Chris Pantelides, University of Utah (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Chris Pantelides, University of Utah

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University of Utah civil and environmental professor Chris Pantelides stands next to a donut-sized "repair" he and a team of researchers designed that can fix a damaged column on a bridge. The repair -- a black concrete donut surrounding the ends of the column and wrapped with a composite fiber material -- can be deployed on bridges damaged in an earthquake much more quickly than through the standard procedure.

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University of Utah College of Engineering

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