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UC San Diego Engineers Lead National Effort to Save Lives and Buildings During Earthquakes

January 7, 2011

Earthquake engineers from UC San Diego, University of Texas at Austin and Washington State University are joining efforts to make buildings such as hotels, schools, apartments and hospitals safer. To do this, the researchers will put a three-story masonry structure with shear walls systems through a series of rigorous earthquakes beginning Jan. 10. Full Story