The OSU Marine Studies Building project has just won the Grand Prize of top project in this year’s Structural Engineers of Oregon (SEAO) Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards program in the category of projects over 40 million.

Through a UW-YGH contract in 2018-2019, the CICOES/NCTR tsunami team (Yong Wei (UW PI), Hongqiang Zhou and Diego Arcas) made major contributions in tsunami hazard assessment and the track of large debris for the building design. More importantly, the OSU Marine Studies building will also serve as a Vertical Tsunami Evacuation Structure for the local coastal communities in Newport and South Beach, OR.

Congratulations to all involved!