June 12, 20252025 Jacobs School Award of Excellence Recipients
The Jacobs School of Engineering will celebrate the undergraduate students in the class of 2025 at its annual Ring Ceremony on Friday, June 13. Six students were selected from the nearly 1,500 students receiving bachelor’s degrees from the Jacobs School of Engineering to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department. Full Story
June 3, 2025
We Are Safer During and After Earthquakes Thanks to UC San Diego’s Shake Table
Homes, offices, parking garages, bridges and other structures across the United States are safer during earthquakes thanks to research done at the University of California San Diego’s outdoor earthquake shake table. Here are some of the positive impacts that have come from past tests at the shake table. Full Story
May 30, 2025Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego earthquake simulator
Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego earthquake simulator. Full Story
May 30, 2025Shake Table 101
A one sheet introduction to the UC San Diego shake table. Full Story
May 28, 2025
10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator
A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San Diego shake table is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the world, and the only simulator capable of testing a building of this height Full Story