National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering -- Caltech Branch

该奖项为国家地震工程信息服务（NISEE）提供了新的资金，该服务的建立是为了促进收集，组织，向包括研究人员、执业工程师、教育工作者、政府官员和公众在内的各种用户群体传播与地震工程有关的信息。为了实现这一目标，NISEE维护着一个全面的、专业的资源数据库，供世界各地的公共和私人个人和组织使用。NISEE目前有两个分支机构；一个在加州大学伯克利分校，一个在加州理工学院。除了在全国范围内发挥作用外，加州理工学院分部还为南加州地区地震工程和地震安全相关专家的大型活跃社区提供了一个易于访问的资源。在接下来的运营期间，加州理工分校将维护和升级现有的通用资源数据库，并将努力增加其对用户社区的可访问性。此外，该处将在地震强地面运动的重要领域进行一项重大的新行动。将建立一个特别资源库，以满足个人在诸如风险评估、结构性能分析和代码开发等领域日益增加的强震数据需要。

This award provides renewed funding for the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) which was established to facilitate the collection, organization, and dissemination of information related to earthquake engineering to various user groups including researchers, practicing engineers, educators, public officials, and the general public. To achieve its goal, NISEE maintains a comprehensive, specialized resource data base which is used by public and private individuals and organizations worldwide. There are presently two branches of NISEE; one located at U. C. Berkeley, and one located at Caltech. In addition to its national role, the Caltech Branch provides an easily accessible resource for the large and active community of earthquake engineering and seismic safety related specialists in the Southern California region. During the next period of operation, the Caltech Branch will maintain and upgrade the current general resource data base and will work to increase its accessibility to the user community. In addition, the Branch will undertake a major new initiative in the important area of earthquake strong ground motion. A special resource base will be established to meet the increased strong-motion data needs of individuals in such fields as risk assessment, structural performance analysis, and code development.