Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)
- http://crew.org/
- A not-for-profit corporation of private and public representatives of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and California communities informs on its activities to reduce the effects of earthquake events.
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA)
- http://nisee.berkeley.edu/eea.html
- A database of 100,000 records covering the world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971, searchable by author, title, keyword, and date. Produced by the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE).
Earthquake Engineering Research Center - EERC
- http://eerc.berkeley.edu/
- Conducts research and public service programs aimed at protecting the public and its property from the destructive effects of earthquakes. Includes online searcheable library. University of California, Berkeley.
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- http://www.eeri.org/
- Activities of the national society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists related to earthquake exposure, risk and protection of lifelines and building structures.
Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering
- http://www.civil.ntua.gr/earthquake_gr
- Conduct seismic tests with a 6 degree freedom mechanical shaking table simulator, research and structural analysis with the help of reaction and shear walls. Includes reasearch activities and publications. National Technical University Athens.
MAST Laboratory, University of Minnesota
- http://nees.umn.edu/
- Earthquake simulation research laboratory specializing in testing the durability of large-scale structural components. A participant in the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).
Mid-America Earthquake Center - MAE
- http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu/
- Research and education center focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America. Includes calendar of events and webcasts. University of Illinois.
Middle East Seismological Forum - MESF
- http://www.meseisforum.net
- Non-profit scientific forum that provides a source for authoritative earthquake information on the middle eastern region’s seismicity, seismologists and ongoing scientific activities .
Seismic Design Review
- http://www.seismicreview.com/
- Offer courses for the special civil/seismic principles portion of California Civil Professional Engineers examination. Includes course schedule, and instructor details.
Structural Engineering Earthquake Simulation Laboratory
- http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/seesl/computing.html
- Includes a 12 X12 foot seismic shaking table simulator, and an 18" thick concrete "strong floor" which covers an overall area of 3400 square feet. Offers material testing equipment for both static and dynamic loading systems; a structural models laboratory; a concrete laboratory; and a multi-story testing bay for testing full-scale components. At the University of Buffalo in New York.
The CASCADE Project
- http://cascade.eerc.bris.ac.uk/
- Promotes collaboration and co-operation between earthquake engineering facilities within the European Union. The site is a resource allowing publication of reports covering comparison of facilities, standardisation of test procedures and quality assurance systems.
