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It's the type of engineering that's been in japan in years that has the strictest building codes out there. >> making buildings tsunami proof is a different matter. earthquake engineering is one thing, tsunamis operate differently. joining us to discuss disaster architecture, herman fritz, associate producer of civil engineering at georgia tech and phillip lou, professor of civil and environmental engineering at cornell. i understand, herman, you and professor lou have worked together. you worked together in the tsunami in sri lanka. >> in 2005 i was happy to join a team led by professor lou. ...