Our project made the news!  Check it out:  http://www.news9.com/story/31155196/ou-professor-participating-in-seismic-testing

On Thursday, two members (Bill and Anthony) of my dream-team installing team from Torcsill, showed up on site and started shaking equipment out.

On Friday, I started the tedious process of stripping the ends of all 166 cables and then labeling each end with the strain gage and accelerometer designations.  I was slow but steady –  finishing 5 piles (74 wires).

We finished the day by laying out the pile locations in the box and running a Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) Test in the center of the box.  This test gives a profile of how strong the soil is and we can compare it to the installation torque.

Today (Saturday) we finished up stripping and labeling the 100 foot cables that will connect our instrumentation to the data acquisition system. Bill and Anthony volunteered to help and were really fast at it!  It took three of us 3.5 hours to finish the remaining 92 cables. I’m thankful for everyone pitching in to help me keep this project on schedule!

And finally, I figured out how to use a selfie-stick!  Now there is no excuse to not have pictures of me working.  Watch out world.

building with pallets in front of it
Coils of wire on the ground
Amy Cerato and worker in hard hats crouched on ground working
Two workers in hard hats measuring on the ground
two workers in hard hats holding up pole
Workers in hard hats working with wire, siting in chairs
Amy Cerato and researcher coiling wire
Amy Cerato posing with researcher in hard hats