A photo showing the test facilities and sponsorship banner
November 7, 2025

NHERI Lehigh EF Supports Innovative Research on Engineering Earthquake-Resilient Steel Buildings

Earthquakes and tall buildings mix about as well as running and scissors. Engineers are working on ways to make the combination less destructive. But before they can develop viable, cost-effective methods to reduce the effects of earthquakes on tall buildings, they have to understand the methods currently used to design them and the effect on the building’s performance. Earthquakes cause vibrations in the earth as two masses of the earth’s crust move against each other...
A bridge is tested in the lab
October 10, 2025

Bridge to Learning: Claudia Reis’s CEE159 Students Participate in Truss Bridge Competition

Imagine you have 100 Popsicle sticks, a jar of glue, and a few teammates, and you need to build a bridge. You’ll have to make a lot of choices: what type of truss bridge configuration should you build to resist an increasing load? How can you allocate your time among the fundamental tasks of design, construction, and testing? Where and how do you use more sticks–or more glue–to create strength? How do you divide the...