Announcements

Martin W. McCann, director of the National Performance of Dams Program, was just appointed the Chairperson for the Nat'l Research Council of the Nat'l Academies Committee on COGGE.

Professor Gregory G. Deierlein was elected to the 2016 EERI Board of Directors along with D. Freidmen, Forell/Elsesser Engineers, and R. Boulanger, University of California, Davis.

The study report, entitled "Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices" was released to the public Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013.

Professor Gregory G. Deierlein was elected to the NAE Class of 2013 for his development of advanced structural analysis, design techniques and their implementation in design codes.

The founders of Yahoo!, a pioneer of earthquake engineering and a former U.S. secretary of defense are among the seven people selected as the 2012 Stanford Engineering Heroes.

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 66 new members and 10 foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today.