Episode 66: Collecting Data from Destruction

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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SwRI Senior Research Engineer Dr. Kristin Ulmer is sharing her experience traveling to Turkey in February 2023, just after devastating, powerful earthquakes and aftershocks rocked the region. Thousands died and were injured as buildings and homes collapsed. Ulmer joined a research mission to uncover evidence and information in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 quake. As researchers collect data after an earthquake, they can understand how to improve design and construction practices and ultimately, save lives. Listen now as Ulmer describes her experience in the disaster zone, from feeling a forceful aftershock to meeting unforgettable locals. She explains why it was critical to be there so soon after the quake and how weather pattern changes on Earth are impacting her work.

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0:00.0	Weeks after devastating earthquakes rocked southern Turkey and northwestern Syria in February
0:06.5	2003, an SWRI engineer traveled to the destruction zone as part of a research team.
0:13.8	She continues analyzing data collected in the midst of the disaster, what she found, and how her research could one day save lives and property.
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0:58.0	Hello and welcome to technology today. I'm Lisa Benia. On February 6th, 2023, a magnitude
1:06.0	7.8 earthquake shook up Turkey in Syria. Hundreds of aftershocks followed. Then another 7.5 magnitude quake hit.
1:15.8	More than 50,000 people died. Another 100,000 were injured. Homes and buildings crumbled.
1:21.6	A team of researchers conducted a reconnaissance mission to the earthquake zone with a goal of collecting information
1:28.3	that could one day lead to improved design, construction, and inspection practices.
1:34.7	SWRI senior research engineer, Dr. Kristen Ulmer, joined that mission.
1:39.4	She's here to tell us about what she encountered in the aftermath of the earthquake and what
1:44.0	she has learned
1:44.8	since. Thank you for being here, Kristen. My pleasure. Thank you. So just after the devastating
1:50.1	earthquakes, you got an opportunity to conduct research on site in the midst of the disaster zone. The
1:56.3	earthquake engineering research institute mobilized this reconnaissance team. So how did the opportunity to be
2:02.7	part of that team come to be? So like many people, I was watching the events unfolding on TV,
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