BACKGROUND

• Ángel earthquake, 1957
• Etablished of SMIS, october 1962
• 22 board of directors
• High level founders

FOUNDERS

• Alberto J. Flores
• Melchor Rodríguez Caballero
• Daniel Ruiz Fernández
• Jorge I. Bustamante
• Emilio Rosenblueth
• Roger Díaz de Cossio
• Jorge Prince Alfaro
• Luis Esteva Maraboto
• Oscar de Buen López de Heredia
• Jesús Figueroa Abarca

GOALS

• Promote and disseminate knowledges on Earthquake Engineering
• Gather specialists and people related to this discipline and similars
• Organize events to present research outcomes
• Exchange with all kind of earthquake engineering related institutions those research outcomes

SMIS IS ASSOCIATED TO

• International Association for Earthquake Engineering
• Asociación Iberoamericana de Ingeniería Sísmica
• Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México (CICM)
• EERI

BOARD OF FORMER DIRECTORS

• Dr. Francisco Sánchez Sesma
• Ing. Ricardo Pérez Ruiz
• Dra. Sonia E. Ruiz Gómez
• Ing. Oscar de Buen López de Heredia
• M.C. Enrique del Valle Calderón
• Dr. Luis Esteva Maraboto
• Dr. Roberto Meli Piralla
• Ing. Alejandro Vázquez Vera
• Ing. J. Luis Sánchez Martínez
• Ing. Neftalí Rodríguez Cuevas
• Dr. Miguel Romo Organista
• Ing. Oscar Valle Molina
• Dr. Arturo Tena Colunga
• Dr. Eduardo Reinoso Angulo
• M. I. Leonardo Alcántara Nolasco
• Dr. Jorge Aguirre González
• M. I. Sebastián Serrano Vega
• M. I. Armando Gallegos Suárez

PUBLICATIONS

• Revista de Ingenieria Sismica (biannual)
• Technical proceedings of former events
• Mexican database of strong motions
• Tecoman and Manzanillo earthquakes among others

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

• Ing. Oscar de Buen López de Heredia
• Dr. Luis Esteva Maraboto
• M.I. Jorge López Ríos
• Dr. Roberto Meli Piralla
• Dr. Francisco José Sánchez Sesma among others. To display the complete committee visit:
• www.smis.mx

MEMBERSHIPS AND REGIONAL CHAPTERS

Approximately 350 active members

11 regional chapters

REGIONAL CHAPTERS

• Aguascalientes
• Chiapas
• Colima
• Estado de México
• Guerrero
• Guanajuato
• Michoacán
• Puebla
• Tijuana
• Tlaxcala
• Veracruz

EVENTS

• (Periodically organized by SMIS)
• National convention (300 a 400 asistentes)
• National simposium
• Magna Conference Emilio Rosenblueth
• Seminars and conferences all over Mexico
• International meetings
• Workshops
• World WCEE (Acapulco, 1996, 1500 attendants)