Research For Earthquake Engineering
Research for earthquake engineering means both field and analytical investigation or experimentation intended for discovery and scientific explanation of earthquake engineering related facts, revision of conventional concepts in the light of new findings, and practical application of the developed theories. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the main United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all fields of earthquake engineering. In particular, it focuses on experimental, analytical, and computational research on design and performance enhancement of structural systems.
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is a leader in dissemination of earthquake engineering research related information both in the U.S. and globally.
A definitive list of earthquake engineering research related shaking tables around the world may be found in Experimental Facilities for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Worldwide. The most prominent of them is now E-Defense Shake Table in Japan.
Major earthquake engineering research centers in the United States and worldwideEarthquake engineering research activities worldwide are mostly associated with the following centers:
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)
- John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)
- Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)
- George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
- Office of Earthquake Engineering at Caltrans
- Earthquake Engineering Research Centre of Iceland
- Earthquake Engineering New Zealand
- Canadian Research Centers and Research Groups on Earthquake Engineering
- Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering of NTUA
- Earthquakes and Earthquake Engineering in The Library of Congress
- International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
- National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
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