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MCEER Team Presents Impacts of Hurricane Katrina at UB Seminar

Hurricane Database to Assist Researchers

Partners' Participation Adds to Coordination of MCEER Hospital Research

New Pier Design Shows Promise to Protect Bridges from Blast and Earthquake Forces

Facility Risk Consultants Joins Partners Network

Pilot Course on the Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges

Obituary: James D. Cooper

Fifth National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways to be Held in San Francisco

Participants Sought for REDARS Software User Workshop

Pilot Workshop on the Seismic Retrofit of Truss Bridges

NYCEM Study Assesses Possible Earthquake Damage to Metropolitan NY-NJ-CT

Multiple Hazards and Extreme Events are Focus of MCEER Annual Meeting

Student Spotlight: Yufeng Hu

UB Hosts Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition

Sixth Annual MCEER SLC Retreat Held in Tallahassee

Information Service to Collaborate on UB Learning Module Project

Opportunities for Students

• 2006 LSAMP-MCEER Bridge Diversity Fellowship for Engineering Ph.D. Students
• 2006 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program and 2006 REU Diversity Program

UB-EERI-MCEER Seminar Series

• Akira Wada
• Samuel Frydman

MCEER Movers & Shakers

• MCEER Researchers Receive 2005 ASCE Awards
  • Mircea Grigoriu
  • Jeffrey Berman and Michel Bruneau
• Werner Receives Charles Martin Duke Award
• Kathleen Tierney Named EERI’s Distinguished Lecturer for 2006
• O’Rourke Named to Panel on Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

• Staff News
  • David Pierro
  • Hector Velasco

New Technical Reports

• Simulation of Strong Ground Motions for Seismic Fragility Evaluation of Nonstructural Components in Hospitals
• Development of Seismic Strengthening and Retrofit Strategies for Critical Facilities Using Engineered Cementitious Composite Materials
• Experimental and Analytical Studies of Base Isolation Systems for Seismic Protection of Power Transformers