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- 05/21/12 - Discovering OpenSees Series: “Parallel & Grid Computing” on May 31 & June 1
- 05/21/12 - Twelve Undergraduate Students Selected to Participate in the 2012 PEER Internship Program
- 05/21/12 - Subsurface data for Taiwan Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (TSMIP) now available
- 05/17/12 - 2012 PEER Annual Meeting on Oct 26 & 27 – Save the Date!
- 05/14/12 - Register Now for nees@berkeley Hybrid Simulation Workshop on June 28 & 29
- 05/14/12 - Call for Papers: SMiRT-22 Conference on Aug 18-23, 2013
- 05/07/12 - Funding Opportunity: CTBUH Research Seed Grant Deadline is May 15
- 05/02/12 - PEER Students participate in Successful Young Researcher Activities at the 2012 CUEE Conference in Tokyo, Japan
- 04/20/12 - Request for Proposals on Site Response: PEER Lifelines Program
- 04/19/12 - In Memoriam: William G. Godden, UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus
- 04/17/12 - In Memoriam: Helmut Krawinkler, Stanford Professor Emeritus & PEER researcher
- 04/12/12 - NGA-East Technical Update: now available!
- 04/06/12 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2012/101 “Mechanics of Fiber Reinforced Bearings”
- 04/06/12 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/10 “Earthquake Engineering for Resilient Communities: 2011 PEER Internship Program Research Report Collection”
- 04/06/12 - NEHRP seeking qualified students for 10 week research project – Apply soon!
- 04/03/12 - Discovering OpenSees Series: “Transient Integrators” on April 5 & 6
- 02/29/12 - OSU becomes a new PEER Core Institution
- 02/23/12 - PEER BridgePBEE Analysis Framework (Beta Version): Just released and ready for use!
- 02/14/12 - FM Global Grad & Undergrad Internships in Loss Prevention Engineering and Research
- 02/09/12 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/107 “Nonlinear Site Response and Seismic Compression at Vertical Array Strongly Shaken by 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake”
- 02/08/12 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/09 “Calibration of Semi-Stochastic Procedure for Simulating High-Frequency Ground Motions”
- 02/07/12 - Save the dates! NGA-East SSHAC Workshop on October 16-18, 2012
- 02/06/12 - PEER Signs Contract with Caltrans to continue research on the Seismic Performance of Lifelines
- 01/30/12 - Stanford’s Shah Family Fund Lecture by Dr. Sergio M. Alcocer on Feb 1st
- 01/25/12 - Save the Date: SMiRT-22 Conference on Aug 18-23, 2013
- 01/25/12 - Discovering OpenSees Series: “Adding your own code to OpenSees” on January 25 & 26
- 01/17/12 - EERI Earthquake Spectra Call for Papers: Special Issue on the Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake
- 01/13/12 - Help Improve NEEShub by joining an upcoming usability study
- 01/12/12 - Internship Opportunities for Undergrads and Grads at the PEER Website
- 01/02/12 - EERI Annual Meeting April 10-13, 2012 – Registration now Open
- 01/02/12 - Faculty Opportunity: Tenure Track Searches in Civil Engineering at California State University, Chico
- 12/21/11 - Faculty Opportunity: Tokyo Tech Sabbatical Program for Research Collaboration and Undergraduate Instruction
- 12/20/11 - PEER Internship Program for Undergraduates – Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2012
- 12/12/11 - Discovering OpenSees Series: “Force-based Element vs. Displacement-based Element” on December 14 & 15
- 11/03/11 - Discovering OpenSees Series: “OpenSees & Output” on November 16 & 17
- 11/02/11 - 2011 PEER Summer Interns present their research at PEER Annual Meeting
- 10/21/11 - Joseph Penzien Memorial Fund – contributions welcome
- 10/21/11 - M4.0 & M3.8 Earthquakes in Berkeley, CA are a good reminder to prepare
- 10/20/11 - 2011 PEER Annual Meeting Presentations & Video – Now available for viewing!
- 10/20/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/05 “Case Studies of the Seismic Performance of Tall Buildings Designed by Alternative Means: Task 12 Report for the Tall Buildings Initiative″
- 10/19/11 - 15 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering – Abstract Submission Deadline extended to Nov 5
- 10/18/11 - COSMOS Technical Session on Nov 4th: Ground Motions from Subduction Earthquakes and Issues for Seismic Design
- 10/12/11 - Discovering OpenSees Seminar: “Modeling diaphragms in 2D models with linear & nonlinear elements” on October 19 & 20
- 10/08/11 - Abstracts due Nov 15 and Student Travel Grants Available for JAEE and CUEE conferences commemorating the Great East Japan Earthquake
- 10/06/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/07 “Seismic Risk Management in Urban Areas”
- 10/06/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/106 “Self Compacting Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Concrete Composites for Bridge Columns”
- 10/06/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/105 “Stochastic Dynamic Analysis of Bridges Subjected to Spatially Varying Ground Motions”
- 09/23/11 - Internship Positions for US PhD Students to Work with Japanese University Researchers on Structural Engineering Issues related to the Tohoku Earthquake
- 09/23/11 - Joseph Penzien, Earthquake Engineering Pioneer, passed away on September 19
- 09/22/11 - Discovering OpenSees Seminar: “Getting Started with OpenSees” on Sept 27 & 28
- 09/16/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/06 “The Use of Base Isolation Systems to Achieve Complex Seismic Performance Objectives”
- 09/12/11 - PEER & SEAOSC PBEE of Tall Buildings Seminar: Slides now posted & venue full with over 60 attendees
- 09/09/11 - Three 2011 PEER Interns visit Japan to view E-Defense Testing
- 08/26/11 - PEER programs will use data from Virginia Earthquake to determine Earthquake Hazard in Central and Eastern US
- 08/12/11 - “Discovering OpenSees: Surfing the waves of OpenSees,” A new Web-Learning Series launching on August 17
- 08/11/11 - NGA-East SSHAC Workshop is coming on Oct 11-13, 2011 – Save the Dates!
- 07/20/11 - Help identify regional ground motion databases and reports for PEER’s Global GMPE Project
- 07/18/11 - Registration Open for OpenSees Days 2011 on August 22-23
- 07/18/11 - Video now available from the PEER & SEAONC Seminar: Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering and its applications to Tall Building Design
- 07/14/11 - 2011 PEER Annual Meeting scheduled for Sept 30 & Oct 1 – registration now open!
- 07/08/11 - NGA-East Project Plan now available
- 07/05/11 - Orientation Program teaches PEER Interns research skills for the future
- 07/01/11 - Middle School Students from da Vinci Camp visit the PEER & nees@berkeley Labs
- 07/01/11 - Students from local community college visit PEER & UC Berkeley labs
- 06/30/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/04 “Recommended Design Practice for Pile Foundations in Laterally Spreading Ground″
- 06/30/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/104 “Design and Instrumentation of the 2010 E-Defense Four-Story Reinforced Concrete and Post-Tensioned Concrete Buildings″
- 06/22/11 - Researchers invited to 9th Planning Meeting for the NEES/E-Defense Collaborative Research Program
- 06/14/11 - Over 70 researchers attend inaugural “OpenSees Days Shanghai”
- 06/13/11 - Stephen Mahin Inducted into ASCE’s OTC Hall of Fame
- 06/13/11 - NEES TIPS/E-Defense Announce Blind Analysis Contest for Seismic Isolation Test
- 06/13/11 - Apply to participate in a NEES TIPS Participant Workshop
- 06/10/11 - Eleven Undergraduate Students Selected to Participate in the PEER 2011 Summer Internship Program
- 05/23/11 - Videos Now Posted: Thursday April 28th Briefing about Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
- 05/20/11 - Armen Der Kiureghian elected to the National Academy of Engineering
- 05/20/11 - Professor Mary Comerio receives Green Star Award
- 05/20/11 - DES Call for Submission (CFS2011)
- 05/20/11 - NRC RFP on Multidimensional Loading of Soil
- 05/12/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/103 “In-Situ Monitoring of the Force Output of Fluid Dampers: Experimental Investigation″
- 04/23/11 - Short Interim Report now available from PEER/EERI/GEER/Tsunami Field Investigation Team about the Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
- 04/15/11 - Videos Now Posted: Briefing on Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake of Feb 22, 2011
- 04/08/11 - PEER coordinates researchers traveling to Japan to investigate March 11 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
- 04/07/11 - PEER’s Outreach Director, Heidi Faison, Named New Face of Civil Engineering by ASCE
- 04/06/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/102 “Ground-motion prediction equations 1964 – 2010″
- 04/05/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/03 “New Ground Motion Selection Procedures and Selected Motions for the PEER Transportation Research Program”
- 04/05/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/02 “A Bayesian Network Methodology for Infrastructure Seismic Risk Assessment and Decision Support”
- 04/05/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/01 “Demand Fragility Surfaces for Bridges in Liquefied and Laterally Spreading Ground”
- 03/31/11 - PEER & SEAONC Seminar coming to SF: Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering and its applications to Tall Building Design
- 03/24/11 - Video Now Posted: Early Field Survey of Damage from Japan’s March 11th Earthquake and Tsunami, presentation by Kit Miyamoto
- 03/14/11 - Ground Motions & Other Information from Japan’s March 11, 2011 Earthquake – UPDATED March 15
- 03/01/11 - FM Global 2011 Internship in Loss Prevention Engineering and Research for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
- 02/23/11 - Ground Motions & Field Reports from New Zealand’s M6.3 Feb 22 Christchurch Earthquake
- 02/22/11 - Save the Date: Seismic Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum on May 2-3, 2011
- 02/21/11 - Asia-Pacific Summer School in Smart Sturctures Technology 2011 – now accepting applications
- 02/16/11 - Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship 2011 – for Masters’ and PhD Students
- 02/14/11 - PEER 2010 Intern Ray Hooft wins EERI Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
- 02/09/11 - PEER Summer Internship for Undergraduates – Now Accepting Applications
- 02/04/11 - New PEER Report Published: PEER 2011/101 – Report of the Eighth Planning Meeting of NEES/E-Defense Collaborative Research on Earthquake Engineering
- 02/01/11 - ENR calls the TBI Guidelines “A Big Step Forward”
- 01/13/11 - New Study Initiated about CA water supply reliability for fires following future earthquakes
- 01/12/11 - Job Openings: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
- 01/12/11 - Now available: PEER’s Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings
- 01/08/11 - Beam 2: Large Concrete SMRF Beam Test – THURSDAY Feb 3, 2011 at 1 PM
- 01/08/11 - Retirement Reception for Don Clyde January 21, 2011
- 01/07/11 - Changing Faces at the PEER Center
- 01/03/11 - PEER welcomes Charles Scawthorn as a Visiting Scholar at the PEER
- 01/02/11 - PEER leads Global Ground Motion Prediction Equations development for GEM
- 01/01/11 - Just Released: 2010 PEER Ground Motion Database – Beta Version
