earthquake engineering research by the creation of a national network of experimental facilities with shared collaborative tools allowing remote participation and observation, a centralized data repository opening the exchange of data and information, and earthquake simulation software linking simulation with experimentation. These resources are part of the cyberinfrastructure linked by ultra-high-speed NEESgrid connections. Together, they provide collaboration and discovery in the form of more advanced research based on experimentation and computational simulations of the ways buildings, bridges, utility systems, coastal regions, and geomaterials perform during seismic events.