The 3rd Annual EHKS Retreat
April 2007
Field Mission Fellowship Competition
February 2007
MAE Center Annual Meeting
February 2007
Winners Chosen in MAEviz Mini-Workshop Competition
February 2007
Elnashai Awarded Hall Professorship
November 2006
MAE Center Project Logo Competition
October 10, 2006
New Position Announcement: Staff Seismologist/Engineer, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
Field Mission 2006 to New Zealand
September 11, 2006
Jamie Padgett, MAE Center Graduate Researcher, Awarded 2006-2007 EERI/FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellowship
AUGUST 4, 2006
Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition 2006
JUNE 12, 2006
During the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, April 18-21, 2006 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, four undergraduate students from Georgia Institute of Technology represented the MAE Center at the PEER Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition.
Bruce Ellingwood, MAE Center Investigator and UIUC Alumnus, Honored with ASCE and AISC Awards
May 19, 2006
Bruce Ellingwood, MAE Center Investigator and UIUC Alumnus, Honored with ASCE Nathan M. Newmark Medal and AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
Up-to-Date Seismic Information: Iris Seismic Monitor
May 12, 2006
Ruth Coffey joins MAE Center as Administrative Manager
May 1, 2006
Ruth Coffey joins the Mid-America Earthquake Center as its Administrative Manager
W. Gene Corley, MAE Center Executive Advisory Board Member and UIUC Alumnus, Receives Prestigious OPAL Award from ASCE
April 26, 2006
W. Gene Corley, MAE Center Executive Advisory Board Member, CTLGroup's senior vice president, and UIUC Alumnus, received the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award for Design.
MAE Center Reconnaissance Team Visits Pakistan and Kashmir
December 1, 2005
A Mid-America Earthquake Center Reconnaissance Team worked in Pakistan in November to assess damage resulting from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the region on 8 October.
MAE Center appears on "It Could Happen Tomorrow"
March 5, 2006
MAE Center featured in The Weather Channel's "It Could Happen Tomorrow".
MAE Center in Turkey
November 2005
NEES Training Day
September 15, 2005
ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology Special Issue on Tsunami Seismic Hazards
September 2005
ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology (http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vinaykg/iset.html) will be devoting its September, 2005 issue to the theme of Tsunami Seismic Hazard.
Jerome F. Hajjar Named Mid-America Earthquake Center Deputy Director
August 15, 2005
Jerome F. Hajjar has been named Deputy Director of the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center.
NEES MUST-SIM Grand Opening
November 16, 2004
A new $3.5 million earthquake simulator at the University of Illinois should provide simulations with unprecedented realism and generate information to make structures like bridges better able to survive a quake.
NEES MUST-SIM Reinforced Concrete Pier Test
October 15, 2004
The NEES MUST-SIM project for Reinforced Concrete (RC) Pier Test took place on October 15, 2004 in the Newmark Civil Engineering Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
NEESgrid Experiment with Online Simulation
July 30, 2004
MAE Center PI's and Graduate Students are working on the MOST (Multi-Site Online Simulation Test) for the NEES facilities tested today, July 30th, at 11:00am in the Structural Engineering Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The test is also being held at the other NEES testing facilities, including the University of Colorado.
Seventh-Year Site Review of the Mid-America Earthquake Center
June 14-17, 2004
Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake Shakes Illinois
June 28, 2004
On Monday, June 28, 2004 at 1:10 AM CDT, a 4.5 earthquake shook north central Illinois and was felt by residents of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Newmark Endowed Chair Investiture Ceremony honors Professor Spencer
May 3, 2004
Billie F. Spencer, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois and Damage Synthesis Coordinator of the MAE Center, was recognized and honored as a recipient of the first Nathan M. and Anne M. Newmark Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering at an Investiture Ceremony held on May 3, 2004 at the Beckman Institute.
MAE Undergraduate Research Assistant featured as UIUC Graduate
May 16, 2004
MAE Undergraduate Research Assistant featured as UIUC Graduate
Public Earthquake Resource Center to Open at CERI - May 6, 2004
April 27, 2004
Public Earthquake Resource Center to Open at CERI - May 6, 2004
Amr Elnashai Named New MAE Center Director
After almost seven years as head of the Mid-America Earthquake Center, Professor Dan Abrams has stepped down as Director. Succeeding Dan as Director is Professor Amr Elnashai.
Take Our Daughters/Sons to Work
The UIUC Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted a “Take Our Daughters/Sons to Work†event on Thursday, April 22. Children of UIUC faculty and staff toured engineering and science laboratories as well as watched various demonstrations.
Junior Scientist Day, Yankee Ridge Elementary School
April 21, 2004
Yankee Ridge Elementary School PTA Science Committee, Urbana, IL, hosted a "Junior Scientist Day" on April 21, 2004.
Earthquake Preparedness and Safety Program in the NMSZ, Orpheum Children's Science Museum, Champaign, IL
April 10, 2004
MAE Center UIUC students Jayram Ramachandran, Neda Svrakic, Can Simsir, and James Gecan presented a program on Earthquake Preparedness and Safety in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) at the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum on Saturday, April, 10, 2004.
Willett Investiture Ceremony honors Professor Elnashai
March 31, 2004
Amr S. Elnashai, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the MAE Center, was recognized and honored as a recipient of the Donald Biggar Willett Professorship in Engineering at an Investiture Ceremony held on March 31, 2004 at the Beckman Institute.
Strong Earthquake in Bam, Iran
December 26, 2003
Pledges of international aid began pouring in Friday for the southeastern Iranian city of Bam, where a severe earthquake killed more than 5,000 people and destroyed more than half of its mud-brick homes.
