Earthshaking Event Scheduled for Engineers’ Week

The Engineers' Week Join Society Lunch on Feb. 16 will feature a presentation by Robert B. Hermann of St. Louis University on earthquake monitoring and response.

Hermann, the Otto Nutti Professor of Physics in the department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at SLU, will explain how earthquakes are monitored in eight Midwestern states by the St. Louis University seismic network. The SLU seismic network forwards recordings in real time to the US Geological
Survey National Earthquake Information Center in Golden Colorado. The NEIC is developing tools for the rapid estimation of ground shaking for use by emergency
response officials.

The event, to be held at the Engineers' Club, 4359 Lindell Blvd.,  is sponsored by the Engineers' Club, MSPE, ASCE, ISPE, SFPE, and SAME. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is served at noon. The cost is $20 per person. Make checks payable to the Engineering Foundation of St. Louis.

For reservations contact Kur Krispin at the Engineers Club at 314.533.9333, email by Friday Feb. 12.

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