Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen; Jose Valdovinos; Frank Sanchez; Nelly Avramova; Hector Santillano; Robert Hartsock

SFSU to provide student researchers with meaningful research experiences andprepare them for engineering careers; 2) develop learning modules on earthquake engineeringand involve student researchers into state-of-the-art earthquake engineering research so as toprepare them for their future more advanced degrees; 3) provide student researchersopportunities to participate and present at engineering conferences.Challenges for Engaging Students into Research ActivitiesLaboratory experiments play a critical role in earthquake engineering research. Devastatingstructural damages and loss of human lives in recent earthquakes in Christchurch New Zealand5and Tohoku Japan6 call for advances in research on seismic resilient infrastructures