From July 22 to July 25, Cal Seismic Design traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, to compete at the 2014 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition, hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

The seismic design team finished second in its international competition and was first in the United States, marking the team’s best finish ever. The steel bridge and concrete canoe teams, also part ...

“Hannah Heights,” named after civil engineering student Hannah Bocker and designed by UB’s seismic design club as “an emblem of a magnificent gem,” finished 13th out of the 46 entries from colleges ...

If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...