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Extreme Events in the News
March 2011
Several new stories
have been added to the UB 2020 Strategic Strength on Extreme Events: Mitigation and
Response website.
Japanese
Tsunami's Effects Will Change How and Where Future Nuclear Power Plants are
Built
The design of
next-generation nuclear power plants and other critical energy facilities
will undoubtedly be influenced by the Japanese tsunami and its devastating
effects on Japan's nuclear reactors, says Michael C. Constantinou, PhD,
professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering at the
University at Buffalo. Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12388
To Learn How to
Rebuild, Haitian Engineers from Government and Industry Attend Earthquake
Engineering Seminars in Record Numbers
The outcome of
Haiti's March 20 presidential election will determine much of the country's
political future, but this week, more than 250 Haitian architects and
engineers are taking the future of Haiti's reconstruction into their own
hands when they attend the third UniQ-UB/MCEER Earthquake Engineering
Seminar in Port-au-Prince. Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12395
Japanese
Earthquake and Tsunami Created a 'Cascading Event,' Demonstrating Need for
Multi-Hazard Approach
The magnitude 8.9 earthquake
off the coast of northern Japan and the tsunami it triggered demonstrate
the need for an integrated approach to preparing for, mitigating and
responding to extreme events, say researchers at the University at Buffalo,
MCEER and the UB Center for GeoHazards Studies,
who spoke to media in a briefing Friday on UB's North Campus. Video
commentary from UB faculty experts is available here: http://bit.ly/eeUn1S. Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12385
Honors and
Awards
Robert Baier, professor, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of
Dental Medicine, was one of five faculty members to named UB Distinguished
Professors. A UB faculty member since 1978, Baier is executive director of
the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative
Research Center in Biosurfaces at UB, as well as
director of UB's Biomaterials Graduate Program. Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12376
Two faculty members
in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Andrei
Reinhorn , Clifford C. Furnas Professor of Structural Engineering, and
Michel Bruneau Professor, and former MCEER Director, have been
recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for their
contributions to the field of structural and earthquake engineering.
Reinhorn has been
awarded the 2011 Nathan M. Newmark Medal for his
contributions to the development of experimental and analytical methods in
structural dynamics and in design of response-control systems for
earthquake resistant buildings, as well as his contributions to quantify
earthquake resilient communities. Bruneau has received the 2011 George
Winter award for his contributions to structural engineering and seismic
hazard mitigation, and to creative fictional literature which succeeds in
telling the hazard mitigation story to a broader audience. Full story: http://mceer.buffalo.edu
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