earthquake engineer

American  

noun

1. a civil engineer who studies the effects of seismic activity on structures and consults on earthquake-resistant design and construction.

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Other Word Forms

• earthquake engineering noun

Example Sentences

Dr Kurtulus Atasever, a structural and earthquake engineer, met me to point some of them out.

From BBC

“Our seismic codes are only a minimum requirement,” says Sissy Nikolaou, research earthquake engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

From Scientific American

Keith Porter, a nationally renowned earthquake engineer and research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, said Ridgecrest’s result should not be seen as a “victory lap.”

From Los Angeles Times

That ability could power a potent early warning system—a possibility that Yutaka Nakamura, an earthquake engineer at a private company in Japan, had already begun to pursue to improve bullet train warnings.

From Science Magazine

Anna Lang, a California-based earthquake engineer with Miyamoto’s firm, said the building probably suffered severe side-to-side shaking.

From Los Angeles Times