Greetings from Steve McCabe, NEES's CEO
This update on NEES activities is taken from the Seismos enewsletter, jointly published by NEESinc and NEESit. To subscribe, contact Tiffany Lawhorn. more...
NEES@UC San Diego Tests Million Pound Structure
On May 7th, NEES@UC San Diego conducted a test of a one million-pound precast concrete structure with the largest footprint of any structure ever tested on a shake table in the United States. more...
Upcoming NEES Researcher Workshops & Events
NEES Experimental Facilities are hosting six researcher-focused outreach events between now and October. All programs are free to attend and many offer limited travel support. For more information, see the Workshop Flyer.
NEES@UIUC Potential Researcher Training Workshop
This hands-on workshop will be held on June 5-6, 2008 at NEES@UIUC. The workshop agenda is available online. To register, contact Hussam Mahmoud
NEES Featured in National Society for Professional Engineers
NEES is featured in the cover story of the National Society for Professional Engineers April edition. With approximately 45,000 members, this story reaches an important group of engineers that may not be familiar with the history and impact of NEES research. The story is available online.
NEES@Minnesota Staff Interviewed about 5.2 Midwest Earthquake
NEES@Minnesota staff were featured in a news story about the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the midwest this morning (4/18/08). The news story features the Minnesota site and the research performed to reduce earthquake damage. To view the video clip. visit the news website.

The NEES 6th Annual Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon on June 18-20. For registration and detailed agenda, see the conference website.
| 18 Apr 2008 | OpenSees Parallel Computing Workshop |
| 19-22 May 2008 | GEESD IV: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference |
| 5-6 Jun 2008 | Workshop: NEES@UIUC |
| 18-20 Jun 2008 | 2008 NEES 6th Annual Meeting |
| 11-16 Aug 2008 | 6th Int'l Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering + Symposium |
From: NEES@UCDavis - Tokyo Institute of Technology and UC Davis joint research
From: NEESit - NEES IT Managers' Retreat
From: NEES@UIUC - Announcing UI-SimCor 2.5 New Hybrid Simulation Open-Source Software
From: NEESit - Openfresco Software Framework for Hybrid Simulation Deployment Released
From: NEES@OregonState - Alicia Lyman-Holt & NEES Tsunami Research Facility at OSU

