Primary Recipient

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$405,000.00

Award Date

6/14/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

'The thrust of this research effort will focus on the advancement of a unique experimental capability for generating earthquake-like ruptures under controlled laboratory conditions. The experiment features a model specimen with an interface that simulate