For Idaho State University Associate Professor Mustafa Mashal and Alumnus Mahesh Mahat, the calculations for designing a structure are intensely personal. Beyond just fractions and figures, the equations can show if a design succeeds or fails or if the structure stays standing or crumbles to the ground. And folks like Mashal and Mahat - who grew up in the earthquake-prone cities of Kabul, Afghanistan, and Kathmandu, Nepal, respectively - know those equations could be the difference between life and death.
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