Upcoming NEES Researcher Workshops & Events
NEES Experimental Facilities are hosting six researcher-focused outreach events between now and October. All programs are free to attend and many offer limited travel support. For more information, see the Workshop Flyer.
NEES@UIUC Potential Researcher Training Workshop
This hands-on workshop will be held on June 5-6, 2008 at NEES@UIUC. The workshop agenda is available online. To register, contact Hussam Mahmoud
NEES Featured in National Society for Professional Engineers
NEES is featured in the cover story of the National Society for Professional Engineers April edition. With approximately 45,000 members, this story reaches an important group of engineers that may not be familiar with the history and impact of NEES research. The story is available online.
NEES 6th Annual Meeting Awards Nominations
NEES community members are encouraged to submit entries for the 2008 NEES Awards to be presented at the 6th Annual Meeting. Entries must be submitted on or before May 14, 2008. more...
NEES@Minnesota Staff Interviewed about 5.2 Midwest Earthquake
NEES@Minnesota staff were featured in a news story about the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the midwest this morning (4/18/08). The news story features the Minnesota site and the research performed to reduce earthquake damage. To view the video clip. visit the news website.
NEHRP 2008 Annual Report Released
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the organization that coordinates national efforts to reduce earthquake loss reduction in the United States by NSF, USGS, FEMA and NIST, has released its 2008 annual report.
The report is available online at: http://nehrp.gov/pdf/2008NEHRPAnnualReport.pdf (1.8MB).

The NEES 6th Annual Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon on June 18-20. For registration and detailed agenda, see the conference website.
| 18 Apr 2008 | OpenSees Parallel Computing Workshop |
| 19-22 May 2008 | GEESD IV: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference |
| 5-6 Jun 2008 | Workshop: NEES@UIUC |
| 18-20 Jun 2008 | 2008 NEES 6th Annual Meeting |
| 11-16 Aug 2008 | 6th Int'l Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering + Symposium |
From: NEES@UCDavis - Tokyo Institute of Technology and UC Davis joint research
From: NEESit - NEES IT Managers' Retreat
From: NEES@UIUC - Announcing UI-SimCor 2.5 New Hybrid Simulation Open-Source Software
From: NEESit - Openfresco Software Framework for Hybrid Simulation Deployment Released
From: NEES@OregonState - Alicia Lyman-Holt & NEES Tsunami Research Facility at OSU

