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The UW Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Student Chapter presents Janiele Maffei as the 2024 Friedman Family Visiting Lecturer! This lecture will be hosted as an evening dinner meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2024. It is a free event open to students, faculty and staff, and EERI Washington Chapter members; we ask that attendees register for the event at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/s0xsKF4F7n.

EVENT DETAILS
Topic: TBA
Speaker: Janiele Maffei

Janiele Maffei, joined the California Earthquake Authority as Chief Mitigation Officer in May 2011. She is responsible for the mitigation plan that includes the California Residential Mitigation Program and the development of comprehensive guidelines for the retrofit of single- family dwellings.  

A graduate of UC Berkeley, where she obtained her AB degree in Architecture and an MS in Civil Engineering. Mrs. Maffei is a registered structural engineer who has worked in the earthquake engineering industry for over 38 years. Her experience includes the design of new building structures and seismic strengthening of existing structures.  Mrs. Maffei is past-president of the Northern California Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI. She also served on the Board of Directors of EERI National as Secretary-Treasurer. She currently serves as President of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California. She has extensive post-earthquake reconnaissance experience from the Loma Prieta and Northridge Earthquakes.

Date: March 7, 2024

Meeting Schedule
6:00 Check-in & Networking
6:15 Introduction & Announcements
6:30 Refreshments & Networking
7:00 Presentation

Location
Maple Hall Great Room
1135 NE Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA 98105

In addition to the lecture, Mrs. Maffei will be visiting campus visit, touring our facilities, and meeting with students and faculty. Please let me know if you would like to be involved in the visit.