Overview

Hype:

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) hosts an annual competition where engineering students design and build scale skyscrapers out of balsa wood and test them on an earthquake shake table.

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Fees: None

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Getting There

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Location

Closest City or Region: Salt Lake City, Utah

Coordinates: 40.763925, -111.893283

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February 13, 2009 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Greg Dye, Laura Dye, ,

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