Reconnaissance Reports

Post-earthquake and multi-hazard reconnaissance investigations offer additional real-world insight to MCEER's research. Though tragic in nature, the devastation of earthquakes and other disasters in the U.S. and abroad serves as a real-life learning laboratory for Center investigators of all disciplines. Quickly dispatched to stricken regions, MCEER researchers learn valuable lessons from field investigations and on-site interviews which often bring new perspectives to the nation's and the Center's research agendas. Post-investigation technical briefings and reports contribute immeasurably to the worldwide body of knowledge in earthquake engineering and hazards mitigation.

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The 512 Wenchuan Earthquake of China ── A Preliminary Report, Wenchuan, China, May 12, 2008

Presentation

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"Super Tuesday" Tornado Outbreak, Mid-Southern United States, February 5-6, 2008

MCEER Response

California Wildfires, Southern California, United States, October 21-24, 2007

MCEER Response (in progress)

Pisco, Peru earthquake of August 15, 2007

Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Gulf Coast, August 29, 2005

Special Report Series: Engineering and Organizational Issues Before, During and After Hurricane Katrina

Volume 1: Hospital Decision Making in the Wake of Katrina - The Case of New Orleans
Volume 2: Advanced Damage Detection for Hurricane Katrina - Integrating Remote Sensing and VIEWS Field Reconnaissance
Volume 3: Health & Environmental Issues Public Health and Environmental Infrastructure Implications of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Volume 4: Damage to Engineered Buildings and Lifelines from Wind, Storm Surge and Debris in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

South Asian Tsunami, December 26, 2005

MCEER Response

Hurricane Charley of Central Florida, August 13, 2004

MCEER Response

Bam, Iran Earthquake, December 26, 2003

Boumerdes, Algeria Earthquake, May 21, 2003

Changureh, Iran Earthquake, June 22, 2002

New York City, World Trade Center Disaster, September 11, 2001

Special Report Series: Organizational Issues Related to the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack
- Volume 1: Overview of Damage to Buidlings Near Ground Zero
- Volume 2: Reconnaissance and Preliminary Assessment of a Damaged Building Near ground Zero
- Volume 3: Emergency Response in the Wake of theWorld Trade Center Attack: The Remote Sensing Perspective
- Volume 4: From the WTC Tragedy to the Development of Disaster Engineering for Landmark Buildings - An Extension of the Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Approach
Proceedings of the Workshop on Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack - Management of Complex Civil Emergencies & Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design

Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake, September 21, 1999

Athens, Greece Earthquake, September 7, 1999

Marmara, Turkey Earthquake, August 17, 1999

Kobe, Japan Earthquake, January 17, 1995

Preliminary Report
NCEER Response (370 kb pdf)

Northridge, California Earthquake, January 17, 1994

MCEER Reconnaissance Research