SoE Speaker Series: Dr. Ken Elwood
The UBC Build Better Cluster and UBC Okanagan School of Engineering welcomes visiting scholar Dr. Ken Elwood on October 21. Dr. Elwood will deliver a talk “From Ductility to Repairability: Evolution of Building Design in the Wake of the Christchurch Earthquake” on Monday, Oct. 21, from noon – 1:30pm. Dr. Elwood is a professor at […]
New research collaboration seeks to safeguard bridges against earthquakes
In an effort to address the possibility of a catastrophic seismic event in BC, and its ensuing infrastructure impact, researcher Shahria Alam and his team from the School of Engineering’s Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (ALAMS) have teamed up with Spannovation Consulting Limited from BC’s Lower Mainland.