Researchers have developed a new design for the framework of columns and beams that support bridges, called 'bents,' to improve performance for better resistance to earthquakes, less damage and faster ...

A team of UB engineering students placed third in a recent national earthquake engineering design competition. The 2008 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition, held last month during the annual ...

Bridges that "dance" during earthquakes could be the safest and least expensive to build, retrofit and repair, according to earthquake engineers. Bridges that "dance" during earthquakes could be the ...

Already, journalists have begun pointing out what one might call the "design angle" on the Japan earthquake story: as The New York Times put it in an article titled "Japan's Strict Building Codes ...

Most residents of high-rise apartments in the upscale suburbs of Delhi rushed out of their homes at 4:42 am last Monday when an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck 10 km away near ...