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-: It's important to get a better understanding
of how these structures behave,
and ultimately how they may behave
during an extreme event.
-: Our research group is looking at the accuracy
with which computer models predict how the thing falls.
And by doing that, we can kind of back into
what we need to do to improve the tools
that we use to predict the response
of other buildings, so that potential future events
can be prevented, and if not prevented,
then mitigated somewhat.
-: Research projects like this allow for
effective training of our graduate students
and really the future workforce.
This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.