Everest grad and Lehigh REU student builds robot to study earthquakes

PLATTEVILLE — Marissa Wildeck of Weston has learned a lot about earthquakes and robots. She is a senior civil engineering major with emphases in structural and geotechnical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and in August completed a summer research experience for undergraduates through the George E. Brown Junior Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. Read […]

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Testing of NEESR-CR: Post-Tensioned Coupled Shear Wall Systems at Lehigh University Friday, November 10, 2014

This NEESR project entitled NEESR-CR: Post-Tensioned Coupled Shear Wall Systems (PIs: Yahya Kurama, University of Notre Dame, and Michael McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler) is conducting large-scale experiments and accompanying numerical simulations of post-tensioned coupled shear wall structures at the Real-time Multi-directional (RTMD) Earthquake Simulation Facility, the Lehigh NEES Equipment Site. The goal of this NEESR project is to develop a new type of earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete (RC) coupled wall system with significant performance and economic benefits over conventional coupled wall systems.

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Full-scale, components test of Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems for Seismic Resistant Building Structures

The NEESR project entitled NEESR: Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems For Seismic Resistant Building Structures (PI: R. Fleischman, J. Restrepo, R. Sause) is currently conducting a full-scale components test at the Real-time Multi-directional (RTMD) Earthquake Simulation Facility, the Lehigh NEES Equipment Site. The testing of the anchorage system that uses a Buckling Restrained Brace in […]

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Souderton Area H.S. students from the civil/structural engineering class recently visited ATLSS and Fritz Lab.

See more at the Lehigh University Tumblr post below: http://lehighu.tumblr.com/post/85019987284/scenes-from-atlss-souderton-area-h-s-students

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Engineers re-create tsunami debris impacts to measure their force

In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami’s destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when debris, such as a floating telephone pole, hits a house. With support from the […]

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