Natural Disasters

News about UB’s research and advocacy in extreme events and disaster response. (see all topics)

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  • UB Engineer Says Turkey's 'Twin Quake' Occurred Along A Fault Similar To San Andreas Fault
    8/23/99
    The "twin quake" that struck western Turkey last week occurred on a fault that is a "textbook example" of a transform fault like California's San Andreas Fault, according to an engineering seismologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Expert, Member Of Reconnaissance Team In Turkey, Says Infrastructure Is Key To Recovery in Quake Aftermath
    8/20/99
    While news reports have focused on the shoddy construction methods that caused thousands of buildings to fail in Tuesday's earthquake in Turkey, a key to the country's recovery from the disaster is the condition of its roads and bridges in the quake's aftermath, according to a University at Buffalo engineer who is part of a reconnaissance team that is in Istanbul to evaluate the earthquake damage.
  • Building Codes In Turkey, As In U.S., Need Improvement
    8/18/99
    Building collapses following Tuesday's earthquake in Turkey probably were caused, in part, by inadequate building materials and by problems with establishment and enforcement of proper building codes, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo and the university's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER).
  • International Meeting to Focus On Structural Optimization
    5/5/99
    The third World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, an international conference focusing on research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and systems, will be held May 17-21 at the University at Buffalo. It will be the first time the conference will be held in the U.S.