News & Outreach
MCEER in the News
MCEER Joins in “Vigilant Guard” – National Guard Earthquake Response Exercise
MCEER News, November 13, 2009
Article
Slow Motion Earthquake Testing Probes How Buildings Collapse in Quakes
UB News, August 24, 2009
Mor
Managing Disasters with High-tech Imaging Could Save Lives
RIT University News, August 19, 2009
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UB teams up with Calspan
WIVB News, Channel 4, Dan LaDelfa, July 14, 2009
Article and Video
UB and Calspan Partner to Improve Bridge Design
WBFO News, Joyce Kryszak, July 14, 2009
Article and Podcast
These ‘bridges to nowhere’ may help avert future disasters
The Buffalo News: Business Today, Brian Hayden, July 12, 2009
More | pdf
MCEER: Defining Resilience for Extreme Events
UB Engineering ENews, Spring 2009
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Recent Honors, Awards and Recognitions
This section showcases the achievements of MCEER's research and management team members.
NEES@UBuffalo award
Andre Filiatrault and Saaed Fathali received an ASHRAE Transactions Paper Award
Gilberto Mosqueda received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from NSF and a Young Investigator Award from the University at Buffalo. He also received a Rising Star Award from the Research Foundation of SUNY.
Andre Filiatrault received the 2008 State University of New York Research Foundation Outstanding Researcher/Scholar Award
Harry Capers
Receives Outstanding P.E. Award
Recent Home Page Stories
Filiatrault Elected MCEER Director
Andre Filiatrault, Ph.D., Eng., a professor at the University at Buffalo and leading expert on shake-table testing of structural and nonstructural building components, has been elected to a two-year term as director of MCEER. Filiatrault previously served as deputy director of MCEER. He succeeds Michel Bruneau who stepped down from his MCEER post at the end of August.
Read the full news release
A letter on MCEER's future, from the new director.
Recent Meetings, Conferences and Workshops
TCLEE 2009 Conference: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment
June 28—July 1, 2009 | Oakland, California | Review
Recent Seminar Series Events
2009 Seminar Series Events
Transition from University to Professional Practice, Graeme Ballantyne
October 2, 2009, Buffalo, New York
Post-Strengthening of Masonry Structures with Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Dr. Werner Seim
September 4, 2009, Buffalo, New York | Archived webcast
Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Field Reconnaissance following the April 6, 2009 L`Aquila Earthquake in Italy, June 11, 2009 | view presentation (pdf)
Gian Paolo Cimellaro, L'Aquila Earthquake in Italy, April 15, 2009 | view presentation (pdf)
