National Public Radio: Earthquake engineer, doctoral candidate discuss Haiti one year after tragic earthquake

NPR's Morning Edition aired a story on the work of UB's Andre Filiatrault, director of MCEER, and Pierre Fouche, a doctoral candidate from Haiti who is studying earthquake engineering at UB. The UB story is part of the NPR's special series, Haiti a Year Later. Filiatrault and Fouche discussed Haiti's struggles to rebuild following a magnitude 7 earthquake, their concerns that people would rebuild using the same shoddy materials and construction that contributed to the devastation, and seminars UB engineers have organized to teach Haitian architects and engineers safe construction techniques. NPR's science correspondent may travel to Haiti with the UB researchers for a follow-up story on UB's work there.