Report of the Vice-President

Amr.S.Elnashai

Education and Training

A most successful short course was run at Imperial College in September 1999, supported by EAEE. There were 59 attendants from most of the top engineering firms in the UK as well as a number of guests from EAEE member states. The course was jointly organised by the UK national earthquake engineering organisation, SECED and Imperial College.

There has been a flurry of activity in the UK on earthquake engineering education. Imperial College won a UK Government contract to run a Masters Training package in earthquake risk management for five years, starting in October 2001. Liverpool University is planning a post-graduate course in the subject and Heriot Watt University is planning a new module to be taken by MSc students attending other structural or geotechnical courses.

We look forward to the materialisation of the many offers received previously for organising Regional Seminars, since the programme has been rather slow of late.

Research Activities

There are a number of networks researching earthquake engineering topics and funded nationally and on the European level. The largest of which is a network on ‘Safety Assessment for Earthquake Risk Reduction’ acronym SAFERR. This comprises 13 members from most EU member states and has been launched in July 2000. It runs for 3 years, and is co-ordinated by the Imperial College group. The network is looking for young researchers interested in working in this exciting collaborative environment. Interested parties should contact Professor Elnashai.

It is now either allowed or will be allowed shortly that Turkish researchers can be funded on EU projects. This is an exciting prospect, since there are excellent talents in Turkey in the topic and there is surplus funding in the EU states.

12^th ECEE

The first circular was sent around in large numbers and some responses have been received. The second circular, which also includes the call for abstracts, has been finalised and is being printed for circulation in two weeks time. A web site is under construction and is nearing completion. A review policy has been agreed whereby not only abstracts but also papers will be reviewed by an international panel of experts.

September 16, 2000