EERI is excited to announce the participants of the 2025 LFE Travel Study Program to Mexico. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has teamed up with the Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica (SMIS) to host the program.
Over the course of the weeklong program, participants will build an understanding of the role and importance of reconnaissance and gain hands-on experience with reconnaissance activities. Participants include:
- Andres Acosta, Degenkolb Engineers
- Paul Acuna, North Carolina State University
- Gustavo Araujo Rodriguez, Stanford University
- Sarah Atkinson, SPUR
- Ana Paula Bona, North Carolina State University
- Kenny Buyco, GeoVera
- Christopher Cattron, Lund Opsahl
- Connie Chen, Exponent
- Peter Cruz, Degenkolb Engineers
- Claudia Deveaux, University of Miami
- Maria Jose Echeverria, California State University, Sacramento
- Roni Fraser, Arizona State University
- Anna Gasha, Columbia University
- Mohammed Ibrahim, McGill University
- Kamrul Islam, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
- Amory Martin, Exponent
- Laurel Mathews, City and County of San Francisco
- Pedro Ramos, University of Aveiro/ Global Earthquake Model Foundation
- Morgan Sanger, University of Washington
- Keri Scholte, Forell Elsesser Engineers
- Rocio Segura, Santa Clara University
- Facundo Sirri, Kinemetrics, Inc.
- Paola Vargas, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Luis Velasco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Charlie Zhang, University of California San Diego
The 2025 LFE Travel Study Program in Mexico has been made possible with generous financial support from the trip’s Anchor Sponsor Computer and Structures, Inc. and donors to EERI’s LFE Endowment Fund.
The LFE Travel Study Committee is actively planning for the 2026 travel study program. The program location and application will be announced in fall/winter 2025.
