Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Professor Hermann Fritz and his former graduate student, Yibin Liu, are interested in a specific kind of tsunami, those caused by underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides. So, they built a volcanic tsunami generator in a wave basin — essentially, a large lab-in-a-tank for studying wave behavior.
![The volcanic tsunami generator developed by Georgia Tech researchers](/sites/default/files/styles/gtcoe_wide/public/news/2023/08/header/tsunamiSimulator%5B59%5D.png?itok=qajbWQPm)