It’s rare when multiple areas of your life collide; it’s a privilege when this collision allows for pursuit of your interests and passions. I recently experienced this with an opportunity to return to México City (CDMX) and participate in workshops… Continue Reading
Thursday, October 5, 2017 I write our last blog in the México Earthquake Reconnaissance series while en route home, passing over the incomprehensibly expansive city once again. It has been a whirlwind of long days lleno (full) of field observations,… Continue Reading
Day 11 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017). Yesterday, on our way to Jojutla, we briefly stopped in the Coapa area and observed some damage before moving on. Today, we decided to return to the area to see what else we could… Continue Reading
From the first day Team 2 arrived in Mexico, one of the items on the itinerary was to do earthquake reconnaissance in some of the more rural Mexican towns that were closer to the earthquake epicenter than Mexico City. We… Continue Reading
Day 9 – Monday, October 2 Today's blog is authored by Erica Fischer, PhD, PE. She is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University in the Civil and Construction Engineering Department. She has over five years of structural engineering experience in… Continue Reading