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COSMOS Newsletter No. 23 - [November 2016]
• COSMOS and the Future of SM Monitoring (W. D. Iwan)
• Report from the Director of Engineering Applications
• 2016 COSMOS Technical Session (R. Bachman)
• 2016 Board of Directors Update and Election (R. Bachman)
• 2016 Bolt Medal Awarded to Roger Borcherdt
• Update on Site Characterization Project (A. Yong)
2016
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 22 - [November 2015]
• COSMOS and the Future of SM Monitoring (W. D. Iwan)
• Report from the Director of Engineering Applications
• 2015 COSMOS Technical Session (R. Bachman)
• 2015 Board of Directors Update and Election (R. Bachman)
• New Tools To Be Used with the CESMD/VDC and COSMOS Websites (H. Haddadi)
• COSMOS International Guidelines for the Application of Non-Invasive Techniques when Characterizing Site Conditions (A. Yong)
• Update on the USGS National Strong-Motion Project Activities—Automated Processing (PRISM) and Ambient Noise Acquisition (C. Stevens)
• 2015 Bolt Medal Awarded to John Anderson
2015
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 21 - [November 2014]
• COSMOS and the Future of SM Monitoring (W. D. Iwan)
• Report from the Director of Engineering Applications
• 2014 COSMOS Technical Session (R. Bachman)
• 2013 Board of Directors Update and Election (R. Bachman)
• 2014 Bolt Medal Awarded to Anthony F. Shakal (W. Savage)
• COSMOS Strong-Motion Forum at the 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering
• Italian Court Acquits Seismologists Convicted of Manslaughter
2014
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 20 - [November 2013]
• COSMOS and the Future of SM Monitoring (W. D. Iwan)
• Report from the Director of Engineering Applications
• 2013 COSMOS Technical Session (R. Bachman)
• 2013 Bolt Medal Awarded to Mustafa Erdik (W. Savage)
• 2013 Board of Directors Update and Election (R. Bachman)
• COSMOS VDC Now Updated and Fully Integrated into the CESMD (H. Haddadi and C. Stevens)
2013
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 19 - [September 2012]
• COSMOS at the Frontier of SM Monitoring (W. D. Iwan)
• Report from the Director of Engineering Applications
• Update on Developments and Newly Available Strong Ground Motion Data at the VDC (H. Haddadi and C. Stevens)
• Report of the International Committee (J. Steidl)
• 2012 Technical Session (R. Bachman)
• 2012 Bolt Medal Awarded to Norman Abrahamson
2012
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 18 - [October 2011]
• Letter from the President (W. D. Iwan)
• 2011 COSMOS Technical Session
• 2011 Bolt Medal Awarded to Kojiro Irikura
• Call for Nominations for Bruce Bolt Medal
• COSMOS Strong-Motion Standards and Guidelines
• Advanced Strong-Motion Technology
• Officer and Committee Reports
2011
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 17 - [July 2010]
• Letter from the President (W. D. Iwan)
• Strong Ground Motion Forum 9USNCEE/10CCEE
• 2010 Bolt Medal Awarded to David M. Boore
• Call for nominations for Bruce Bolt Medal
• 2010 Technical Session
• Board of Directors Update
• COSMOS Website Upgrade
• Update on the Ingegration of the Strong-Motion VDC transition into the CESMD
• Seismic Instrumentation Code Change Proposal Adopted into the 2012 IBC
• Officer and Committee Reports
2010
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 16 - [November 2009]
• Letter from the President (W. D. Iwan)
• Call for Nominations for Bruce Bolt Medal
• 2009 Technical Session
• COSMOS VDC Transition to the CESMD
• Officer and Committee Reports
2009
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 15 - [October 2008]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• 2008 Revision to COSMOS Bylaws
• Next Generation of Attenuation (NGA) Project
• COSMOS-PEER Lifelines Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical and Geophysical Data III
2008
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 14 - [April 2006]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• 2005 Technical Session
• COSMOS Lifetime Achievement Award to J. Carl Stepp and Wilfred D. Iwan
2006
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 13 - [November 2005]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• Virtual Data Center News
• COSMOS-PEER Lifelines Pilot Geotechnical Virtual Data Center
2005
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 12 - [July 2005]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• Report from Director of Engineering Applications
• Suggested Program for Technical Session (COSMOS Annual Meeting)
• COSMOS-PEER Lifelines Pilot Geotechnical VDC
2005
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 11 - [November 2004]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• Letter from The Treasurer (M. Power)
• Guidelines and Recommendations for Strong-motion Records Processing
• Summary: COSMOS Int'l Workshop for Site Selection, Installation, and Operation of Geotechnical S-M Arrays
• SAFER Cities Progress (S-M Accelerographs for Earthquake Loss Reduction in Cities...)
2004
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 10 - [May 2004]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• COSMOS invited workshop on Strong-Motion Record Processing
• COSMOS-PEER FHWA invited Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination and Geotechnical Data
• COSMOS Short Course on the use of S-M Time Histories in Structural Engineering Applications
• Securing Society Against Catastrophic Earthquake Losses: A Research and Outreach Plan
2004
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 9 - [November 2003]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• COSMOS International Workshop on Strong-Motion Record Processing
• Invited Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data
• Monitoring Earthquake Shaking in Buildings
2003
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 8 - [May 2003]
• Letter from the President (J. Davis)
• COSMOS Guidelines for Strong-Motion Record Processing
• Division of Safety of Dams: Seismic Monitoring System
• S-M Inst. System for Bangabandhu Bridge (Bangladesh)
• SAFER Cities Project in Armenia
• Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response
2003
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 7 - [August 2002]
• Letter from the President (B. Bolt)
• COSMOS/PEER-LL 2L02 - Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data Project Website
• COSMOS Virtual Data Center News
• How PG&E uses earthquake data for earthquake mitigation and rapid emergency response
2002
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 6 - [March 2002]
• Letter from the President (B. Bolt)
• COSMOS Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data
• Strong-Motion Data from New Zealand
• Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Instrumentation System
• International Seismological Centre and Internet-site for
European Strong Motion Data (ISESD)
2002
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 5 - [August 2001]
• COSMOS Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data
• USGS selects Nat'l Strong-Motion Program Coordinator
• COSMOS Strong-Motion Data Format Finalized
• S-M Recordings of the M6.8 Nisqually Earthquake
• Advanced Nat'l Seismic System improves S-M monitoring
• Proposal for a National S-M Database System
• Invited Workshop on Instrumentation of Buildings
2001
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 4 - [January 2001]
• Nisqually Earthquake Strong-Motion Recordings Available
• Small Strong-motion Network at the University of Canterbury (NZ)
• COSMOS Strong-Motion Data Format Released
• California Integrated Seismic Network established
• SCEC/ROSRINE Borehole Data Utilization Workshop
2001
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 3 - [August 2000]
• Developments in Advanced Nat'l Seismic System (ANSS)
• USGS National S-M Program: Toward a Digital Network
• Guidelines for Urban Strong Motion Stations Taking Shape
• COSMOS Virtual Data Center (VDC)
• SMIP2000 Seminar on Utilization of Strong Motion Data
• Taiwan S-M Inst. Program and 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake
• Invited Workshop: Instrumental Diagnostics of Seismic Response of Bridges and Dams
2000
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 2 - [April 2000]
• What is the ANSS?
• USACE Seismic Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program
• S-M Data Archives at the Nat'l Geophysical Data Center
• Dissemination of European Strong-Motion Data
• COSMOS Urban S-M Reference Station Guidelines
• Strong-Motion Records of Izmit, Turkey Earthquake
• Invited Workshop: Instrumental Diagnostics of Seismic Response of Bridges and Dams
2000
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COSMOS Newsletter No. 1 - [December 1999]
• COSMOS Launched (B. Bolt)
• Vision for Strong-Motion Programs: The Role of COSMOS
• The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
• Development of a "user friendly" interfaces for the S-M Data on the Internet
• S-M issues related to the 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake
• CWB S-M Record from 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake
• Inaugural 1999 COSMOS Meeting
1999
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