This course will equipment students with basics in structural assessment and the investigation of vulnerabilities of structures during natural disasters. Focuses especially on power systems, this course will address the strategies of addressing failure investigations as a means to enhance power system resilience. Taking a multi-hazard approach, students will learn to differentiate between different damage modes and identify likely causes of damages.The class will also include a field trip to Wenchuan. Students will visit the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake site and collect power grid failure data from the event and perform analysis on the data.