Ioana Patringenaru
Public Information Representative, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
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Email: ipatrin@ucsd.edu
Marti LaChance
Communications Manager, NHERI NSF
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Email: lachance@purdue.edu
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A major upgrade to the world’s largest outdoor earthquake simulator reached a milestone mid-April when the facility’s floor--all 300,000 lbs of it--was put back into place. When completed this fall, the simulator will have the ability to reproduce multi-dimensional earthquake motions with unprecedented accuracy to make structures and their residents safer during strong shakes. Full Story