about the of EERI and oversight of its pro- to strengthen outreach and advo- progress of this initiative. grams. Comartin explained to the cacy. Johnson agreed to prepare International Activities: Comartin new members that the Executive periodic press releases and look stated that the final agreement with Committee meets periodically and for opportunities to keep multihaz- the Canadian Association would be acts on behalf of the Board between ard risk issues before the media. signed during the Annual Meeting. Board meetings. Tubbesing will pro- Comartin will continue efforts to Before entering future agreements, vide the Board members with an establish the Concrete Coalition, the Board asked Gulkan and John- EERI organizational chart outlining consisting of engineers, building son to draft criteria to guide future her staff’s responsibilities. Comartin officials, and policy makers, to collaborative agreements to be indicated that he intends to use the address and mitigate risks posed discussed at the next meeting. following four initiatives from EERI’s by nonductile concrete buildings new Strategic Plan as a framework (see page 2 of this Newsletter). Secretary/Treasurer’s Report: Lew for Board activities and assignments: reviewed the Report of Revenue • Maintain a strong program of in- and Expenses as of December 31, • Enhance and expand educational ternational activities by develop- 2005. The combined balance sheet materials and technical programs ing projects and programs with showed an opening fund balance by disseminating reliable informa- international partners to address of $127,033, which was augmented tion on earthquakes and their
EERI Newsletter, July 2006 Volume 40, Number 7 by $23,043 in excess revenues over (RRRG) regarding the publication of Student Activities Committee expenses. EERI’s total liabilities of future post-earthquake field inves- plans: Rathje, the new Student Ac- $562,900 combined with the total tigation reports. tivities chair, suggested several new fund balance of $150,076 equaled Contributors to such reports will be committee members. The Board ap- $712,976. listed as authors and their names proved the addition of Scott Ashford, Reggie DesRoches, Scott Olson, The Endowment Program’s opening indexed on the AIP site. and Tricia Wachtenstein. The Board balance of $716,011 was augment- • There will be one coordinator for will also identify a more senior pro- ed by $34,017 in excess revenues each topic or chapter but not fessional who can provide contacts over expenses, for a total fund bal- individual paper authors. in the professional community. The ance of $750,028. Total liabilities in committee’s overall goals are to the amount of $369,626 combined • The team leader will coordinate support and increase the number of with the total fund balance of putting the reports together. student chapters and promote great- $750,028 equaled $1,119,655. • No commitment will be made er contact among the student chap- The balance of the combined asso- about publishing a special issue ters and between the student chap- ciation, endowment, and technical of Spectra before the team re- ters and regional chapters. The programs equaled $1,738,366. turns, but the decision will be committee will explore how to in- made as expeditiously as possi- The Investment Funds Report crease participation in the Annual ble to minimize the team’s un- Meeting by planning parallel ac- showed a balance of $398,739; the certainty. Endowment Fund balance totaled tivities and events that will attract $764,153; the Friedman Family In- • The RRRG will recommend to greater student attendance. The vestment Fund totaled $187,696; the Board whether a reconnais- committee will seek to expand con- and the Shah Family Innovation sance team report should be a tact between students and the pro- Prize totaled $167,805. The balance Newsletter insert only or an insert fessional communities, oversee the in the interest-bearing checking ac- as well as a special issue of student paper competition and se- count was $212,157. The combined Earthquake Spectra. The Board lection of the Graduate Fellow, and funds in both the General Adminis- will make the final decision. seek to establish stronger ties with the earthquake centers and inter- trative checking and investment ac- Outstanding paper nomination: counts totaled $610,896. national exchange programs. Rathje Tubbesing will inform the Honors will contact NEES and strive to get Executive Director’s Report: The Committee that the Board has ac- student chapters established at all current LFE budget cuts have nec- cepted its endorsement of the Out- NEES sites. essitated some changes concerning standing Spectra Paper awards for th reconnaissance investigations and 2004. Award recipients will be rec- 100 Anniversary Conference up- the resulting reports. The Board de- ognized at the EERI Honors Lun- date: Tubbesing updated the Board cided that the complete Sumatra cheon on April 20 in San Francisco, about the status of the conference tsunami report will be available free during the EERI Annual Meeting fundraising. As of February 2, of charge for members on the AIP portion of the 100th Anniversary $605,175 had been received in web site. Hard copies will be avail- Earthquake Conference. (See page revenues (including donations of able only for purchase. EERI will 2 in the June Newsletter.) $254,750) and $278,303 incurred also print and distribute to EERI in expenses, with net revenue of Publications Sales Report: There $326,872 over expenses. Another members and Spectra subscribers a was a 2% increase in the overall 70- to 80-page synthesis of the re- $632,750 in donations has been publications sales from 2004. For committed but is still outstanding. port, prepared by the Sumatra the first time since EERI began is- Earthquake and Tsunami Editorial suing CDs in 1998, monograph Proposed bylaw change: The Board. sales were greater than CD sales. Board approved a motion to change 2007 Annual Meeting location: the bylaws to permit electronic vot- Membership Report: Approximate- ing in the annual Board election. Tubbesing and Lew will identify a ly 75% of members have renewed, chair and members of the Steering Proposed modifications to the by- and final notices were prepared for laws will be explained in the News- Committee to plan the 2007 Annual mailing. As of January 2006, there Meeting, February 6–10, 2007, in letter and on the EERI web site prior was an increase in the number of to voting in the fall. Universal City, California. Subscribing Members. The number Spectra: Naeim presented the rec- of individual members declined be- The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 ommendations of the Reconnais- cause a number of student mem- p.m. sance Reports Review Group bers have not yet renewed.
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Call for Abstracts structural earthquake engineering, socioeconomic dimensions of urban public awareness, and risk manage- disaster management; application of ment. The abstract deadline is July early warning systems by current ASC Preparedness 1, 2006. practice, implementation, or policy; communication innovation and infor- and Mitigation Sym- The technical program of the quad- mation integration; relief, recovery, rennial conference will include key- posium in Bangkok relocation, and reconstruction after note lectures, state-of-the-art re- The 6th General Assembly of the catastrophic events; and lessons ports, oral and poster sessions, and Asian Seismological Commission learned and new directions for post-conference educational semi- (ASC), to be held in Bangkok, Thai- disaster management. nars. For more information and to land, November 7-10, 2006, will in- submit an abstract, visit www.iiees. Detailed information concerning pa- clude a Symposium on Earthquake ac.ir/SEE5. per submission and session orga- and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness nization will be announced on the and Mitigation at which 250–300 2ICUDR in Taiwan web site http://www.ncdr.nat.gov. participants as well as 300 submit- tw/2ICUDR. ted abstracts are expected. The The 1st International Conference ASC invites seismologists, geo- on Urban Disaster Reduction (ICUDR) physicists, geologists, earthquake was convened collaboratively by Announcements engineers, architects, and psychol- the Japan Institute of Social Safety ogists to submit abstracts not ex- Science (ISSS) and EERI in January ESG2006 Grenoble ceeding 500 words by July 10. The 2005 in Kobe, Japan, following bilat- symposium will focus on the follow- eral efforts and seven workshops The 3rd International Symposium on ing objectives: (1) to promote under- held between the United States and the Effects of Surface Geology on standing the physical process of Japan on earthquake disaster re- Seismic Motion (ESG 2006) will take earthquakes and their generated duction beginning in 1984. In the 1st place in Grenoble, France, August tsunamis, (2) to exchange and ICUDR, the workshops’ focus was 29-September 1, 2006. The goals transfer up-to-date scientific knowl- extended to cover any kind of natu- of the symposium are to summarize edge and technology as well as ral and man-made disasters. The recent studies taking into account strengthen multidisciplinary cooper- 2nd ICUDR, with the theme of large- advances in research since 1998 ation, and (3) to enhance the obser- scale disaster management, will be and to advance futures studies of vation networks and data exchange held in Taipei, Taiwan, in November the effects of surface geology on in the Asian Pacific Rim and Indian 2007, organized by the Disaster seismic motion. Ocean regions, particularly regard- Management Society of Taiwan in The final program will include nine ing prompt and accurate earthquake collaboration with the Japan ISSS keynote lectures, two special ses- information, tsunami warnings, and and EERI. rescue operations. For submission sions devoted to two specific bench- The 2ICUDR will focus on the man- information, visit http://www. marks (numerical simulation in the agement of large-scale natural and asc1996.org. 3D Grenoble basin and processing man-made disasters in urban areas. and interpretation of noise array Policies, strategies, technologies, measurements), and oral and poster SEE5 in Iran and experience on preparedness, sessions on specific topics. To see To pursue the objectives and mis- mitigation, response, and relief and the preliminary program and to sion of the Open Alliance of UNESCO- recovery from urban disasters will register online, visit http://esg2006. UNDP-UN/ISDR-IIEES on Earth- be discussed. Through multilateral obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/. quake Risk Reduction in Developing interactions and cooperation among Countries, the International Institute researchers and participants world- CSMIP06 Seminar of Earthquake Engineering and wide, we will improve capabilities Seismology is organizing the 5th In- and resilience to future disasters. The California Strong Motion Instru- ternational Conference on Seismol- The abstract submission period will mentation Program (CSMIP) in the ogy and Earthquake Engineering be December 1, 2006 through California Geological Survey of the (SEE5), to be held in Tehran, May March 31, 2007. Abstracts are state’s Department of Conservation 14-16, 2007. Abstracts not exceed- invited on, but not limited to, the fol- will present a one-day seminar on ing one page are invited on the fol- lowing broad topics: multihazard risk “Utilization of Strong-Motion Data.” lowing topics: seismotectonics, seis- assessment; advanced technology The goals of this 17th annual semi- mology, earthquake prediction, geo- for disaster reduction; policy analy- nar are (1) to increase the utilization technical earthquake engineering, sis for urban disaster reduction; continued on page 7
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18-19. UB-NEES Training Work- JUNE CALENDAR shop, University at Buffalo, NY. Info: 1-3. 10th North American Masonry Items that have appeared previously www.nees.org/4am/ (5/06) Conference, University of Missouri are severely abbreviated. The issue at Rolla. http://www.masonrysoci- containing the first appearance, or 18-20. 5th Nat’l Seismic Conf. on ety.org/NAMC/index.html (3/06) the most informative, is indicated at Bridges and Highways, San Fran- 25-28. 4th Int’l Conf. on EQ Geo- the entry’s end. Items listed for the cisco, CA. Info: mceer.buffalo. tech. Eng. (4ICEGE), Thessaloniki, first time are shown in bold. edu/meetings/5nsc/ (1/06, 6/06) Greece. Info: www.secreteriat@ JULY 25-Oct. 7. 8th Wkshp. on 3-D Mod- 4icege.org (2/06) 11-13. The 4th World Conf. on eling of Seismic Wave Genera- 26-29. 9th Canadian Conf. on EQ Structural Control and Monitoring tion, Propagation, and Inversion, Eng. (9CCEE), Ottawa, Canada. (4WCSCM), UC San Diego. Info: Miramare, Italy. Info: agenda.ictp. Info: www.9ccee.ca (2/06) www.usc.edu/4wcscm (3/06) it/smr.php?1775 (1/06) 16-22. Minisymposium on Modeling 28 CSMIP06 Seminar on Utiliza- 2008 and Simulation of EQ Phenomena tion of Strong Motion Data, Oak- AUGUST at 7th World Congress on Compu- land, CA. See page 6. (7/06) 6-9. 6th Int’l Conf. on Case Histo- tational Mechanics, Los Angeles, ries in Geotech. Eng. (6ICCHGE), OCTOBER CA. Info: Washington, D.C. http://campus. http://www.wccm2006. 4-6. Deep Fdn. Inst. Annual Conf., northwestern.edu (3/06) umr.edu/6icchge/index.html (4/06) Washington, D.C. Info: www. deep- foundations06.org (12/05) OCTOBER AUGUST 12-17. 14th World Conf. on EQ 8-12, 2nd Latin-American Congress 11-13. 7th Int’l Cong. on Advances Eng., Beijing, China. Info: www. of Seismology, Bogotá, Colombia, Civil Eng., Istanbul, Turkey. Info: 14wcee.org (12/05) Info: http://www.geoslac.org/con- www.ace2006.yildiz.edu.tr/ (12/05) greso/english/index.html (4/06) 12-13. 4th Int’l Conf. on EQ Eng. 14-17. 5th Int’l Conf. on Behavior of (4ICEE), Taipei, Taiwan. Info: CSMIP06 Seminar Steel Structs. in Seismic Areas icee2006.ncree.org.tw/ (10/05) continued from page 6 (STESSA), Tokyo, Japan. Info: www. serc.titech.ac.jp/stessa2006 (2/05) NOVEMBER of strong-motion data in improving 27-Sep. 1. Int’l Disaster Reduction 5-8. INFORMS Urban Transporta- post-earthquake response, seismic Conference (IDRC), Davos, Switzer- tion Modeling Session, Pittsburgh, code provisions and design practice; land. www.davos2006.ch (2/06) PA. Info: www2.informs.org/Conf/ and (2) to transfer recent research Pittsburgh06/ (6/06) findings on strong-motion data to 29-Sep. 1. Effects of Surface Geol- 7-10. ASC Symposium on EQ and practicing seismic design profes- ogy on Seismic Motion, Grenoble, sionals and earth scientists. It will France. See page 6. (7/06) Tsunami, Bangkok, Thailand. See page 6. (7/06) provide information that will be use- SEPTEMBER ful immediately in seismic design 3-8. 1st European Conf. on EQ Eng. 2007 practice and post-earthquake re- & Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland. FEBRUARY sponse, and in the longer term, in Info: www.ecees.org (1/05, 1/06) 7-10. EERI Annual Meeting, Hilton the improvement of seismic design Hotel, Universal City, CA (3/06) codes and standards. The seminar 8-9. Int’l Conf. on Earthquake En- will be held on Thursday, September MARCH gineering, Lahore, Pakistan. Info: 28, 2006, at the Elihu Harris State 25-28. Ports 2007, San Diego, CA. www.uet.edu.pk/icee/ (4/06) Building in Oakland, California. www.portsconference.org (6/06) 10-14. 23rd Ann’l Conf. of the Asso- The seminar will mark the second ciation of State Dam Safety Officials MAY 13-20. Coastal Sediments 07, New anniversary of the M6.0 Parkfield (ASDSO), Boston, MA. Info: www. earthquake of September 28, 2004, damsafety.org (2/06) Orleans, LA. www.asce.org/con- ferences/cs07/abstract.cfm (5/06) and will focus on the interpretation 10-15. Int’l Conf. on Infrastructure of results from the strong-motion 14-16. Int’l Conf. on Seismology Development and the Environment data recorded from this earthquake. and EQ Engineering (SEE5), Teh- (ICIDEN), Abuja, Nigeria. www.iseg. For more information about speak- ran, Iran. See page 6. (7/06) giees.uncc.edu/abuja2006/callab- ers and topics, visit http:/www. stracts.cfm (2/06) consrv.ca.gov/CGS/smip/seminar. htm.
EERI Newsletter, July 2006 Volume 40, Number 7
News of the Membership tion at Imperial College. He serves Engineering. He is a member of as director of the Mid-America the drafting panel of the European, Earthquake Center, a National Sci- Egyptian, and Saudi seismic design Elnashai to Hold First ence Foundation Engineering Re- codes, past chairman of the Society Hall Professorship at search Center. He is also director for Earthquake and Civil Engineer- of MUST-SIM, the Multi-Axial Full- ing Dynamics in the UK, and past UIUC Scale Subassemblage Testing and senior vice president of the Euro- EERI member Amr S. Elnashai has Simulation facility, which is part of pean Association of Earthquake been named the first holder of the the George E. Brown, Jr., Network Engineering. William J. and Elaine F. Hall En- for Earthquake Engineering Simula- EERI member and Housner Medal dowed Professorship in Civil and tion (NEES). He has worked in the recipient (1998) Emeritus Profes- Environmental Engineering at the field and reported on most of the sor Hall (B.S., U. of Kansas; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana- damaging earthquakes around the Ph.D., U. of Illinois) is a renowned Champaign. This appointment con- world since the mid-eighties, includ- educator, researcher, and public tinues Professor Hall’s legacy of ing the recent devastating earth- servant in structural and earthquake excellence in scholarship, national quake in Kashmir. His technical in- engineering. He joined the CEE leadership, and service. terests are experimental, analytical, department in 1954, rising through and field investigations of the re- the ranks to full professor in 1959. A native of Cairo, Egypt, Amr Elna- sponse of buildings and bridges to He served as department head for shai earned his B.S. in civil engi- earthquakes, on which he has more seven years and retired in 1993. neering from Cairo University, fol- than 200 research publications. lowed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees Professor Hall is the author or co- from Imperial College, University of He is a fellow of the Royal Academy author of more than 220 books, London. Before joining the Universi- of Engineering, a fellow of the Am- papers and reports of national ty of Illinois in 2001, he was profes- erican Society of Civil Engineers importance. He was elected to the sor of earthquake engineering and and the UK Institution of Structural National Academy of Engineering in head of the Engineering Seismology Engineers, and the founder and co- 1968 and to honorary membership and Earthquake Engineering Sec- editor of the Journal of Earthquake in ASCE in 1987.
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