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Tag: Earthquake
Students prep for 2017 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute at Iowa State seeks donations to compete in March competition On March 7-10, Iowa State University’s Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) student organization will travel to Portland, Oregon, to compete in the 2017 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition. The team is currently seeking donations from individuals and companies to defray the cost …Continue reading “Students prep for 2017 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition”
Sritharan offers earthquake building design expertise in panel discussion
Sri Sritharan, the Wilson Engineering Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was a panelist for a Science Center of Iowa Cafe Scientifique discussing the recent crisis in Japan. He focused his presentation on earthquake building design. The panel included Iowa scientists and emergency response specialists and covered the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters. The …Continue reading “Sritharan offers earthquake building design expertise in panel discussion”
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 …Continue reading “Sritharan studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake”