Abstract: ASCE's congressional fellow for 2001 recounts her experiences in Congress. She stresses the importance of direct involvement in the political process on the part of engineers. After summarizing the state of the nation's ...

Abstract: Low-lying coastal communities along plate boundary subduction zones face a high risk of deadly earthquakes, tsunamis, and coastal subsidence. To effectively manage the damaging impact of these events, coastal communities ...

Abstract: Government and industry discussion of the Triple 3 Resilience Target was the focus of the 2014 Cascadia Earthquake Readiness Workshop in Washington, United States. Workshop findings are presented from breakout sessions on ...

Abstract: Field trials of microbially induced desaturation (MID) were conducted at two sites in Portland, Oregon underlain by liquefiable fine-grained soils. MID is an emerging method for mitigating the potential for triggering ...