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Brett Maurer and Morgan Sanger Receive 2023 Outstanding Paper Award

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is pleased to announce that the 2023 Outstanding Paper Award has been awarded to Brett Maurer and Morgan Sanger for their paper “Why AI models for predicting soil liquefaction have been ignored, plus some that shouldn’t be,” published in Ear...

EERI Response to January 1, 2024 Japan Earthquake

EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) program is currently monitoring the impacts of the destructive M7.5 earthquake that struck just offshore of the Noto Peninsula in Japan at 4:10 PM local time on January 1, 2024. The earthquake damaged buildings and disrupted lifelines, particularly electricit...

EERI Response to December 18, 2023 Northwestern China Earthquake

EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) program is currently monitoring the impacts of the destructive M5.9 earthquake that struck 37 kilometers northwest of Linxia Chengguanzhen in northwestern China at 11:59 PM local time on December 18, 2023. According to media reports, the earthquake resulted i...

Leadership Communique: Getting Ready for 2024AM in Seattle

As we approach the end of this year, I’m delighted to celebrate EERI’s achievements in 2023—read more about those in the recent communique from Executive Director Heidi Tremayne—and anticipate the great things we have planned for the year to come. EERI’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Seattle next...

2024 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 2024 EERI Board of Directors.  EERI would like to welcome our new President-Elect and two new Directors:  President-Elect Ellen Rathje (M. EERI, 1996)Janet S. Cockrell Centen...

Leadership Communique: EERI Highlights in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, I want to thank our members for your dedication and commitment to EERI. Hundreds of volunteers—committee members, chapter officers, reconnaissance team participants, Spectra reviewers, student volunteers, meeting organizers, Board members, and more—have contributed thou...

Register and Book Your Travel for the 2024 Annual Meeting!

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is excited to host the 2024 Annual Meeting (2024AM) at the Sheraton Grand in Seattle, WA from April 9-12, 2024. The meeting will bring together participants from engineering, geoscience, emergency planning, social science, and other fields to conn...

Kristin Ulmer Receives 2024 Younger Member Award

EERI is pleased to announce that Kristin J. Ulmer (M.EERI 2014) is a 2024 recipient of the Younger Member Award, in recognition of her impactful contributions to fundamental and applied research in soil liquefaction and her commitment to the earthquake engineering profession. The EERI Younger Member...

Polly Murray Receives 2024 Younger Member Award

EERI is pleased to announce that Polly Murray (M.EERI 2017) is a 2024 recipient of the Younger Member Award, in recognition of her energetic and kind leadership for the Seismic Design Competition, Student Leadership Council, and the Younger Members Committee and her commitment to diversity, inclusio...

Ivan G. Wong Named 2024 Honorary Member

Ivan G. Wong (M. EERI 1978)  has been named a 2024 EERI Honorary Member in recognition of his significant contributions to earthquake engineering and seismology. Honorary membership of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is awarded to recognize members who have made sustained and outs...

David A. Friedman Named 2024 Honorary Member

David A. Friedman (M. EERI 1988) has been named a 2024 EERI Honorary Member in recognition of his devotion to world-wide seismic risk reduction and advancing community seismic resilience. He has solved numerous structural and earthquake engineering challenges during his career with a specialty in se...

2023 Shah Family Innovation Prize Awarded to Eyitayo Opabola

EERI is pleased to announce that the 2023 recipient of the Shah Family Innovation Prize is Eyitayo (Tayo) Opabola (M.EERI 2020), in recognition of his significant contributions to earthquake engineering research and practice, supported by expertise in engineering mechanics, experimentation and commu...

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