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[Rory.McGruer(--nospam--at)fluordaniel.com]

     This message is a posting for the upcoming 51st Annual EERI meeting to be 
     held at the Bahia Hotel in San Diego, California on February 3 - 6.  A 
     complete description of the event can be found on the EERI website at 
     http://www.eeri.org.  
     
     Something unique is being done this year, for all students and young 
     professionals (35 years and younger) there is a special Saturday only 
     registration fee of $35.00.  The session will be moderated by George 
     Housner and is bound one of the real highlights of this year's annual 
     meeting.
     
     Below is the Saturday, February 6 Schedule of events. please visit the EERI 
     web site for more information and to register on-line.
     
     Rory McGruer, S.E.
     Fluor Daniel, Inc.
     
     
     
     Saturday, February 6 
     
     7:00 am      CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST for Committee and Forum Participants 
     
     7:30-9:30am  COMMITTEE AND FORUM MEETINGS 
     
     9:30 am      Student Paper Presentation to be announced 
     
     10:00 am     Forum for the Next Generation of Earthquake Engineering        
                  Professionals
     
     Moderator:   George Housner, Caltech 
     
     10:10 am     Ethical Issues with Performance-Based Design in Earthquake     
                  Engineering: Thomas Sabol, Englekirk & Sabol Consulting        
                  Engineers,Inc. 
                  
                  Los Angeles Music Auditorium: Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin &   
                  Associates
     
                  Retrofitting of San Francisco City Hall: Simin Naaseh,         
                  Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
     
                  Significant Retrofit Projects in the San Diego Area: A. B.     
                  Court, Curry Price Court
     
                  The Role of the California Seismic Safety Commission in        
                  Defining Seismic Policy: Jeffrey Johnson, California Seismic   
                  Safety Commission 
      
     12:00 pm     LUNCH 
     
                  Coronado Bridge - Challenges for Seismic Retrofitting: Frieder 
                  Seible, UCSD and Gerri Stryker, Caltrans District 11
      
     1:30 pm      Introduction to UCSD Laboratory Tour: Frieder Seible, UCSD 
     
     1:45-3:00pm  Laboratory Tour of the Charles Lee Powell Structural Research  
                  Laboratories at UCSD: 
     
                  Structural Systems Laboratory, Structural Components           
                  Laboratory, Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, and      
                  Seismic Response Modification Laboratory