Prof. Bardet, Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently elected to the CUREE Board of Directors. The Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE) is a non-profit organization, established in 1988, devoted to the advancement of earthquake engineering research, education and implementation. CUREE represents the interests and capabilities of engineering faculty members and programs in developing research projects that mobilize these capabilities in the effort to solve significant earthquake problems. Typical CUREE projects involve several universities, researchers, and students from different disciplines, as well as participation by professional engineers, earth scientists, planners, and architects. Examples of  CUREE projects include Building A Network Between Civil Engineers and Science Museums And an Electronic Encyclopedia of Earthquakes; The Electronic Encyclopedia of Earthquakes is an entry-based collection, comprising a set of primary topics with cross-referenced explanations and sets of information related to earthquakes in the areas of geoscience, engineering, physics and mathematics. This is an NSF has funded partnership between CUREE, the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), and the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) and is structured as a collaboration with the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE).