Earthquake Emergency Response Team (EERT)

Mission Statement/Objectives
It is a special Task Group to develop of a response team which will act promptly after catastrophic earthquakes aiming to:

• Assist and educate local engineers for the required post-earthquake inspection and recovery actions condition for damaged RC and masonry structures aiming to mitigate the consequences of subsequent events, and 
• Collect important information which after processing can lead to the development of guidelines for earthquake resilient structures.
  
  

Scope & Limitation
This TG is focused on the development of an emergency response team which will act promptly after catastrophic earthquakes to support the local teams of engineering with the post-earthquake inspection of structures. The main scope of this task group is to support local engineers with the rapid inspection of damaged structures and to collect and evaluate data which can lead to education material for the development of guidelines for earthquake resistant structures.

Expected Project Output
The expected outputs per task are the following:

Expected Date of Completion

Start Date: 2024
Target Date of Completion: 

Chair
Andreas Lampropoulos, United Kingdom

Vice Chair
Stephanos Dritsos, Greece

Members
Christos Giarlelis, Greece
Anna Karatzetzou, Greece
Marija Vitanova, North Macedonia
Kristina Milkova, North Macedonia
Fatih Sutcu, Turkey
Nefize Shaban, Turkey
Laurent Rus, Spain
Peter Taylor, Canada
Xavier Romão, Portugal
Demin Feng, Japan
Jose Jara, Mexico
Vasilis Sarhosis, United Kingdom
Pierfrancesco Cacciola, United Kingdom
Humberto Varum, Portugal
Cristina Oliveira, Portugal
Xinzheng Lu, China
Toru Takeuchi, Japan
Eftychia Apostolidi, Germany
Nilgun Merve Caglar, Italy
Rodolfo Mendoza, The Philippines
Jose Matos, Portugal