William P. Steele

Bill Steele has been the Seismology Lab Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN) at the University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences since 1993. Mr. Steele directs the educational outreach program for the network, and serves as Public Information Officer (PIO) for both the PNSN and for many USGS earthquake-related research activities in the Pacific Northwest. Directing the expansion of the PNSN outreach program, he has worked extensively with private and public sector organizations to better address their information needs and to build coalitions to meet mutual concerns.

Teacher training and K-12 curriculum programs are another of Bill's interests. He has been active in teacher science education and curriculum development classes offered through the UW College of Education and provides Seismology Lab tours and classes to hundreds of K-12 and college students a year.

Current Projects Include:

• The building of regional hazard mitigation strategies and projects involving private and public sector partners through the Cascadia Regional Earthquake Workgroup (CREW).
• Development and implementation of Seattle's Project Impact Pilot Program.
• The development of the Rapid Alert for Cascadia Earthquakes (RACE) notification system for emergency managers, lifeline industries, business and government.
• Development of a regional Pacific Northwest Strong Motion Network.
• Facilitating development of scientific tools for public policy makers.
• Encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to address geologic hazards issues.

Other professional organizations I'm involved with:

• Contingency Planners and Recovery Managers (CPARM)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

Previous to accepting his position with the University of Washington, Mr. Steele spent five years involved in earthquake engineering research at the Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) at UC Berkeley.

Bill Steele
Earth and Space Sciences (ESS)