From the editors:special issue announcement

We wish to sincerely thank Professor LU Xilin, Tongji University, and Professor YUAN Yifan, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, for serving as the guest editors of this special issue on the "Observations     

From the editors: special issue announcement

The world community was shocked and deeply saddened by the 512 disaster and massive losses in Sichuan caused by the Wenchuan earthquake. To commemorate the first anniversary of this disaster, the June 2009 issue (Vol. 8, No.     

From the editors:special issue announcement

We wish to sincerely thank Professor Li Jianzhong of Tongji University and Professor Ian Buckle of the University of Nevada at Reno,for acting as guest editors of our first special issue on the "Seismic Design and Retrofit of Highway     

From the editors： special issue in honor of Professor Tsu-Teh Soong

This issue is devoted to the subject of earthquake response control of structures in recognition of the significant contribution to this fi eld by Professor Tsu-Teh Soong. Professor Soong recently retired from the University at Buffalo,     

From the editors

<正>Dear JEEEV Contributors,Readers and Friends,This current issue includes a special section of six papers on the subject ofState-of-the-art of hybrid testing method.We thank the guest editors Prof.Gilberto Mosqueda of the University of California,San Diego and Prof.Wang Tao of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics,China Earthquake Administration,and the managing executive editor Prof.Billie F.Spencer for their invaluable guidance.     

From the editors

As the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration enters its fourth year of publication, we believe the first six issues are on the right track toward promoting scientific exchange between China, the United States and the international community. Our contributors have hailed from many countries throughout the world including Canada, China, Greece, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Turkey and the United States.     

From the editors

The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by Springer Verlag. Beginning with Vol. 6, No. 1, four issues of about 100 pages each will be published each year. The journal will continue to be available in print format, and a new electronic offering will be accessible through SpringerLink, Springer's Internet portal. We believe that this change will furth…     

From the editors

Dear Members of the Editorial Board,Contributors and Friends of the journal,This issue of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration(Vol.20,No.1)includes two papers in a special section“Recent progress in evaluation and improvement on seismic resilience of engineering structures”.The special section aims to collect state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice research findings on the latest developments and challenges in seismic resilience evaluation.We thank guest editors Professor Wang Tao of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics,China Earthquake Administration and Professor Gian Paolo Cimellaro of the Politecnico di Torino,Italy,for their invaluable guidance.     

From the editors

正Dear Members of Editorial Board.Contributors and Friends of the journal of EEHV,This special issue on the"State-of-the-art and Future Challenges of Earthquake Engineering"is dedicated to today's young earthquake engineering researchers by describing certain insight of research opportunities in earthquake engineering.We express our sincere appreciation to the following individuals:Professor Gian Michele CALVI,Professor Kuo-Chun     

From the editors

Dear Contributors, Readers and Friends:It has been three years since the 512 Wenchuan disaster. Restoration of the affected region has been rapidly progressing.At the same time, many post-earthquake research activities have been completed. In next issue, a special section isdevoted to lessons learned from the Great Wenchuan Earthquake.     

From the editors

The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by     

From the editors

The year 2007 is a transformational one for us as the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration changes from a semi-annual to a quarterly schedule and is published by Springer Verlag. Beginning with Vol. 6, No. 1, four issues of about 100 pages each will be published each year. The journal will continue to be available in print format, and a new electronic offering will be accessible through SpringerLink, Springer's Internet portal. We believe     

From the editors

<正>Dear JEEEV Contributors, Readers and Friends,This first issue of the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration was born in June 2002 at the     

From the editors

正Dear Members of the Editorial Board, Contributors and Friends of the journal,This issue of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration(Vol. 19, No. 3) includes two papers in a special section Recent progress in evaluation and improvement on seismic resilience of engineering structures. The special