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The NEES Program
The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) is an ambitious national program to advance the study of earthquake engineering and find new ways to reduce the hazard earthquakes represent to life and property. NEES represents an unprecedented effort, in which research institutions across the country will use simulation— both physical and numerical —to develop increasingly complex, comprehensive, and accurate models of how the infrastructure responds to earthquake loadings. NEES is funded by a Major Research Equipment grant from the National Science Foundation.

The Consortium Development Team
Beginning in 2004, after NEES been fully developed and deployed, it will be managed by a community-based and community-led non-profit entity named the NEES Consortium. The Consortium Development Team (CDT) is now creating the organizational framework for the Consortium itself. The CDT includes expertise in not only earthquake engineering but also such key areas as information technology, simulation, organization, and the assessment of collaboratory environments.

Equipment Sites
NEESgrid will link the NEES equipment sites into a national collaboratory. The NEES major equipment sites provide a comprehensive, shared infrastructure for performing experiments on earthquake-related phenomena.