The Virtual Lab is a Java program where people can learn about dynamic of structures, data adquisition and structural control using the web. In addition, the following video demonstrates the principle behind base isolation, one technique which is used to protect buildings from earthquake loading. The following animation shows the behavior of a variable orifice damper. Outreach Earthquake Awareness Weekend is held in Missouri the first week of February. The instructional shake table is used for demonstrations and experiments.
Kids are able to build their own structure for testing on the shake table.
High School Student Performs Earthquake Engineering Experiment For more detailed outreach activities, see the ILI Program web page.