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Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Reports on September 2022 Taiwan and Mexico Earthquakes

In response to earthquakes in Taiwan and Mexico, EERI’s Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) activated to develop two preliminary earthquake reports, which are now available: EERI Lugu, Taiwan September 18, 2022, Mw 6.9 Earthquake Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PDF) On ...

EERI Now Accepting Applications for Two Appointed Board of Directors Positions

EERI is currently accepting Board of Director applications for two Appointed Director positions. The eleven-member EERI Board of Directors is the central decision making body for the organization, and includes two appointed director positions per the bylaws. The Board represents the interests of the...

EERI Seeks New Professionals to Participate in the Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program

EERI is currently accepting applications from practicing professionals who wish to participate in the Friedman Family Visiting Professionals (FFVP) Program. This program, permanently endowed by the Friedman Family, focuses on fostering better understanding and communication between and among earthqu...

Meet the 2022-2023 EERI/FEMA NEHRP Fellows!

EERI is excited to announce the 2022-2023 EERI/FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellows, Connie Chen (M.EERI, 2018) and Jessi Thangjitham (M.EERI, 2018)! Supported by funds from FEMA, the one-year fellowship seeks to foster the participation of those working toward goals and activities of the National Earthquake...

EERI Signs Collaboration Agreement with Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica (SMIS) have established a scientific and collaboration agreement. The agreement was signed by EERI Board President David Cocke and SMIS President Hector Guerrero Bobadilla during a plenary session ...

EERI Member Reginald DesRoches Takes Office as President of Rice University

Reginald DesRoches (M.EERI 1995) is the new president of Rice University. After a nationwide search, DesRoches was chosen to lead the university and its 7,500 students, seven schools, and over 700 faculty. "am deeply honored to be the next president of Rice University," DesRoches said. "I look forwa...

12NCEE Conference Highlights

The 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Salt Lake City concluded after a fantastic week of sessions, workshops, special events, committee and chapter meetings, and tours. Over 1200 people participated in the conference, including more than 300 undergraduate students in the Seismic ...

EERI Congratulates 5 Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Five members of EERI have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as part of the class of 2022, and will be formally inducted into the academy this coming October. NAE membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or educat...

Adrian Rodriguez-Marek et al Receive 2021 Outstanding Paper Award for "Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response"

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is pleased to announce that the 2021 Outstanding Paper Award has been awarded to "Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 921-936, by Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Julian J. Bommer, and Robert R. Youngs...

2022 EERI Board of Directors Election Results

Many thanks to all EERI members who took the time to consider and choose from the exceptional candidates for the 2022 EERI Board of Directors! EERI would like to welcome our new President-Elect and two new Directors: President-Elect: Janiele Maffei (M. EERI, 1992)Chief Mitigation Officer, Californ...

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