§7708 Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

Summary

The Director of the National Science Foundation must create the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. It will upgrade and link labs around the country that test full-size structures, parts of structures, and smaller physical models. The labs will share models and data through software so researchers can run computer simulations. The system will be tied by a computer network for remote access, sharing, and collaborative research. Money is authorized for the Network: $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001; $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $20,400,000 for fiscal year 2006, $20,870,000 for fiscal year 2007, $21,390,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $21,930,000 for fiscal year 2009, with each of the last five amounts available for operations and maintenance.