University of Texas at Austin welcomes Maria Koliou
University of Texas at Austin welcomes Maria Koliou
September 28, 2018
Maria Koliou, Ph.D., YMC Co-Chair and Assistant Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, presented to the EERI Student Chapter at the University of Texas at Austin on September 28, 2018. The presentation, entitledFrom Resilient Structures to Resilient Communities, used the example Rigid Wall-flexible in-plane roof Diaphragm buildings, popular in low-rise industrial construction, to demonstrate how performance-based engineering can be integrated with concepts of system functionality, recovery response, and community resilience in disasters.
In addition to the seminar presentation, Dr. Koliou had the opportunity to meet and have lunch with students, meet with faculty, and tour the Ferguson Structural Laboratory.
NCSU welcomes Anahid Behrouzi
September 7, 2018
Dr. Anahid Behrouzi, co-chair of the EERI Younger Members Committee and Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, presented to the EERI Student Chapter at North Carolina State University on September 7, 2018. The presentation, entitled Machine Learning to Enable Image Classification of Earthquake Damage to Civil Infrastructure, introduced a set of software tools developed by architectural engineers and computer scientists at Cal Poly to enable rapid post-earthquake damage classification of buildings and above-ground infrastructure. The software package includes a manual photo tagging tool, an automated image classification tool, and post-processing scripts for ArcGIS mapping to enable data analysis related to the severity, type, and geographical distribution of civil infrastructure damage.
Dr. Behrouzi, an alumnus of North Carolina State University, also had the opportunity to tour NCSU earthquake engineering facilities and to meet with undergraduate students, graduate students, and engineering faculty during the visit.

YMC Member Ezra Jampole Presenting in Learning from Earthquakes Webinar
Learning from Earthquakes Webinar: Case Studies from the September 19, 2017 Mexico Earthquake
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM PDT
Speakers: John Eidinger, Marty Hudson (M.EERI,1994), Ezra Jampole (M.EERI,2012), Prateek Shah, and Mark Yashinsky
During this free webinar, speakers who conducted reconnaissance following the September 19, 2017 Puebla-Morelos earthquake will present geotechnical and structural case studies. Read More