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uOttawa’s Water Resources Laboratory will be making waves with their new tsunami and earthquake simulators, funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The one-of-a-kind research equipment will help Faculty of Engineering professors Ioan Nistor and Colin Rennie to better understand how extreme water events affect our infrastructure and what can be done to mitigate the damage.

Buildings, roads, bridges and beyond: Making concrete eco-friendly for the infrastructure of the next generation

From understanding the impact of road salt to preparing for "the Big One", local researchers are helping to create more sustainable and resilient structures

Prior to the year 2000, the National Capital Region only experienced three tornadoes in its recorded history. Since then, there’s been 15.