Created by the NSF in 1986 as the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, MCEER is supported by UB, several federal agenices and private industry to advance earthquake engineering.
The MCEER researchers and investigators are recognized worldwide for changing standards and improving the earthquake resiliency of buildings and other structures.
In a story about how Bill Gates’ company, TerraPower, is building next generation nuclear power technologies, CNBC quotes Andrew Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.
The Johnson Professor of Structural Engineering, emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley has published a new book on the earthquake analysis and design of concrete dams.
Civil engineering graduate Juan Aleman (MS ’10, PhD ’14) and aerospace engineering alumnus Martin Diz (PhD ’15) are working together to advance optimization in structural engineering and address the U.S. housing crisis.