Whittaker was honored for his “fundamental contributions to earthquake, blast, impact and performance-based engineering for buildings and mission-critical infrastructure, including advanced nuclear ...
To make sure our buildings and infrastructure are earthquake-safe, we must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. Miniature models and historical observations are helpful, but ...
The new Large-Scale Laminar Soil Box System is the latest addition to the University of Nevada, Reno’s world-renowned earthquake engineering complex. It is the largest such facility in the U.S. and ...
To make sure buildings and infrastructure are increasingly earthquake-safe, engineers must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. A new era in large-scale earthquake engineering ...
According to ASCE, Whittaker, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was recognized for “a career that has focused ...