College of Engineering News • Iowa State University

Sritharan studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake

Iowa State University’s Sri Sritharan is just back from studying the damage caused by the Feb. 22 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, and killed more than 160 people.

Sritharan, the Wilson Engineering Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, spent more than a week in Christchurch as part of a team from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute‘s Learning from Earthquakes Program. The team’s reconnaissance trip was supported by the National Science Foundation.

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