We’re taking you underground and inside the largest outdoor earthquake simulator in the world. You’re about to learn how this high-performance shake table is powered and equipped with smart-control technology that can simulate the most devastating earthquakes in modern history.
Located at UC San Diego, this simulator supports the tallest and heaviest structures ever to be tested for resilience during an earthquake–from multi-story buildings to bridge columns, bridge bents, and wind turbines
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the newly upgraded shake table can now replicate ground motions with 6 degrees of freedom.
“With a world-class facility like this,” says Joel Conte, principal investigator, “Our goal is to save lives–in California, in the US, and the world; and also, to prevent tremendous economic losses after an earthquake, that take many, many years to rebuild.”
The newly opened Ted and Jean Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is dedicated to marine biodiversity and conservation research, discovery and education.
The School of Arts and Humanities celebrated the opening of the UC San Diego Center for Taiwan Studies with a community celebration in early May 2023, held at the Conrad Prebys Music Center in the Department of Music.
Established with an endowment from longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies aims to connect local and international communities with diverse events and programming that expands the cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.
The student-curated, daylong music and arts festival is back for 2023! This year’s Sun God Festival featured live performances by nationally touring artists Smino, Dayglow, Knock2, khai dreams, Boys World and more. Photos by Erik Jepsen, University Communications.
Engineers gathered on May 9 to shake a 10-story mass timber building–the tallest full-scale building to be tested on an earthquake simulator. The test took place at the UC San Diego NSF-funded outdoor shake table, one of the two largest shake tables in the world.
On March 15, 1993, a small group of UC San Diego employees gathered to flip a single switch, and UCSD-TV hit the airwaves, launching the first television platform in University of California history.
