National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Newsletter: August 2024


In this Newsletter:

 

NICEE Activities

 

1.       Workshop for Under Graduate Architecture Students in Third Year

2.       Inter-School Quiz Competition on IITK-BMTPC Earthquake Tips 2024-25

3.       Literature Review Workshop for Post-Graduate Students

4.       Open House of NICEE

5.       Intimation Regarding Change of Postal Address/ Email ID

6.       RESIST Software Available for Individual Users

7.       Oriya Translation of Earthquake Tips

 

Excerpts from other Newsletters 

8.       Newsletter of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA

 

Support to NICEE

9.       Recent Donors to NICEE

 

Details:

 

1. Workshop for Under Graduate Architecture Students in Third Year

 

The dates of the workshop for Architecture students scheduled to be held at IIT Kanpur will be announced shortly. For further details or any queries please contact: Suresh Ailawadi at Tele - 0512 – 259 7749, Fax – 0512 – 259 7794 or Email: asuresh@iitk.ac.in.

 

2. Inter-School Quiz Competition based on IITK-BMTPC Earthquake Tips 2024-25

 

The invite for the Inter School Quiz has been sent to all. In case your school has not received the invite please do let us know.

 

For further details please visit http://www.nicee.org/Quiz/quiz.htm . Members willing to enthuse and/ or conduct the preliminary round of quiz in their city of residence may please contact: Suresh Ailawadi at Tele - 0512 – 259 7749, or E-mail: asuresh@iitk.ac.in

 

3. Literature Review Workshop for Post-Graduate Students

 

The details of Annual Workshop for post graduate students pursuing their masters or doctorate degree with thesis in earthquake engineering will be promulgated shortly.

 

4. Open House of NICEE

 

The open house is held with the aim to enable postgraduate students to conduct literature survey for their thesis related to earthquake engineering issues and interact with the faculty and professionals. The Open House also welcomes professional engineers and architects to help them familiarize themselves with enormous literature available at NICEE on design and construction of safe habitat. The details of the Open House will be promulgated shortly. For further details or any queries please contact: Suresh Ailawadi at Tele - 0512 – 259 7749, Fax – 0512 – 259 7794 or E-mail: asuresh@iitk.ac.in

 

5. Intimation Regarding Change of Postal Address/ email id

 

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that we currently have more than 15,400 subscribers on NICEE list. At times we face problem of our mails being blocked by the outside servers with the presumption that we are spamming.

 

We would therefore like to request you to please do inform us as and when you switch over from one email id to another. We will stop sending mails to your old email id and will subscribe your current email id to nicee-list so that you continue to receive communication from NICEE.

 

Similarly, it is our earnest request that please do let us know whenever you want us to change your postal address and we will update our records. You may please inform us by sending a mail to nicee@iitk.ac.in.

 

6. RESIST Software Available for Individual Users

 

RESIST Software is now available for individual users. A copy of the same can be requested from NICEE on payment of Rs. 2,000/-. This version of RESIST is customized to Indian codes and construction conditions.

 

However, a more recent update is available with greatly enhanced graphical features but it is based upon New Zealand codes and practices. It may be downloaded free of charge from the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering website at  https://www.nzsee.org.nz/library/other-publications/resist/ .

 

For further details regarding the earlier version please visit http://www.nicee.org/npeee/showpage.php?id=149 and for any queries please contact: Suresh Ailawadi at Tele - 0512 – 259 7749, Fax – 0512 – 259 7794 or E-mail: asuresh@iitk.ac.in, nicee@iitk.ac.in

 

7. Oriya Translation of Earthquake Tips

 

The Oriya Translation of Earthquake Tip No. 4 has been uploaded on the website.

 

8. Newsletter of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA

 

The latest EERI Newsletter ‘The Pulse’ is available online at: https://www.eeri-members.org/pulse. The back issues can be viewed at   https://www.eeri.org/cohost/member-resources/pulse/archives

 

Following are selected contents of the Newsletter:

 

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Join the 13NCEE Organizing and Technical Program Committees

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Utah is due for the Big One. So why did state leaders do away with earthquake-safety commission? (The Salt Lake Tribune, quoting EERI members Divya Chandrasekhar, Jessica Chappell, and Barry Welliver).

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The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know. (The Washington Post, quoting EERI member Lucy Jones)

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‘It felt like a truck hit the building:’ Modest L.A. earthquake packs big punch (Los Angeles Times)

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Japan lifts 'megaquake' warning after one week (BBC)

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Japan's first-ever megaquake advisory brings worry and confusion. What does it mean? (ABC/Associated Press)

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Syria earthquake shakes nerves in a region already on edge (The National)

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It’s been 65 years since the Hebgen Lake earthquake erupted in Yellowstone (Buckrail)

 

 

 

Announcements

 

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Northridge30 Symposium Episode 5: Legacies of the Northridge Earthquake in Disaster Recovery Planning and Policy

 

9. Recent Donors to NICEE

 

Rs. 3,999/- and below

J. Prakashvel, Chennai