A virtual tour of the WRL including

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A virtual tour of the WRL including the new
Tsunami Basin is available through the NACSE.org
site. The virtual tour can be played on any
java- enabled browser and requires a plug it.
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N E E S _at_ O R E G O N S T A T E
In 2001, the WRL was designated by the National
Science Foundation as site for Tsunami Research
under the George E. Brown Network for
Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) program.

• OSU granted 4.8 M from NSF to develop the next-
• generation
• shared-use facility for tsunami research
• The WRL is one of 15 sites nationwide linked
  together
• as part
• NEES to improve the sesmic design and
  performance
• of civil
• and mechanical systems
• Access and use of NEES research facilities and
  data by
• researchers, educators, students, and
  practitioners
• are key objective of NEES.

Rendering of Tsunami Basin to be completed
September 2004
Additional links and information

• NEES_at_OregonState
• NEES Consortium (www.nees.org)
• NSF NEES site (www.eng.nsf.gov/nees/)

Photograph showing tsunami aftermath
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