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24/02/2023

New journal article alert!

GLOSI taxonomy: A tool for ‘seismic risk assessment’ oriented classification of school buildings

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epicentre/news/2023/feb/new-journal-article-published-taxonomy-seismic-vulnerability-assessment-schools

23/02/2023

Upcoming UNESCO Chair Webinar

System Resilience: Application of Bayesian Networks for Decision-making in Civil Eng. problems

When: 9th and 10th March

Registration details:

In this two-days webinar organized by the UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE at UCL, the presenters discuss about the application of Bayesian networks for civil engineering problems, for the assessment of system resilience under natural hazards.

13/02/2023

On 6th February 2023, two consecutive Mw 7.8 and 7.5 earthquake events struck near the Turkey-Syria border. EPICentre is actively investigating the disaster to clearly understand what happened, and what lessons can be drawn to improve resilience to future seismic events.

08/02/2023

Please register for the upcoming webinar below. It is happening next week (16th Feb 2023).

In this webinar organized by the UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE at UCL, Martijn Schildkamp, Founder of the SMARTnet, presents about improving the seismic design of non-engineered masonry buildings.

27/01/2023

Upcoming webinar:
'SMARTnet – Non-Engineered Seismic Design 2.0', organised by UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE.

When: 16th Feb 2023, 2 pm to 4 pm (UK time)
Where: online

Registration and more:

In this webinar organized by the UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE at UCL, Martijn Schildkamp, Founder of the SMARTnet, presents about improving the seismic design of non-engineered masonry buildings.

16/01/2023

8 January 2023
New journal article on the seismic performance assessment of non-engineered masonry school buildings.

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A journal article, part of the PhD research works of UNESCO Chair in DRR-RE researchers, Dr Rohit Kumar Adhikari and Dr Ahsana Parammal Vatteri, is published in the MDPI Buildings journal.

08/12/2022

The global community needs more resilient and sustainable homes and schools to combat natural hazards and climate change. In this webinar organized by EPICentre UCL and UNESCO CHAIR in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering at UCL, Sebastian Kaminski, Associate Structural Engineer at Arup, presents his experience regarding appropriate structural engineering in humanitarian and international development contexts.
Date and time: 15 December 2022, 2-4 pm BST
Register below to join .

In this webinar organized by EPICentre and UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE at UCL, Sebastian Kaminski, Associate Structural Engineer at Arup, presents his experience regarding appropriate structural engineering in humanitarian and international development contexts.

21/09/2022

Join our online course starting tomorrow on “Engineering based fragility and vulnerability assessment” by EPICentre as part of UNESCO Chair activities 💻🏚️
22 - 23 September @ 14:00
Information & Registration: https://buff.ly/3QXrMuN

16/09/2022

Join our online course on “Engineering based fragility and vulnerability assessment” by EPICentre as part of UNESCO Chair activities 💻🏚️
22 - 23 September @ 14:00
Information & Registration: https://buff.ly/3QXrMuN

09/09/2022

Join our online course on “Engineering based fragility and vulnerability assessment” by EPICentre as part of UNESCO Chair activities 💻🏚️
22 - 23 September @ 14:00
Information & Registration: https://buff.ly/3QXrMuN