The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is excited to announce that the UConn chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has been selected to participate in the 2024–2025 Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program. This prestigious national program brings top professionals in earthquake engineering to university campuses to share expertise, promote career exploration, and engage students in cutting-edge topics in seismic safety and design.

As part of this series, Dr. Erik Bishop, Associate Principal at Reid Middleton, Inc. in Everett, WA, will visit UConn to deliver a special lecture:

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Location: GW-001 (Ground Floor Lecture Hall)
Title: Lessons Learned from Earthquake Reconnaissance following Earthquakes in California (2019), Mexico City (2017), Japan (2011), Chile (2010), and China (2008)

Open to all students, faculty, and staff. Refreshments will be served!

Dr. Bishop brings extensive field and design experience from around the globe. His work includes seismic evaluation and rehabilitation, lifeline utility resiliency, and the development of innovative earthquake response tools. Having participated in post-earthquake reconnaissance missions across five countries, he offers a global perspective on structural performance and recovery. Dr. Bishop was named a Housner Fellow by EERI in 2017 in recognition of his leadership in earthquake engineering.

We look forward to welcoming Dr. Bishop and launching this exciting Visiting Professionals series at UConn. We encourage all members of the engineering community to attend and learn from this outstanding expert in the field.

To learn more about the Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program, visit eeri.org.