Building Against Disaster

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Listen Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005 at 12:06 p.m. in Disaster, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology

Buildings that sway with earthquakes and roofs that hold up to tsunamis- how engineers are building structures that can withstand nature's worst.

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Guests

Patrick “Pat” Natale

Executive Director, American Society for Civil Engineers

Thomas Zeller

assistant professor, University of Maryland's Department of History, with a joint appointment in the Clark School of Engineering. University of Maryland

Craig Comartin

President and structural engineer, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

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