CIEST receives $1.1 million NSF grant for multi-hazard infrastructure research
(a) The existing 400 g-ton, 5.5 m radius centrifuge facility at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder; (b) the proposed shake table and environmental chamber assembly with an internal container placed on Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's 400 g-ton centrifuge platform.Ìý
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST) Lab has received a nearly $1.1 million NSF Major Research Infrastructure grant over three years, led by Professor Shideh Dashti, Assistant Professor Srikanth Madabhushi and Brad Wham, now an assistant professor at University of Nevada Reno, to acquire a state-of-the-art Centrifuge Shaker System for Multi-Hazard Resilience Research and Training.
The new facility will enable researchers to study how soil, rock and infrastructure respond to complex, interacting hazards—including earthquakes, flooding, drought, extreme precipitation and permafrost thaw—helping advance more resilient infrastructure and safer communities.
The facility will be available to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder faculty and students, as well as external academic researchers, industry partners, students and researchers, creating new opportunities for interdisciplinary research, hands-on training and collaboration.
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