EERI Distinguished Lecture: From Performance-Based Engineering to Earthquake Resilience (May 2017)

The EERI Distinguished Lecture of 2016: “From Performance-Based Engineering to Earthquake Resilience,” was presented in New York City on May 4th, 2017. EERI-NYNE would like to thank Dr. Greg Deierlein for making it out to New York and providing an excellent lecture. We would also like to thank WSP USA for being a generous host and sponsor for this event.

Mini-Symposium & Panel Discussion: New Zealand Earthquakes (February 2017)

On February 2, The EERI New York – Northeast (NYNE) Chapter hosted a joint event with the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) organization: “Mini-symposium on the 2010-11 and 2016 New Zealand earthquakes, and their implications to New York City (NYC) seismic risk and associated codes”. The NYNE Younger Members Committee (YMC) organized the mini-symposium, which was attended by over 180 engineers, city officials, and interested public. The event included two parts: (1) presentations on the NZ events by distinguished speakers: Professors Tom O’Rourke, Jonathan Bray, Brendon Bradley, and Ellen Rathje; and (2) panel discussion on the relation to the NYC risk and code needs with EERI Past President Prof. Mary Comerio, Prof. Andrew Whittaker, Dr. David Wald, Mr. Ramon Gilsanz, and Dr. Sissy Nikolaou. Read more