NIST Awards $6.6M in Grants For Structures Resilience

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, seeking ways to strengthen the ability of buildings and other structures to stand up to earthquakes, windstorms, fires and other natural disasters, has awarded $6.6 million in grants for research into those subjects. The 12 disaster-resilience gran...

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Published inENR Vol. 283; no. 4; p. 18
Main Author Ichniowski, Tom
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York BNP Media 19.08.2019
Subjects
Awards & honors
Colleges & universities
Disasters
Government grants
Grants
Natural disasters
Resilience
Seismic engineering
United States > US
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ISSN0891-9526

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Summary:The National Institute of Standards and Technology, seeking ways to strengthen the ability of buildings and other structures to stand up to earthquakes, windstorms, fires and other natural disasters, has awarded $6.6 million in grants for research into those subjects. The 12 disaster-resilience grants, which NIST announced on Aug. 8, went to 11 organizations, mainly universities and their affiliates. NIST is part of the U.S. Commerce Dept. Howard Harary, director of NIST's engineering laboratory, which oversees the resilience grant program, said in a statement.
ISSN:0891-9526