9th US National & 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering - July 25-29, 2010 - Toronto [read more] CUREE Newletter : Golden Gate Bridge Outdoor Exhibition Project [read more] Winner of the prestigious 2008 SEAOC Excellence in Engineering Award - General Guidelines for the Assessment and Repair of Earthquake Damage in Residential Woodframe Buildings edited by J. Osteraas NEES Research Program Funds Grand Challenge on Ceiling-Piping-Partition Systems - The vision of this Grand Challenge research project is to significantly enhance the seismic resilience of buildings and communities, by providing practicing engineers and architects with verified tools and guidelines for the understanding, prediction and improvement of the seismic response of the ceiling-piping-partition nonstructural system. [read more] The family of Professor Hugh McNiven of the University of California at Berkeley has announced the sad news that he died on December 7, 2009. A memorial service will be held on January 31 at the U.C. Berkeley Faculty Club. [read more] CUREE Education and Outreach Services: [learn more] Information from NSF on NEESR Awards: [see complete listing]

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No.2 - Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers - by R. Hamburger, H. Krawinkler, J. Malley, and S. Adan [read more] Building Bridges Between Civil Engineers and Science Museums - funded by the Informal Science Education branch of NSF, this monograph completed by CUREE is now available for a free PDF download [read more] Earthquake Damage and Assessment and Repair Project: limited quantities available General Guidelines for the Assessment and Repair of Earthquake Damage in Residential Woodframe Buildings edited by J. Osteraas Earthquake Spectra Special Issue II: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: An Earthquake Engineering Retrospective 100 Years Later edited by W. Holmes and R. Reitherman CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project: Recommendations for Earthquake Resistance in the Design and Construction of Woodframe Buildings by K. Cobeen, J. Russell, and J. D. Dolan BOOKS by CUREE MEMBERS Felix Candela - Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist M. Garlock and D. Billington Structure and Design G. G. Schierle Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD (6th edition) D. E. Breyer, K. J. Fridley, K. E. Cobeen, and D. G. Pollock Snow Loads - Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05 M. O'Rouke Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Structures M. J. N. Priestley, G. M. Calvi, and M. J. Kowalsky [view entire list]

On this day in history, the March 11, 1817 Chamonix Valley, France Earthquake occurred.

NEES Nonstructural Building Bridges Between Civil Engineers and Science Museums NEES Cityblock Project Earthquake Architecture Earthquake Damage Assessment and Repair Project CUREE-Kajima Joint Research Program [view more]

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