Program
Quake Summit 2011 - Earthquake & Multi-Hazards Resilience: Progress and Challenges, was held June 9-11, 2011 in Buffalo, NY. The meeting, a combination of the annual meetings of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) and MCEER (formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research), featured nearly 100 presentations on the latest research in earthquake engineering and multi-hazards resilience designed to engage researchers, students and practitioners. The technical program opened with an opening plenary session on Thursday evening, June 9, that examined the Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake of February 21, 2011, and the Offshore Honshu Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of March 11, 2011. In addition to as many as 20 technical sessions, a student symposium and poster session were hosted for graduate students, and a practitioner symposium concentrated on changes to the seismic provisions of ASCE/SEI 7-10. The meeting culminated with an optional tour of the test facilities at Taylor Devices Inc. and UB/MCEER’s Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory.
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