From eeri-list@eeri.org Thu Sep 4 11:11:29 2003 Return-Path: Received: from MailUser (adsl-67-113-13-105.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [67.113.13.105]) by seismo.unr.edu (8.11.7+Sun/8.10.2) with SMTP id h84IBR405742 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:11:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200309041811.h84IBR405742@seismo.unr.edu> Reply-To: "EERI-Announce" From: "EERI-Announce" To: "John Louie" Subject: EERI Announcements Sender: "EERI-Announce" Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:08:16 -0700 Organization: X-Lines: 94 Status: RO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Length: 5508 Scroll down to view all announcements. ###################### Deadline for receipt of all application materials for the EERI Professional Fellowship is Sept 8th, 2003! EERI/FEMA EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP Under a cooperative agreement established with FEMA, EERI is pleased to offer a Professional Fellowship to provide an opportunity for a practicing professional to gain greater skills and broader expertise in earthquake hazards reduction, either by enhancing knowledge in the applicant's own field, or by broadening his or her knowledge in a related, but unfamiliar field. WHO SHOULD APPLY This unique fellowship is aimed at the career professional and is designed to bring together an experienced practitioner with professionals conducting significant research, providing an opportunity to enrich the applicant's knowledge and skills and broaden the research base with challenges faced in practice. The Professional Fellowship is not intended to fund work towards a degree. AWARD The fellowship provides a stipend of $30,000, commencing in January, to cover tuition, fees, relocation and living expenses for a six month period. The fellowship will be awarded on a project basis, with the proposed work or course of study to be carried out over a period of up to one year. The recipient will have the flexibility to work less than full time with the host institution and academic sponsor with the understanding that the effort will result in a deliverable by the end of twelve months. CRITERIA Applicants must provide a detailed work plan for a research project that would be carried out in the twelve-month period. The Fellow will be expected to produce a written report upon completion of the project. All applications must be accompanied by a professional resume and letter of nomination from the faculty host(s) at the cooperating educational institution(s). Faculty members should also indicate the institution's ability to provide research facilities, including library, work space, telephone, and computer access. Applicant must hold U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status. Download application here: http://www.eeri.org/career/2004_Profell_application.pdf Announcement of the award will be made October 17, 2003 ###################### EQS Online Alert The Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra is pleased to announce that Volume 19, Issue 3, of Earthquake Spectra is now available online at http://ojps.aip.org/EarthquakeSpectra/ Below is the Earthquake Spectra August 2003 Table of Contents. ---------------------- Earthquake Spectra - August 2003 MANUSCRIPTS Seismic Design Aspects of Vertically Irregular Reinforced Concrete Buildings Satrajit Das and James M. Nau Definition of Collapse Mechanisms and Seismic Vulnerability of Masonry Structures D. D'Ayala and E. Speranza Bayesian Estimations of Peak Ground Acceleration and 5% Damped Spectral Acceleration from Modified Mercalli Intensity Data John E. Ebel and David J. Wald Reconnaissance Report on the 31 March 2002 Earthquake on the East Coast of Taiwan C. H. Loh, K. C. Tsai, L. L. Chung, and C. H. Yeh Strong-Motion Records for Site-Specific Analysis Praveen K. Malhotra Reliability Evaluation in Seismic Design: A Response Surface Methodology Oscar Möller and Ricardo O. Foschi Development and Calibration of an Earthquake Fatality Function John M. Nichols and James E. Beavers A Reconciliation of the Effects of Non-Plastic Fines on the Liquefaction Resistance of Sands Reported in the Literature Carmine P. Polito and James R. Martin II Strong Motion Station Characterization and Site Effects During the 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey Ellen M. Rathje, Kenneth H. Stokoe II, and Brent Rosenblad Revisions to Soil-Structure Interaction Procedures in NEHRP Design Provisions Jonathan P. Stewart, Seunghyun Kim, Jacobo Bielak, Ricardo Dobry, and Maurice S. Power A Screen Analysis Procedure for Seismic Slope Stability Jonathan P. Stewart, Thomas F. Blake, and Robert A. Hollingsworth Evaluation of Damage Potential of Ground Motions During Great Earthquakes Y. Sunasaka, K. Toki, A. S. Kiremidjian BOOK REVIEW Earthquake Protection Reviewed by Mary Comerio ###################### The long awaited NEES Research Solicitation (NEESR) has been posted at NSF as of Aug 19th 2003. The URL is: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03589/nsf03589.htm The deadline has been moved to January 22, 2004 to give everyone enough time to get some good proposals put together. ###################### Summer Research Experiences for Graduate Students in Japan Each year the National Science Foundation (NSF) sends some 100 U.S. graduate students to Japan for an intensive summer research experience. Applications are sought from qualifying students in structural, earthquake, wind, and geotechnical engineering who would like to participate in both the NSF Summer Programs in Japan and a supplemental program of student seminars and extensive laboratory and site visits focusing on natural hazard mitigation during the summer of 2004. The supplemental program is entitled Natural Hazard Mitigation in Japan 2004 (NHMJ-2004). More information on the NHMJ Program and the application procedure can be obtained by visiting the program's web site at http://www.nd.edu/~quake/nhmj/. For questions, contact the program coordinators B.F. Spencer, Jr. (e-mail: bfs@uiuc.edu) or Y.C. Kurama (e-mail: ykurama@nd.edu). The deadline for applications is November 1, 2003. ######################