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Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES)
www.aees.org.auAEES was formed immediately after the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, and now has about 200 members. We provide a newsletter and technical papers from past annual conferences via our public website, which now has a new photo gallery.
Standards Development
An AEES working group coordinated by Prof John Wilson has drafted a Commentary to the revised Australian Earthquake Loading Standard, AS 1170.4 - 2007, Structural design actions Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia and we hope to publish it shortly.
Research Scholarships
The Society funds research scholarships for honours / post-graduate students enrolled at Australian universities undertaking research into earthquake engineering and/or seismology. Scholarship recipients are obliged to present the research outcomes at a subsequent AEES conference. Last year AEES sponsored PhD student Maxime Claprood at Monash University under the supervision of Dr Michael Asten. He gave a presentation at the AEES Conference in November 2008.
Continuing Professional Development
The Society’s annual Technical Conference and AGM in Ballarat, VIC on 21-23 November 2008 attracted about 80 delegates. The proceedings containing abstracts and technical papers were presented on CD to registrants at the conference. The 2009 Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Newcastle NSW, 11-13 December.
A national Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) training program for engineers was implemented, sponsored and endorsed by our Society and Engineers Australia and, crucially, endorsed by Emergency Management Australia who is the national coordinator of USAR services and activities. More than 50 engineers have received Level 1 USAR Engineer training and more than 20 engineers have completed Level 2 training in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Outreach
A small delegation attended the annual conference of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering and initiated discussions on holding a future joint conference as well as promoting an earthquake loading code for countries in the SW Pacific using the recently developed New Zealand and Australian loading codes.
Special Projects
AEES is facilitating a number of projects including the development of a revised seismic hazard map for Australia, revision of the MMI intensity scale, promotion of earthquake mitigation in Australia with a focus on schools, and development of a national reconnaissance capability.
Kevin McCue
Chair
