Chile 2010 earthquake: GEER Report

Geo-Engineering Reconnaissance of the February 27, 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake

Version 1: April 15, 2010

Report of the National Science Foundation-Sponsored Geoengineering Extreme Events 

Reconnaissance (GEER) Team

Editors: 

Jonathan Bray (University of California, Berkeley)
David Frost (Georgia Institute of Technology)

GEER Team Leaders:

Jonathan Bray (University of California, Berkeley)
David Frost (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Ramon Verdugo (Universidad de Chile)
Christian Ledezma (Pontificia University Catolica de Chile)

Terry Elderidge (Golder Associates)

Report Lead Authors:

Pedro Arduino (University of Washington)
Scott Ashford (Oregon State University)
Dominic Assimaki (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jonathan Bray (University of California Berkeley)
Terry Eldridge (Golder Associates)
David Frost (Georgia Insistute of Technology)
Tara Hutchinson (University of California, San Diego)
Laurie Johnson (Laurie Johnson Consulting)
Keith Kelson (Fugro William Lettis & Assoc.)
Robert Kayen (US Geological Survey)
Christian Ledezma (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Robb Moss (California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo)
George Mylonakis (University of Patras)
Scott Olson (University of Illinois)
Kyle Rollins (Brigham Young University)
Nicholas Sitar (University of California, Berkeley)
Jonathan Stewart (University of California, Los Angeles)
Alfredo Urzúa (Prototype Engineering Inc.)
Ramon Verdugo (Universidad de Chile)
Rob Witter (DOGAMI)
Nick Zoa (University of Maryland)

Σεισμός Yushu, Κίνα (Μ=6.9)

Φωτογραφίες από το σεισμό είναι διαθέσιμες εδώ

Διάλεξη με θέμα "Ο Σεισμός Μw 8.8 της Χιλής : Σεισμολογική, Γεωτεχνική, Δομοστατική Αναγνώριση"

Tο Ελληνικό Τμήμα Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής (ΕΤΑΜ)  Σας προσκαλεί την  Τρίτη  20 Απριλίου (ώρα 6:30) στήν  Διάλεξη του Dr. Nicolas Sitar Καθηγητή στο U.C. Berkeley Επισκέπτη Καθηγητή στο ΕΜΠ  Με τίτλο : Ο Σεισμός Μw 8.8 της Χιλής :Σεισμολογική,  Γεωτεχνική,  Δομοστατική  Αναγνώριση  στην Αίθουσα Εκδηλώσεων της Πρυτανείας ΕΜΠ

 Θα ακολουθήσει 10-λεπτη παρουσίαση απ’ τον Καθηγητή Γ. Γκαζέτα  με θέμα :Ποιοτικές Συγκρίσεις των Πρόσφατων Σεισμών :Ιταλίας ( L’ Aquila),  Αϊτής,   Χιλής

Online Registration Open for EERI Soil Liquefaction Seminars

Register now for the new EERI Technical Seminar on Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes, based on the 2008 EERI monograph.

https://www.eeri.org/registration/tech-seminar.php

One-day seminars will be held April 30 in Secaucus, New Jersey; May 14 in Atlanta, Georgia; and May 21 in Chicago, Illinois. The speakers will be the monograph authors, Professor Emeritus I. M. Idriss and Professor R. W. Boulanger, both of the University of California Davis.

The seminar will provide a synthesis -- in one accessible resource for students, practicing engineers, and other professionals -- of progress in the study of soil liquefaction since 1982. The following areas are covered: fundamentals of liquefaction behavior; methods for predicting the triggering of liquefaction during earthquakes; methods for predicting the consequences of liquefaction, such as slope instability or ground deformations; mitigation of liquefaction hazards; and cyclic softening of clays and plastic silts. The seminar is supported by FEMA.

The registration fee is only $225 for members of EERI and cosponsoring organizations (DFI, GEO-Institute, local ASCE Geotechnical Groups), $300 for nonmembers, and $113 for student, young professional, and retired EERI members. The seminar venues will be the Crown Plaza Hotel Secaucus-Meadowlands, the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, and the Chicago Kent College of Law.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for SECED Young Engineers Conference 2010 - submission deadline is Friday 14th May 2010

Conference Date/Time: Thursday 4 November 2010, 9am

Venue: Old Refectory, UCL, London

(see map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res)

 The 2010 SECED Young Engineers Conference aims to bring together young engineers from both industry and universities to meet and interchange ideas related to the study and practice of earthquake engineering and civil engineering dynamics. The conference focuses on:

 - Structural dynamics (experimental, numerical, practical)

- Geotechnical earthquake engineering (experimental, numerical, practical)

- Seismology and risk assessment

- Seismic retrofit

 Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Ahmed Elghazouli (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London), Dr Stavroula Kontoe (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London) and Rob Smith (Arup).

 Prizes: £100 and £50 prizes will be given to the two best papers presented at the Conference. (To qualify for prizes, the lead author and presenter must have been under 35 years old by 1st January 2010). We are also looking for sponsorship.

 Registration: £165 (Includes the cost of food, conference dinner and conference proceedings.)

 Call For Abstracts: Deadline is Friday 14th May 2010.

 Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 500 words and should include contact details of the corresponding author and affiliation of co-authors.

 For an abstract template, more information on schedules, sponsorship packages and how to register please visit: http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/events/yec

 Date for acceptance notification: Monday 14th August 2010

Submission of final papers: Friday 27th August 2010

Eurodyn 2011 - Second announcement and call for abstracts

Eurodyn 2011, the Eighth International Conference on Structural Dynamics in
Leuven, Belgium, from 4 to 6 July 2011.
The conference website (www.eurodyn2011.org) is now open for abstract
submission until 30 June 2010.
Up-to-date information about the conference objectives, topics, venue and
submission procedure can be found on the conference website and in
the following flyer: www.eurodyn2011.org/Eurodyn2011-2.pdf