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'''Related Interview:'''  [[Kiesling, Ernst 2013-10-17]] [[Kiesling, Ernst 2021-09-30 ]] [[Kiesling, Ernst 2021-10-12]]
 
'''Related Interview:'''  [[Kiesling, Ernst 2013-10-17]] [[Kiesling, Ernst 2021-09-30 ]] [[Kiesling, Ernst 2021-10-12]]

Revision as of 20:24, 21 November 2024

This interview features Ernst Kiesling as he discusses his time as chair of the Texas Tech University Civil Engineering Department, and his research and work on above ground safe rooms.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name:Ernst Kiesling

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: September 30, 2021

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez

Length: 01:31:36 (1 hour 31 minutes)


Abstract

Introduction; transforming the Civil Engineering department; Pushback to implementing change; The Institute for Disaster Research; the impact of the May 11, 1970 Lubbock tornado; How the tornado impacted the career paths of Dr. Kiesling and his colleagues; Living in an Earth-sheltered house; the future of home construction; Funding research; Addressing the myths about tornados; storm shelters and safe rooms; Above ground versus in-ground shelters; materials for above ground safe rooms; Materials for above ground safe rooms continued; resistance to changing building codes


Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374075 >

Related Interview: Kiesling, Ernst 2013-10-17 Kiesling, Ernst 2021-09-30 Kiesling, Ernst 2021-10-12


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