American Museum of Natural History Features Civil Engineering Professor in Science Bulletins Video

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Brady Cox (far right) in Port-au-Prince with other members of the GEER team.

The American Museum of Natural History has posted a video about the 2010 Haiti earthquake on its Science Bulletins website. "On Shaky Ground: Building a Safer Future in Haiti" features researchers who studied the damage in Haiti and are working to help the country rebuild safely. Among these is University of Arkansas civil engineering professor Brady Cox.

Less than three weeks after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Cox traveled to Port-au-Prince with the National Science Foundation's Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance team. In this and in subsequent trips to Haiti, Cox examined damage patterns, studied the layering and engineering properties of the soil in the region and developed a seismic micro-zonation of Port-au-Prince, a map that will help the country construct safer buildings in the future.

Science Bulletins videos feature scientists and their research. They are shown online and in the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History and other museums and science centers around the world.