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Engineers Shake Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Constructed on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator
May 11, 2023
Engineers Shake Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Constructed on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

What happens when a 10-story tall building is put to the test on the only outdoor shake table in the world? That is what a group of engineers came together to find out on May 9, 2023 as part of the Tallwood project conducted on UC San Diego's National Science Foundation-funded earthquake simulator.  Full Story


Tallwood tests UC San Diego Shake Table media day May 9 2023
May 8, 2023
Tallwood tests UC San Diego Shake Table media day May 9 2023

Links for Tallwood Project media day.  Full Story


Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023
May 1, 2023
Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023

Ross Greer, an electrical and computer engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, won the grand prize at Research Expo 2023 for his work on a technology that could enable vehicles to drive more autonomously and decide when the driver is prepared to take back control of the wheel. Full Story


This student organization builds neurotechnology devices
April 18, 2023
This student organization builds neurotechnology devices

UC San Diego students will present three projects at an event that will bring together teams for five University of California campuses April 29 at UCLA. The neuro-tech conference  is organized by student organizations at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis.   Full Story


Tallest  full-scale building ever built on an earthquake simulator put to the test at UC San Diego this spring
April 5, 2023
Tallest full-scale building ever built on an earthquake simulator put to the test at UC San Diego this spring

A 10-story building made of cross-laminated timber will be tested on one of the world’s two largest earthquake simulators at the University of California San Diego this spring. Known as the Tallwood project, it is the tallest full-scale building ever to be constructed and tested on an earthquake simulator, or shake table. The tests are scheduled to start in late April. Full Story


University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quake
February 15, 2023
University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quake

Teams of researchers from California are heading to Turkey and Syria to survey the damage from last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Much of the data collected will be shared with scientists and engineers at some of University of California campuses. UC San Diego will use the data in its "shake table" project. Full Story


UC San Diego shake table on of UC's 12 incredible research breakthroughs in 2022
December 16, 2022
UC San Diego shake table on of UC's 12 incredible research breakthroughs in 2022

Amazing research has emerged from every corner of every campus, lab, medical center and division of the University of California this year that will benefit California and the world in the years to come. The UC San Diego earthquake simulator now has unprecendented accuracy.  Full Story


Wood high-rise tops off at UC San Diego shake table
December 8, 2022
Wood high-rise tops off at UC San Diego shake table

  The tallest building ever to be tested on an earthquake simulator topped off at 10 stories high at UC San Diego's shake table when construction crews and a giant crane flew the last wood panel to the top of the structure on Dec. 6, 2022.      Full Story


UC San Diego Structural Engineering Gilbert (Gil) Hegemier Awarded Revelle Medal
December 6, 2022
UC San Diego Structural Engineering Gilbert (Gil) Hegemier Awarded Revelle Medal

When you drive across a highway bridge in California, there is a good chance that your safety depends on bridge technologies that have been developed and tested at UC San Diego. We have Gilbert (Gil) Hegemier and his UC San Diego colleagues to thank for this fact. In honor of Hegemier's many contributions to UC San Diego, he has been awarded a 2022 Revelle Medal. Full Story


Pokemon-themed presentation wins best poster award at ISAM 2022
November 23, 2022
Pokemon-themed presentation wins best poster award at ISAM 2022

Teaching professor Lelli Van Den Einde and master's student Anna Wang won a best poster award at the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces held Nov. 6 to 9 at Georgia Tech. Full Story



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