Our speaker today gave a relatively technical talk about engineering design to protect structures from earthquakes. Engineers always have to take risk factors into account in their designs: flood potential, avalanches, wind loads, etc. The technical topics that Elmer discussed will all be part of the curriculum you will study as you move through the engineering degree: physics, calculus, unit conversions, strain and strain in materials, calculating factors of safety, etc.
Post your thoughts about today's talk, and find an article related to earthquake engineering to post and discuss. Please post by Monday morning at 8:00 AM (3/3/2014).
