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ERC Collaboration on Education Modules for Both Undergraduate and Graduate Education

State University of New York; University of Illinois; University of California

EEC-9701471, EEC-9701785, EEC-9701568

The three EERCs (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, EEC 9701471; Mid-America Earthquake Center, EEC-9701785; Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, EEC-9701568) collaborate on education modules for both undergraduate and graduate education. At the undergraduate level, the three EERCs created a multi-center task force under the leadership of MAE Center investigator, Dr. Shirley Dyke, Washington University, to develop performance specifications for an instructional shake table for class room use and small-scale models for student research projects. The NSF Division of Undergraduate Education subsequently funded a project that links about 20 universities and funds them to acquire these small shake tables and develop instructional modules. The MAE and PEER Centers sponsored a joint REU symposium in August 1999 and plan to hold a similar symposium in August 2000. The three EERCs are also collaborating to develop teaching modules for graduate education that will be available on the WWW. For example, the MAE Center is developing modules on soil liquefaction and social science issues in earthquake engineering, MCEER is developing virtual laboratory experiments for structural control and base isolation, and the PEER Center is developing modules on base isolation, fluid-structure interaction, wave propagation, and earthquake engineering design.

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