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HUIXIAN
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION
In memory of Professor Liu Huixian, the founder of
earthquake engineering in China and the first director of
the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), China
Earthquake Administration, the “Huixian Earthquake
Engineering Foundation” was established on July 16, 2002 in
China. It aims at inheriting his noble values, virtue and
his tireless efforts in advancing earthquake science. For
the same original intention, “The United States-China
Earthquake EngineeringFoundation -- in memory of Chinese
Professor Liu Huixian” was also established in the United
States. (Members of “The United States-China Earthquake
Engineering Foundation”: Prof. George Housner, Prof. W. D.
Iwan, Prof. Shih-Chi Liu, Prof. Joe Penzien, Prof. George
Lee, Dr. Weimin Dong and Prof. Shel Cherry.)
In 2002, the two Foundations signed an agreement. The
joint objectives of two Foundationswill include, but will
not be limited to, the following activities:
1. Conduct joint workshops and seminars in earthquake
engineering and related fields,
2. Present awards and give other forms of recognition
for outstanding contributions to research and education,
3. Encourage and support the exchange of researchers
between the US and China, and
4. Provide seed funding for worthy research projects.
Outstanding projects or individuals on earthquake
engineering or in the related fields couldget funds from the
foundation; the foundation tries its best to promote the
development of earthquake engineering, earthquake prevention
and disaster reduction, and to explore more talents in the
public service.
Awards include:
1. Huixian Earthquake Engineering Award. It is given
to those outstanding contributors who have done long-term
commitment to advance the field of earthquake engineering or
the related. In 2006, the two Foundations decided to give
the ‘Huixian Earthquake Engineering Award’ to Prof. George
W. Housner from USA and Prof. Hu Yuxian from China.
2. Huixian Award for outstanding youth of Earthquake
Engineering
3. Huixian Award for excellent academic conference
papers on earthquake engineering
4. Scholarship of earthquake engineering and risk
management. It was set up to encourage and promote the
"pursuit of innovation" for the graduate students in the
field of earthquake engineering and risk management.
The presidents of two Foundations are G. W. HOUSNER
(USA), QI Xiaozhai (China) respectively.
Huixian Earthquake Engineering Foundation accepts all
donations from domestic and foreign organizations, groups or
individuals. We set up independent accounts to ensure the
financial earmarking, and we claim overall responsibility
for the use of funds. Every donor will get an honor
certificate, and the donor's name will be written into our
permanent-preserved Alumni of Thanks.
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