Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor, received the Ernest E. Howard Award from ASCE. The prestigious award honors a researcher for significant contributions to structural engineering.

Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

The after-shocks of the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and closer-to-home disasters such as the Joshimath crisis have made a global impact, compelling us to look closer into available ...

The seismic design principle is one such parameter that remains uncompromisable for any company. It refers to guidelines and principles to design infrastructure to make it more resistant to seismic ...

Santiago, for his part, is the managing partner of Macro Consulting Structural Engineers, a trusted structural engineering firm involved in earthquake engineering, structural inspection and ...

The structural engineer is removed from making decisions about the chances of some earthquake event, and instead rightly focuses on the structural response.

Now, researchers are trying to design buildings that will essentially be earthquake-proof, he said.