🚨 New Research Highlight 🚨 The study on elastomeric isolation systems by Dimitrios Konstantinidis & team aims to influence engineering practice, enhancing both design and analysis procedures. Read more: bit.ly/4k5dsPj #SeismicEngineering #Innovation #ResearchImpac

Yes. The whole thing!

At UC San Diego's Shake Table, we’re not just shaking buildings — we’re shaping the future. Ph.D. student Charlie Zhang is living a dream, testing the tallest cold-formed steel building ever on a shake table. This is more than research — it’s real-world impact. U.S. National Science Foundation Watch 👇

Complete your hurricane plan and supply kit, know your evacuation zone, and stay informed. Sign up for FIU Alert: dem.fiu.edu/fiu-alert/ FIU Emergency Management Hurricane Information: dem.fiu.edu/emergencies/ha… Watch FIU's Roary Get Prepared: youtu.be/lS8EJXttWhY?si… FIU

Dr. Elawady's former Wall of Wind student, Dr. Haitham Ibrahim, was recently awarded the Richard Marshall Award by the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR WIND ENGINEERING (AAWE)! His research focused on the effects of hurricane winds on elevated coastal houses. NHERI

Seats still available for the NHERI SimCenter Programming Bootcamp: July 28 - August 1, 2025. Get details and register: na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php…

WOW! Test your product at the FIU Wall of Wind! Funding from the EDA and Miami-Dade County "Risk + Resilience Tech Hub" enables startups & small businesses WOW access. Share with colleagues! Deadline is Aug 1: fiu.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/pr…

A push to advance seismic retrofits in Haiti: Rice University engineers Dr. Marc-Ansy Laguerre and Reginald DesRoches , both from Haiti, conducted numerical analysis of the seismic vulnerability of reinforced-concrete structures in Haiti, 2019-24. Good read! asce.org/publications-a…

Alaska earthquake, July 16, 2025

Such a fantastic effort at UC San Diego Shake Table ! U.S. National Science Foundation -supported researchers making our world safer in the face of earthquakes.

Fire-testing on the UC San Diego Shake Table today. Check it out on the live cams 👇!

Outstanding coverage of yesterday's CFS10 fire test at UC San Diego Shake Table . Many thanks to Joe Little & crew NBC 7 San Diego . nbcsandiego.com/videos/studyin…

What are you doing this summer? Meet the NHERI REU summer interns conducting hazard modeling and simulation at the NHERI SimCenter : simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/news/2025/july…

Fire season on the shake table!

Doing hazards simulations? Last call to register for the NHERI SimCenter Programming Bootcamp 👇

Running into Prof. Mehta from TTU in Ft Collins at GADRI annual conference. Maybe Mass timber wind test coming next? 😛

Three days to go! More information to come😃

Amazing PhD post at U of Trento: Help develop a "novel quantum-based framework for territorial simulations of strategic Infrastructures exposed to natural hazards." Info --> alertgeomaterials.eu/data/posts/PhD…

🚨 2 Projects Funded for $1.4 Million 🚨 PEER + Caltrans have funded 2 new bridge research projects for a total of $1.4M under the PEER-Bridge program! Link: peer.berkeley.edu/news/2-project… Topics: • RC Bridge Column Stiffness • Metal Grid Deck Fatigue