Subcommittee on Research & Technology Hearing - A Review of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515
Opening Statements
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Ranking Member Dan Lipinski (D-IL) of the Subcommittee on Resarch & Technology - for the record
Witnesses
Panel 1
Dr. John R. Hayes, Jr., Director, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dr. Pramod P. Khargonekar, Assistant Director, Directorate of Engineering, National Science Foundation
Dr. David Applegate, Associate Director for Natural Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey
Mr. Roy E. Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Panel 2
Dr. Julio A. Ramirez, Professor of Civil Engineering, NEES Chief Officer and NEEScomm Center Director, George E. Brown Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), Purdue University
Dr. William U. Savage, Consulting Seismologist, William Savage Consulting, LLC
Mr. Jonathon Monken, Director and Homeland Security Advisor, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Dr. Andrew S. Whittaker, Professor and Chair, Director MCEER; Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
