The Structural Engineering Department is known world-wide as the leader in large-scale testing research. Programs cover earthquake engineering, blast loading and mitigation strategies, health monitoring and condition assessment, composite materials and light-weight structural systems, hydrodynamics and fluid-structure interaction, reliability and risk engineering, renewal engineering, and civil structural design. http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu en-us Copyright 2009, Regents of the University of California. news@soe.ucsd.edu (Editor) soeweb@soe.ucsd.edu (Webmaster) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:45:59 PDT Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:45:59 PDT Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:56:51 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=45&listID=6 Researchers will subject a retaining wall to a series of strong simulated earthquakes at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. The results of this project, funded by Caltrans, are expected to improve the existing guidelines for seismic design of retaining walls. asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu (Andrea Siedsma) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=45&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:11:57 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=42&listID=6 As part of the $1.24 million research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation under the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) program, a three-story, masonry-infilled, reinforced concrete frame representing structures built in California in the 1920s was tested at the NEES -UCSD Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, home of the world's largest outdoor shake table. The asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu (Andrea Siedsma) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=42&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:31:34 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=39&listID=6 UC San Diego researchers recently shook a three-story, 1920s era masonry building on the world's largest outdoor shake table during a series of intense simulated earthquakes. The full story and video are coming soon. asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu (Andrea Siedsma) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=39&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:59:16 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=35&listID=6 Undergraduates from the Jacobs School of Engineering have just finished classes for the school year, but their legacy continues. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=35&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Tue, 12 May 2009 13:05:23 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=32&listID=6 From old bicycle parts to gold mannequin busts and cardboard pizza boxes, UC San Diego students put their skills to the test during the annual Junkyard Derby. The sixth annual Junkyard Derby, held May 8, drew 44 teams who designed, built and then raced cars made of junk. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=32&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:53:16 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=27&listID=6 Engineering researchers at UC San Diego test a one-story concrete masonry structure with brick veneer via a series of simulated earthquake jolts. asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu (Andrea Siedsma) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=27&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:24:28 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=22&listID=6 Structural Engineering professor and department chair Gilbert Hegemier gives an overview of the structural engineering department at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=22&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:35:39 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=18&listID=6 A team of UC San Diego structural engineering students designed and built the 25-foot concrete canoe as part of the American Society of Civil Engineers' annual collegiate conference and competition. The Jacobs School students are off to race their concrete canoe against concrete canoes built by other universities in the region. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=18&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:32:04 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=17&listID=6 UC San Diego undergrad engineering students will send off a 25-foot handmade concrete canoe to Hawaii for the annual American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) pacific southwest regional collegiate conference and competition. Touch and see the secret ingredients that make this concrete canoe float; see computer-based concrete canoe models and a real-life cross section. Watch 20 students pick up the 300-pound canoe and load it into crate by hand. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=17&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:30:35 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=14&listID=6 More than 70 high tech and life science firms participated in a student-run engineering job fair on February 20 at the University of California, San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering. The Disciplines in Engineering Career Fair (DECaF), organized by Jacobs School of Engineering students, attracted 1,500 engineering students. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=14&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:14:01 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=11&listID=6 From novel nanoengineering approaches to space robots, green computing, weather prediction technology and structural health monitoring, engineering students at the University of California, San Diego strutted their stuff during the Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo 2009. The annual event, held on Feb. 19, attracted more than 500 people, including 240 graduate students who presented their research during a highly attended poster session. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=11&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:10:26 PDT http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=7&listID=6 Engineering researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Arizona have concluded three months of rigorous earthquake simulation tests on a half-scale three-story structure, and will now begin sifting through their results so they can be used in the future designs of buildings across the nation. The engineers produced a series of earthquake jolts as powerful as magnitude 8.0 on a structure resembling a parking garage. dbkane@soe.ucsd.edu (Daniel Kane) http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_video/play.sfe?id=7&listID=6 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Videos