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.

This year, UB’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) experienced one of its best finishes in team history, earning first place in multiple categories during the regional competition and ...

Students used balsawood and glue to build a scale-model tower that would withstand earthquakes in the host city, Salt Lake City, Utah. UB’s team finished with one of the top proposals about a month ...

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 ...