Geotechnical Engineering Professor Ramin Motamed is a faculty member in the College of Engineering’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. His areas of research include shake table tests on ...

Portland State University researchers simulated an earthquake on Friday, testing the effectiveness of a potentially ...

Mehdi "Saiid" Saiidi held the third in a series of three bridge shake table tests Oct. 5. The high amplitude tests determine if the bridge model is durable enough to withstand powerful earthquakes.

Scientists will set fire to an empty 10-story building in Scripps Ranch early Wednesday, producing smoke that will be visible to people in rush-hour traffic on Interstates 15 and 805. The experiment ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California has a long history of earthquakes, but a relatively short one of earthquake alerts, and when earthquakes happen, some users will get an alert while others don't. In ...