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NEES Consortium, Inc. (NEESinc) is a non-profit consortium dedicated
to advancing our understanding of how earthquakes and tsunamis
affect man-made infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, port facilities,
and public utility systems.New! Potential NEESR Research Collaborators.
Information About Research Activities
- What earthquake engineering is all about
- Why the concept of a collaboratory is so important to earthquake engineers
- How the NEES program advances earthquake engineering knowledge?
- The 15 major experimental laboratories NEES maintains on behalf of the earthquake engineering research community
- How NEES Shake Table Laboratories "create" earthquakes in the lab
- How researchers use the NEES Tsunami Wave Basin to study the effects of huge waves
- What NEES Centrifuge Laboratories are able to reveal about earthquakes
- How NEES Field and Mobile Laboratories can be used to test the strength of existing structures
- Why NEES Large-Scale Testing Laboratories are necessary to safeguard bridges and large buildlings
- How the advanced information technology is used to link all the facilities together
- See past success stories in earthquake engineering that show what NEES will be doing in the future
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