Interactive Project Web Site - http://lennon.csufresno.edu/~mark4561/NextGen-WebPath/home.html
A diverse audience will be engaged in the project through worldwide dissemination of project information (device development, methods of analysis, numerical simulations and experimental results, etc.) via web sites that will be created by the project team. Research and educational activities will be integrated and targeted toward pre-college students, university students, and practicing professionals.

Web-based experiments - While the execution of the numerical and physical experiments will be common for all grade-level tutorials, experiments will serve different learning purposes according to each participant's level (e.g., grades K-6-simple observation; grades 7-12-comparison of models and experiments; undergraduate-data processing and modeling; graduate-system identification and control; practitioners-detailed design examples). The web-based simulation and learning environment will build upon an existing framework.

Multi-Campus Graduate Course and Web-based Distance Learning - In parallel with the development of web-based tools, a multi-campus online course on the principles and applications of seismic protection systems will be developed with some focus given to large-scale testing via the NEES program.

Minority Participation: Development of NEESR-Next-Gen Program for Underrepresented Students
Attard is at California State University-Fresno (Fresno State) which is an undergraduate Hispanic Serving Institution with 30% undergraduate and 15% graduate enrollment of Hispanic background. It provides very unique opportunities since Fresno State has one of the largest constituencies of Hispanic students in the United States. Attard will include the participation of underrepresented students in the education and outreach tasks described herein by involving them in the development of the interactive website and integrating it within undergraduate and graduate courses. Undergraduate students will be able to simulate and visualize the effects of ASD systems on various structures using the interactive website, and correlate those results through theoretical concepts and experiments using a new seismic shaking table facility at Fresno State. Graduate students will use the website to verify the results of an advanced FEM project and conduct parametric studies.