Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing System (MAST)
The University of Minnesota's Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) Laboratory is the largest test system of its kind in the world. It provides a powerful tool for investigating the effects of earthquakes, hurricanes, and other extreme events on large structural components up to several stories tall.
Director: Lauren Linderman
Lab Manager and Research Associate Steve Barbachyn
Structures faculty: Pedram Mortazavi, Ben Worsfold
Front: Director Lauren Linderman
Back row: First MAST Director Carol Shield, structures faculty Pedram Mortazavi and Ben Worsfold, Lab Manager and Research Associate Steve Barbachyn, and Outgoing Director Catherine French.
Back row: First MAST Director Carol Shield, structures faculty Pedram Mortazavi and Ben Worsfold, Lab Manager and Research Associate Steve Barbachyn, and Outgoing Director Catherine French.