Workshops to Identify Research Needs Emerging from the 2010 Haiti and Chile Earthquakes

该奖项为两个研讨会提供支持，以确定2010年1月12日海地7.0级地震和2010年2月27日智利8.8级地震的新主题和潜在研究方向。这两次地震是有记录以来死亡人数和震级最高的五次地震之一。地震工程研究所（EERI）将组织这些研讨会，以探索从这两个主要地震事件中所需的研究和数据收集机会。EERI在重大地震后组织研讨会方面有着悠久而成功的历史。EERI工作人员将组织、计划和管理研讨会，然后准备和传播总结研讨会结果和研究建议的报告。海地和智利地震为美国工程和科学界提供了不同类型的主要学习机会。海地地震从应对和重建中获得了研究经验。这场灾难的复杂性和破坏性将影响许多学科的经验教训。智利地震是美国地震工程界在过去几十年里最重要的地震之一，它将带来一系列不同的研究需求和经验教训。智利的建筑规范与美国使用的混凝土和钢结构建筑规范相似；强震记录提供了重要的数据；地质环境与西北太平洋相似；交通运输、生命线和关键设施领域存在相似之处和教训；在应对和恢复过程中也存在类似的社会和公共政策问题。关于智利地震的研讨会将于2010年8月19日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会（NSF）举行；海地地震研讨会将于2010年9月30日至10月1日在美国国家科学基金会举行。每个研讨会将由一个组织指导委员会领导，并包括通过nsf支持的RAPID或类似奖项为该事件进行震后调查的参与者，以及来自受灾国家的受邀合作者。目标和更广泛的影响：这两个研讨会的目标是确定2010年海地和智利地震的主要研究主题和方向。研讨会参与者将确定这些方向，以指导NSF与这些事件相关的未来研究项目。参与者将定义主要的经验教训和机会，以便在一系列学科中进一步研究，包括多学科和跨学科性质的主题。在适当情况下，将确定变革和跨文化研究领域。这两个研讨会的建议将通过EERI的信息交换中心网站（http://www.eeri.org）、EERI通讯以及NSF （http://www.nsf.gov）和NEHRP （http://www.nehrp.gov）网站与更广泛的研究和实践地震工程社区广泛分享。智力优势：这些讲习班将邀请与地震和灾害研究、减灾、反应和恢复有关的广泛学科的世界公认专家参加。他们在研讨会上的互动和协同将为未来的研究提供一套严谨的建议，这些建议将确定跨学科和主题之间联系的机会，并清楚地阐明这些大地震中出现的最重要的研究方向。该奖项由土木、机械和制造创新部以及化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统部共同资助，是国家减少地震危害计划（NEHRP）的一部分。

This award provides support for two workshops to identify emerging themes and directions for potential research resulting from the magnitude 7.0 January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake and the magnitude 8.8 February 27, 2010, Chile earthquake. These two earthquakes are among the top five earthquakes in recorded history in terms of number of fatalities and magnitude size. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) will organize these workshops to explore needed research and data gathering opportunities from these two major seismic events. EERI has a long and successful history of organizing workshops following major important earthquakes. EERI staff will organize, plan, and manage the workshops, and then prepare and disseminate reports summarizing workshop results and research recommendations. Both the Haiti and Chile earthquakes present major learning opportunities of different types for the U.S. engineering and scientific communities. The Haiti earthquake has research lessons emerging from the response and rebuilding. The complex and devastating nature of that disaster will shape these lessons across many disciplines. A different set of research needs and lessons will emerge from Chile, which is one of the most significant earthquakes for the U.S. earthquake engineering community in the last several decades. Building codes in Chile are similar to those used in the United States for concrete and steel buildings; there are strong motion records that provide important data; the geologic setting is similar to the Pacific Northwest; there are similarities and lessons from the transportation, lifelines, and critical facilities sectors; and there are similar social and public policy issues in the response and recovery. The workshop on the Chilean earthquake will be held at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, VA, on August 19, 2010; the workshop on the Haitian earthquake will be held at NSF on September 30-October 1, 2010. Each workshop will be led by an organizing steering committee and include participants who conducted post-earthquake investigations for the event through NSF-supported RAPID or similar awards, and invited collaborators from the affected country. Objectives and Broader Impacts: The objective of these two workshops is to identify major research themes and directions emerging from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Workshop participants will identify these directions to guide NSF's programs for future research related to these events. Participants will define major lessons and opportunities for further research across a range of disciplines, including topics that are multi- and cross-disciplinary in nature. Transformative and cross-cultural research areas will be identified, where appropriate. Recommendations from these two workshops will be shared widely with the broader research and practicing earthquake engineering communities through EERI's clearinghouse website (http://www.eeri.org), EERI newsletter, and NSF (http://www.nsf.gov) and NEHRP (http://www.nehrp.gov) websites.Intellectual Merit: These workshops will draw on world-recognized experts in a wide range of disciplines related to earthquake and disaster research, mitigation, response and recovery. Their interaction and synergy in the workshops will result in an intellectually rigorous set of recommendations for future research that identifies opportunities for linkages across disciplines and topics, and clearly illuminates the most important directions for research emerging from these major earthquakes.This award is co-funded by the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation and the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems and is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).