Exploring the life-saving aspects of engineering
| By: | Gail Hinchion Mancini | ||||
| Date: | August 11, 2008 |
Some academic experiences are built from moments and memories.
Tracy Kijewski-Correa remembers being at her home in downtown South Bend on Dec. 26, 2004, when the television began broadcasting news of a tsunami that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, killing more than 225,000.
“I just felt sick to my stomach,” says Kijewski-Correa, Rooney Family Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. “We’ve all seen the damage Katrina caused, and how long rebuilding is taking. Imagine, then, the effects of a tsunami on a village where the homes are simple shacks and family members are having breakfast when a tsunami strikes with no warning.”
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