Shiling Pei and colleagues are testing out mass timber’s response to earthquakes on a shake table at the University of California San Diego. Credit: David Baillot, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, CC BY 2.0

Shiling Pei and colleagues are testing out mass timber’s response to earthquakes on a shake table at the University of California San Diego. Credit: David Baillot, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, CC BY 2.0

Shiling Pei and colleagues are testing out mass timber’s response to earthquakes on a shake table at the University of California San Diego. Credit: David Baillot, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, CC BY 2.0