image: Utah State University Geosciences faculty member Srisharan Shreedharan, right, prepares for an experiment with graduate students, from left, Kwabena Poku-Agyemang and Alejandro Aguilar, using a custom-built, one-meter biaxial deformation ‘earthquake machine.’ The NSF-funded research is aimed at allowing scientists to observe more realistic representations of natural fault systems with a goal of improving earthquake forecasting.
Credit: M. Muffoletto