WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete structures of the past weren’t built to withstand the fury of an earthquake but a groundbreaking solution from engineers at Purdue University could change that. A ...

Kaleigh Yost, assistant professor of geotechnical engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of students and professionals from around the world are gathering in Portland this week for the 13th National Conference ...

To make sure our buildings and infrastructure are earthquake-safe, we must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. Miniature models and historical observations are helpful, but ...

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction, often described as the phenomena of seismic generation of excess porewater pressures and consequent softening of granular soils, is a leading cause of earthquake ...

Simulations still can't predict exactly when an earthquake will happen, but with the incredible processing power of modern exascale supercomputers, they can now predict how they will happen and how ...

Who: Anyone interested in the earthquake and its impacts. The webinar is especially relevant to those in the transportation, energy, water or wastewater sectors. What: The EERI Kahramanmaraş ...

Earthquake engineering encompasses the study of how seismic forces originate, propagate and interact with civil infrastructure, and how buildings, bridges, dams and lifeline systems can be designed or ...