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Prior to 2009, Bangkok did not have a comprehensive safety standard for constructing buildings to withstand earthquakes, according to Dr Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype, a senior lecturer in earthquake engineering at Imperial College London.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

The Pasadena-based institute, with a 3% admission rate last year, boasts 46 Nobel laureates and cutting-edge research in such fields as earthquake engineering, behavioral genetics, geochemistry, quantum information and aerospace.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Scientific American spoke with several earthquake engineering experts to learn more about how using the right building methods can prevent homes, offices and other structures from succumbing to the capricious movements of the Earth.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2023

Mustafa Erdik, who founded the department of earthquake engineering at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, said in an email that problems in Turkey lie in the “degree of conformity with the code.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

While studying earthquake engineering at Stanford in 2014, he traveled home to India to get engaged in Srinagar.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2019