Ioana Patringenaru
Associate Director, Media Relations, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Phone: 619-253-4474
Email: ipatring@ucsd.edu
Marti LaChance
Communications Manager, NHERI NSF
Phone: 765-918-6517
Email: lachance@purdue.edu
One had never done research before. The other had eight months of research experience. They both are learning a lot this summer during the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Emersen Liauw and Leah Seifert are working at UC San Diego’s NSF-funded earthquake simulator, also known as a shake table, one of the three largest in the world and the only outdoor facility of its kind. Full Story
After three months of testing and more than 100 simulated earthquakes, one 10-story building has demonstrated the impressive seismic resilience of mass timber buildings. As previously reported, the TallWood building was designed and constructed by a team led by Colorado School of Mines associate professor Shiling Pei and dubbed the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood Project. The National Science Foundation-funded project is managed by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where the tower was built. Full Story
An exploration of the natural phenomena around our homes that are unexpectedly hard or soft- hail, landslides, liquefaction of the ground during earthquakes, and the research around all of these. Features the UC San Diego shake table. Full Story