Structural engineers at UC San Diego were waiting to see how a tall building, made from recycled steel, would react in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake shake table was ready to go as the ...

Colorado State University along with Simpson Strong-Tie and other partners successfully led the world’s largest earthquake shake table test in Japan yesterday, proving that midrise wood-frame ...

SAN DIEGO — SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego's outdoor shake table is pushing the boundaries of earthquake engineering, testing full-scale buildings to enhance California's resilience against seismic events.

For the past few weeks, Sun and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have been conducting earthquake testing of Project Blackbox. The tests have been done on UCSD’s Seismic Response Modification Device, ...