UCLA center gets $4.5M in NSF funds for role in national earthquake simulation network (EurekAlert!)

( University of California - Los Angeles ) The NSF has awarded $105 million to Purdue University to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). UCLA will receive $4.5 million of this award to continue as one of NEES’ large-scale, earthquake experimental resource sites. NEES@UCLA is among a …
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