MCEER in the News

Slow Motion Earthquake Testing Probes How Buildings Collapse in Quakes

UB News, August 24, 2009

BUFFALO, N.Y. - New technique is safer, far less expensive than shake table tests. More

Managing Disasters with High-tech Imaging Could Save Lives

RIT University News, August 19, 2009

RIT, University at Buffalo seek to improve emergency response with real-time information. More

UB teams up with Calspan

WIVB News, Channel 4, Dan LaDelfa, July 14, 2009

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The University at Buffalo is teaming up with a local company to help build better bridge. Article and Video

UB and Calspan Partner to Improve Bridge Design

WBFO News, Joyce Kryszak, July 14, 2009

CHEEKTOWAGA, NY (WBFO) - A bridge collapse two years ago in Minnesota plunged cars into the river and killed 13 people. But UB and Calspan are teaming up for an unprecedented project that could help protect the nation's crumbling bridges. Article and Podcast

These ‘bridges to nowhere’ may help avert future disasters

The Buffalo News: Business Today, Brian Hayden, July 12, 2009

In a Town of Ashford field, thousands of feet away from the closest residence and disconnected from any roads, will stand Western New York’s own “bridges to nowhere.” More | pdf

MCEER: Defining Resilience for Extreme Events

UB Engineering ENews, Spring 2009

MCEER investigations of New York’s World Trade Center complex following the attacks of September 11, 2001 served as a catalyst for the center’s transition to leverage earthquake engineering knowledge to enhance resilience against other hazards. More

Media Advisory: Building a Better Bridge

Researchers Tap into Buffalo's Climate to Test Full-Scale Bridges

UB News, July 13, 2009

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Researchers from the University at Buffalo's MCEER and from Calspan will discuss details and provide images of plans to build two 72-foot-long bridges in Ashford, N.Y., 35 miles south of Buffalo, as part of a project to test how adverse weather conditions and seismic vibrations affect new bridge technologies. More

MCEER Research: Enabling Disaster-Resilient Communities

NEHRP Seismic Waves: How the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Is Advancing Earthquake Safety, November 2008

This is the last in an intermittent series of articles about the
earthquake engineering research centers funded over the
past decade by the National Science Foundation. These
centers have “graduated” from the Foundation’s engineering
research centers program and are transitioning into the
next chapters of their organizational lives. The articles
briefly review their accomplishments and future plans. More (pdf)