Primary Recipient

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC

Amount

$211,156.00

Award Date

9/12/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Earthquakes strike without warning and are some of the most destructive and devastating forces of nature in terms of loss of life. In May, 2008 the Wenchuan earthquake in China killed 80,000 people with 20,000 still missing. The 2004 Sumatra earthquake ge