Earthquake Engineering

New faces: Macedo driven to understand geotechnical risks and make cities more resilient, sustainable

Though they’re relatively rare, the consequences of disasters like earthquakes, flooding and landslides are dire — and growing. Just ask Jorge Macedo, who thinks a lot about the risks to people, communities and engineering systems from those kinds of extreme events.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

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Lindsey tells Global Atlanta her internship in Nepal showed her the power of earthquake engineering to improve lives, communities

Undergraduate Maggie Lindsey, left, with structural engineer Priyanka Singh in the main room of the Gaddi Baithak in Kathmandu, Nepal. Lindsey was an intern with Miyamoto International in the country during spring 2017, where she worked on a project to restore the 100-year-old palace. (Photo: Binod Shrestha)

When civil engineering senior Maggie Lindsey went looking for an internship abroad, she couldn’t find exactly what she was looking for. She needed to complete the requirements for her global engineering leadership minor, and she wanted her global practicum experience to have a good balance of engineering and human compassion, she told international business news website Global Atlanta.

Friday, August 11, 2017

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Haiti engineers honor DesRoches for his work on disaster recovery, serving the community

Reginald DesRoches, the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Karen and John Huff School Chair

A group of Haitian and American engineers gave Reginald DesRoches their highest award for professional achievements in academia Oct. 6 in New York.

Friday, October 7, 2016

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Haitian Roundtable recognizes DesRoches as one of 2016's change-making Haitian-Americans

The Haitian Roundtable's 2016 1804 List of Changemakers and Ones to Watch.

A group of Haitian-American professionals has recognized Reginald DesRoches as one of the country’s outstanding leaders making an impact in their field and on their island homeland. The Haitian Roundtable released its 1804 List May 18, including DesRoches as one of 25 “changemakers.”

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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VIDEO: Fritz details impacts of Chile earthquake on CNN Chile

Earthquake and tsunami expert Hermann Fritz traveled to Chile last week after a magnitude 8.4 earthquake off the coast. Fritz, an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, talked with CNN Chile September 19 about the quake's impacts and the country's response.

Monday, September 21, 2015

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Experimental research writ large: Tim Wright built a whole building just to shake it apart

Tim Wright was about to abandon his Ph.D. studies. Then he discovered what he really loved to do, and that changed everything.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

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LiveScience features DesRoches’ study about making older concrete buildings safer in earthquakes

A new “Expert Voices” op-ed published June 13 on the website LiveScience features Karen and John Huff School Chair Reginald DesRoches’ research simulating earthquakes to develop innovative rehab measures for a common type of reinforced-concrete building.

Monday, June 15, 2015

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DesRoches wins ASCE award for his work on earthquake impacts on vital infrastructure

Reginald DesRoches has won this year’s Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

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Building for earthquakes: DesRoches talks to Boss Magazine about what we’ve learned in recent decades

Earthquakes are unpredictable and devastating, but we’re getting better at building our communities to withstand the shaking ground, according to experts in the cover story of Boss Magazine's spring 2015 issue. Among those experts was Karen and John Huff School Chair Reginald DesRoches.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

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NSF Science Nation features DesRoches and his research finding new ways to strengthen buildings in earthquakes

Researchers at the state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using a full-scale model building to test new ways to protect structures from earthquakes and potentially save lives.

Monday, January 26, 2015

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