Some outreach activities by nees@UCLA include:

• nees@UCLA participated in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (GEESD) IV. The portable shaker was exhibited.


• nees@UCLA's linear shaker and instrumentation was used in a UCLA engineering class called E87 by three freshman students. It was a first-quarter laboratory experience. Here is an abridged version of the students' presentation for their class. (5MB)


• nees@UCLA was represented at the 7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics in Boston, MA. Robert Nigbor presented two NEES-related papers as well as exhibited a booth.


• nees@UCLA was represented at the 6th International Workshop of Structural Health Monitoring at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.


• Westwood Charter Elementary School - (presentation and KidsQuake demonstration)


• nees@UCLA in the News


• Joint nees@UCSB/UCLA Training


• ASCE Pacific Southwest Regional Seismic Design Competition


• UCLA Parent's Weekend


• NEES Field Testing Sites Grand Opening at Garner Valley, CA– participation in demonstrations to Future Black Leaders of America (J.W. Wallace and D.H. Whang)


• Franklin Elementary School - (presentation and demonstration on earthquakes by J.P. Stewart)


• Amestoy Elementary School - participation in Career Day (presentation on earthquakes by D.H. Whang)


• Participation in the PEER Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program



• 2004 - Jesse Reiner (Harvard Westlake
• 2003 - Jeanne Whang (Amestoy Elementary) and Joann Young Dannen (El Segundo High School)



• Participation in the PEER Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)



• 2004 - Sam Du (UCLA) and Andrew Parker (UCSD)



• Participation in the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) Summer Intern Program



• 2004 - Genevieve Farrar (UCLA), Sarah Taylor Lange (UC Davis) and Michael Contreras (UCLA)



• Structural Engineering Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) – “Workshop on Four Seasons Forced-Vibration Testing” May 15, 2004 (presentations by J.W. Wallace and D.H. Whang)


• Conference and Workshop Presentations