Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
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The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is a leading technical society in dissemination of earthquake risk and earthquake engineering research both in the U.S. and globally. EERI members include researchers, geologists, geotechnical engineers, educators, government officials, and building code regulators.
History
The EERI was formed in 1948 as an advising committee of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. It quickly became its own independent, nonprofit organization, with the purpose of studying why buildings fail under earthquake disasters, and what methods can prevent these failures. At first they conducted their research in laboratories of different University or Government groups. As the EERI grew, they began to more often send research funds to the Universities, and have the university conduct the research. EERI focused more on identifying and investigating areas in need of research, and policymaking based on the university's lab results.
In 1952 the EERI organized the first conference on earthquake engineering (Symposium on Earthquake and Blast Effects on Structures), at UCLA. In 1956, in observation of the 50th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they held the first World Conference on Earthquake Engineering at University of California, Berkeley. In 1984, the 8th World Conference was held in San Francisco. This conference brought in scientists from 54 countries.
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