UMass Lowell

Engineering Professor Works to Mitigate Impact of Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards

On Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed hours later by a second violent quake, devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria. More than 55,000 people were killed, and thousands of homes ...
CU Boulder News & Events

CEAE Professors and PhD Student Investigate the Effects of Liquefaction Mitigation

CEAE Department Professors Dr. Shideh Dashti and Dr. Abbie Liel worked with then PhD student Balaji Paramasivam to research the effects of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and other liquefaction ...
EurekAlert!

New hybrid earthquake early warning system promises enhanced seismic risk mitigation

A novel earthquake early warning system (EEWS) has been proposed by researchers Jawad Fayaz, Rodrigo Astroza, and Sergio Ruiz in a recent study published in Engineering. The system, named HEWFERS ...
Artnet

A Seismic Collaboration: LA’s Getty Museum Teams Up With the Greek Government to Protect Art From Earthquakes

Scientists say instances of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions will increase in the future as the effects of climate change begin to take hold. To prepare for that ...
Medicine Buffalo

Proceedings of the Second MCEER Workshop on Mitigation of Earthquake Disaster by Advanced Technologies (MEDAT-2)

Keywords: Health care facilities. Hospitals. Retrofitting. Nonstructural damage. Structural damage. Liquefaction. Damping. Semi-active control systems. Structural ...
Medicine Buffalo

Hazard Mitigation Strategy and Monitoring Technologies for Urban and Infrastructure Public Buildings: Proceedings of the China-US Workshops

Keywords: Hazard mitigation. Multi-hazard mitigation strategies. Public structures. Urban areas. Urban infrastructure. Structural health monitoring (SHM). Seismic ...