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The goal of this project is to showcase the diverse individuals that contribute to making libraries a unique and special place. The existence of libraries is owed to t[...]

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, its leaders have been preoccupied with efforts to increase state capacity in order to exercise more effec[...]

Buildings and other infrastructures located in the coastal regions of the US have a higher level of wind vulnerability. Reducing the increasing property losses and cau[...]

Low rise residential structures often suffer great damage during strong wind events. Wind vulnerability models that relate the hazard intensity to the expected damage [...]

The turbulent nature of the wind flow coupled with additional turbulence created by the wind-building interaction result in highly non-uniform, fluctuating wind-loadin[...]

Deuxieme Maison Building completed in 1973, also known as the DM Building. Photo taken from corner view facing northwest.