MCEER Education
MCEER's
education initiatives provide learning opportunities for students and educators
at the K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as continuing education
for practitioners.
MCEER's educational activities aim to
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stimulate interest in engineering and sciences at the earliest levels,
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develop future leaders in earthquake engineering/hazards mitigation at
the undergraduate and graduate levels,
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help today's practitioners keep pace with changes in their respective
fields.
Programs include an Undergraduate
Internship Program, and a Master of Engineering program featuring intensive
study in the current state-of-the-art.
More educational activities and resources are available from the Information Service section of our website.
Announcements
2007 REU Symposium held in Seattle
The 2007 REU Symposium was organized this year by MCEER and took place August 8-12 in Seattle, Washington. This year’s student group was significantly larger than in previous years, totaling forty-two undergraduate students from MAE, MCEER, NEES and PEER.
Tri-Center Field Mission to Japan
Four MCEER SLC members and UB PhD candidates, Bing Qu, Seda Dogruel, Georgios Apostolakis, participated in the 2007 Tri-Center Field Mission to Japan from July 21- 28, when the students and their faculty advisors visited various earthquake engineering testing facilities and universities and also engaged in a hands-on field assessment exercise.
