{"id":21605,"date":"2024-11-12T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=21605"},"modified":"2024-11-21T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:24:20","slug":"tabatabai-interviewed-by-two-magazines-about-the-final-report-on-arecibos-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/tabatabai-interviewed-by-two-magazines-about-the-final-report-on-arecibos-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabatabai interviewed by two magazines about the final report on Arecibo\u2019s demise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Habib Tabatabai, professor, civil &amp; environmental engineering, was quoted in two national magazines about what ultimately caused the collapse of the famed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The giant telescope collapsed in December of 2020, after the platform suspended by cables above the telescope fell into the 1,000-foot-wide dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabatabai was a member of the committee appointed by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine&nbsp;to examine previous investigations and issue a final report. That committee uncovered a question not previously addressed. \u201cWhen we looked at the patterns of cable pullouts,\u201d Tabatabai told Sky &amp; Telescope, \u201cthere were several factors that said, \u2018something else must be at work here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee made its presentation to the U.S. Congress on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/science\/arecibo-telescope-was-doomed-by-hurricane-damage-and-human-failures-says-report\/\">Astronomy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/astronomy-news\/arecibos-powerful-radar-may-have-contributed-to-the-telescopes-demise\/\">Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habib Tabatabai, professor, civil &amp; environmental engineering, was quoted in two national magazines about what ultimately caused the collapse of the famed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico. 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