Infrastructure Safety Engineering

Researchers in the Earthquake Engineering and Structures Laboratory study buildings, bridges, power plants and other infrastructure systems to advance state-of-the art safety and stability methods for use by civil and mechanical engineers.

Earthquake Simulator
The laboratory includes the “Shake Table,” one of the most powerful earthquake simulators on the East Coast. The Shake Table produces every motion that a building or structure may experience during an earthquake, allowing it to simulate the most severe earthquakes recorded worldwide over the last 100 years.

Investigators Study Earthquake Resilience of Constructed Facilities
GW researchers lead the way in international efforts to better understand the behavior of nuclear reactors during seismic activity.