Earthquake and Seismology

See all the action as industry and university researchers team up to find the limits of innovative metal building designs as they are subjected to some of the most extreme earthquake shaking ever recorded. Series: "Earthquake and Seismology Programs" [Science] [Show ID: 18699]

How Fate and Fast-Tracking Secured a Unique Record of One of History's Biggest Earthquakes. Series: "Scripps Profiles" [Science] [Show ID: 19657]

UC Berkeley engineers perform "shake tests" on a scale-model steel bridge to demonstrate a new bridge design that they say can better resist significant earthquake damage. The tests were conducted with ground motions equivalent to large quakes that have hit California, Chile, Japan and other parts of the world. The bridge segments are supported by seismic isolators and utilize a new Segmental Displacement Control Isolation System. The system is designed with lockup guides between bridge segments to constrain movement during a quake, allowing the roadway's center line to remain continuous. The strategy is meant to improve driver safety while minimizing damage to the bridge and the joints between the bridge segments. The research is being conducted by Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), a consortium of nine universities on the West Coast, headquartered at UC Berkeley. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 19483]

Scripps Institution of Oceanography seismic scientist Debi Kilb provides educators with hands-on tools and activities to engage and excite students with earth science curriculum. Series: "TeacherTECH" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 19240]

UC San Diego structural engineering experts Jose Restrepo and Tara Hutchinson share their insights on damage from the great Chilean earthquake of 2010. Series: "On Beyond" [Science] [Show ID: 18126]

In this seismology-focused workshop, Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Debi Kilb provides educators with ways to make Earth Science curriculum exciting. Learn the basics of seismology, where to access real-time data and information about earthquakes, and how to interactively explore multidimensional seismic data. Series: "TeacherTECH" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 18119]

Explore innovative methods for investigating works of art developed by renowned UCSD researcher Maurizio Seracini, and new techniques from Scripps Institution of Oceanography for sensing seismic conditions on this edition of OnBeyond Series: "On Beyond" [Science] [Show ID: 16382]

How are we protecting our buildings -- and ourselves -- from the next big earthquake? Find out when UCSD-TV joins universities and industry from around the country at UCSD’s Englekirk Center to perform the largest real-time seismic test of a concrete structure ever conducted. Series: "Earthquake and Seismology Programs" [Science] [Show ID: 13839]

College students from around the country design, fabricate and subject scale model high-rise buildings to earthquake tests, marine mammal studies seek information about their survival habits, and a student conceived reactor creates fuel - from trash, all on this edition of OnBeyond Series: "On Beyond" [Science] [Show ID: 11750]

Take a look at NEES, the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, as it strives to improve our understanding of earthquakes and their effects. Series: "Earthquake and Seismology Programs" [Science] [Show ID: 12477]