ANCER—Asia Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research
Introduction to ANCER
The Asian-Pacific Network of Centers of Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER) was established in 2001 by 7 centers from Korea, China mainland, USA, Japan and Chinese Taipei. Its vision is to integrate knowledge from different regions, especially those subjected to infrequent high-consequence earthquakes, towards deriving innovative mitigation solutions as well as help educate young professionals. ANCER has since expanded and has developed an international presence through its workshops and student exchange programs. It has expanded globally and become a unique international nonprofit, professional organization with 13 centers in 2009. Today, ANCER has membership and affiliations all over the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Peru, amongst others.
The major event in the ANCER calendar is its near biennial workshop, six have been held already in Harbin, China (2002), Hawaii, USA (2004)Jeju, Korea (2005), and Hong Kong, China (2007,Urbana, USA (2009), Harbin, China (2012).
Members of ANCER
Korea Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research of USA
Mid-America Earthquake Center of USA
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center of USA
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University of Japan
Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Chinese Taipei
Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research, University of Nevada Reno.
Research Center for Urban Hazards Mitigation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Earthquake Engineering Research Test Center of Guangzhou University.
Earthquake Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.
University of Auckland Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research
Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne
President
Prof. SUN Baitao
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Members of ANCER