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... Dr. Newmark was widely known for his research in structural engineering and structural dynamics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and for his contributions to the design of earthquake-resistant structures, including the Latino Americana Tower in Mexico City, and most recently for his work on the design of the trans-Alaska pipeline.
From page 218...
... Dr. Newmark played a major role in many of the most important technical activities of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
From page 219...
... He carried major responsibility over the seventeen years before his death for development of the earthquake design and review criteria for about seventy nuclear power plants as well as for proposed liquid natural gas facilities on the West Coast.
From page 220...
... , and Fur~damer~tals of Earthquake Engineering, with Emilio Rosenblueth (published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1971~. Nate Newmark carried his own university with him wherever he went, even into professional practice.


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