Honouring individuals for creativity, innovation, research and professional achievements and excellence in education in the field of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology.

The Selection Committee

All the previous recipients of the award are permanent components of the Selection Committee. The Chairman of the committee is the component who received the award first. The minimum number of the components is five; whenever needed, additional components may be nominated by the Scientific Committee of the Eucentre Foundation, who will select these from shortlists suggested by international organisations active in the field of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology.


Current Members

M.J. Nigel Priestley   University of California at San Diego (Chairman)
Vitelmo Bertero   University of California at Berkeley
Shel Cherry   University of British Columbia
William Holmes   Rutherford and Chekene Consulting Engineers
Domenico Giardini   Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Geoffrey Martin   University of Southern California
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