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International Research

MCEER's international research activities encompass projects and programs that help to advance our goal of developing disaster resilient communities throughout the world. Links to major efforts and research collaborations are listed below. Visit also our Reconnaissance section to learn more about our post-disaster collaborations throughout the world.

Research Collaborations

Asian Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER): Center-to-Center coordinated and cooperative research and outreach activities to reduce seismic hazards worldwide.

State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University: Joint research and workshop series on special bridges

Beijing Institute of Technology: Joint research on multi-hazard mitigation for urban and public infrastructure

Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration: Publication of the Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration journal

National Center on Research for Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), National Taiwan University: Joint research on steel plate shear walls, joint research and reconnaissance following the 1999 Chi Chi earthquake

Chiba University, Japan: Joint research on remote sensing technologies and international workshop series

Waseda University, Japan: Joint research on earthquake resistant design of lifeline facilities and countermeasures against soil liquefaction and workshop series

International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE), University of Tokyo: Develop post-earthquake response and reconstruction strategies for urban regions

Research Coordination

Annex III to the Protocol for Science and Technical Cooperation in Earthquake Studies, Cooperative Research in Earthquake Engineering and Hazards Mitigation

Research Exchanges

US-PRC Collaboration on Earthquake Engineering

Forum for Young Researchers

Educational Activities

APEC IDEERS Competition
Bulletin Article | Presentation (pdf)

Tri-Center Field Missions