International Cooperation
Introduction
The Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), China Earthquake Administration, formerly the Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was established in 1954. From last ‘60s, IEM began to focus its research activities on the area of earthquake engineering, and thus became the pioneer research institution on earthquake engineering in China. In 1981, IEM took the lead in the establishment of Commission for Earthquake Seismology, Seismological Society of China. IEM has been the host of the secretariat of Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering (CAEE). The directors and deputy directors always serve as the national delegate of China in IAEE. Many professors from IEM served as director or vice president of IAEE. In 2004, IEM and other 6 earthquake research centers (PEER, MCEER, MAE, DPRI, KEERC and NCREE) initiated to establish the ‘Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research’ (ANCER). The current secretary-general is Prof. QI Xiaozhai, the previous director of IEM, and the president is Prof. Sun Baitao, the director of IEM.
From 1978, when the Chinese Government made its policy of opening to the outside world, IEM has achieved a worldwide cooperation program for scientific exchange and joined research. Since then various forms of scientific exchange and bilateral or multi-lateral cooperation have been conducted with many countries and regions in the world, such as Poland, Russia, United States, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mexico, Yugoslavia, India, Albania, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Algeria, Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Korea, Austria, Portugal, Morocco, Swiss, Iran, Australia, Spain, Macedonia, China Hong Kong and China Taiwan, etc. Long term and close relations have now been established between IEM and tens of universities, research institutes and private enterprises in more than ten countries and regions. A number of mutual-interesting cooperative research projects have been performed between IEM and foreign institutes and universities. Delegations and a large number of individual scientists from many countries and staffs abroad have been invited to be visiting scholars or participants in international conferences, either to present their lectures, or to conduct cooperative research projects. In addition, IEM has organized or co-organized a number of international workshops / seminars in China and abroad. Through these activates, IEM has enjoyed friendly relationships with and benefited from other countries and regions a lot, as well as made its own contributions in promoting and developing the knowledge of earthquake engineering and safety engineering.
An overview of US-PRC cooperation on earthquake engineering at IEM and future prospects of the program
Exchange and Cooperation on Earthquake Engineering Research in IEM
International Projects
l Study on Critical Techniques for Multi-Performance Based Structural Seismic Safety, Major Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, XIE Lili, 2012-2014
l Study on the Construction Technology of Earthquake Hazard Assessment System of China Project, Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, LI Shanyou, 2011-2013
l Earthquake Vulnerability Analyses and Disaster Loss Estimation on Engineering Structures in China Continental Area, Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, SUN Baitao, 2010-2012
l Study on Field Test Dada Based Prediction Methods for Soil-Layer Liquefaction, Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, YUAN Xiaoming, 2009-2011
l Study on Critical Techniques of Earthquake Engineering Simulation Networks, Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, WANG Zifa, 2007-2009
l Study on Health Monitoring and Disaster Early Warning Technique for Major Engineering Structures, Major Project of International S&T Cooperation Program of China, GUO Xun, 2007-2009
International Activities
l 14th Word Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct. 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.
The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE) was held from October 13th to October 17th, 2008 in Beijing, China. 3,328 attendees from 68 countries/regions attended the Conference, while 3,041 full papers from 77 countries/regions were included in the proceedings. There were 15 regular sessions and 31 special sessions. As the diamond sponsor of 14WCEE, IEM mainly supported all the preparation of the Conference.
l International Conference on Earthquake Engineering Research Challenges in the 21st Century - Commemorating the 100thAnniversary of the Birth of the Professor LIU Huixian, May 18-21, 2012 Harbin, China.
l PRC-US Coordinator’s Meeting on Earthquake Scientific and Technical Cooperation, May 19, 2012 Harbin, China.
l First PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, May, 2006, Harbin & Beijing, China.
IEM cooperate with and University at Buffalo, the State University of New York holding PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young.
l Second PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, October, 2008, Beijing, China.
l Third PRC-US Earthquake Engineering Forum for Young, May, 2006, Harbin & Beijing, China.
l International Summer School at IEM - New Advances in Earthquake Engineering, August 10-21, 2013, Harbin & Beijing, China.
Academic Organizations
l Secretariat of the Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering (CAEE)
l Secretariat of the Earthquake Engineering Committee of the Seismological Society of China
l Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER)
l Technical Coordination Group for Strong Motion Observation of China Earthquake Administration
l Technical Coordination Group for Earthquake Damage Assessment of China Earthquake Administration