EPICentre is a dynamic multidisciplinary research group that investigates risk to society and infras
EPICentre research projects adopt a range of methods from the physical sciences, engineering, remote sensing and social sciences. EPICentre is part of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) at UCL but also comprises academics and researchers from the Departments of Psychology and Mechanical Engineering. It runs an MSc in Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Manageme
Operating as usual
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
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System Resilience: Application of Bayesian Networks for Decision-making in Civil Eng. problems 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
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: EPICentre in the news 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).
UNESCO Chair Webinar titled 'SMARTnet – Non-Engineered Seismic Design 2.0' 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:
UNESCO Chair Webinar titled 'SMARTnet – Non-Engineered Seismic Design 2.0' 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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New journal article on the seismic performance assessment of non-engineered masonry schools 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 .
Appropriate structural engineering in humanitarian and international development contexts 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
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
20/08/2022
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://bit.ly/3dymMOT
18/07/2022
EPICentre Journal Paper on FRP retrofitting is most-cited in the ASCE Journal of Composite for Construction
The state-of-the-art review paper “Seismic Retrofit Schemes with FRP for Deficient RC Beam-Column Joints: State-of-the-Art Review”, authored by Daniel Pohoryles (now European Commission, JRC), Jose Melo (now University of Porto) with Prof. Tiziana Rossetto, Prof. Humberto Varum (University of Porto) and Prof. Luke Bisby (University of Edinburgh) is the most-cited article in the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Composites for Construction from the past 3 years. The article stems from the very successful collaborative research project Challenging RISK project funded by EPSRC (EP/K022377/1).
The review critically assessed experimental research on the seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete beam-column joints with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets over the past 20 years. Making use of the large database of experimental data collected for the review, an assessment of different joint shear strengthening equations was also provided.
For more information, you can find the article here: https://buff.ly/3yMjoXN
11/07/2022
Join our course on “Classification & Vulnerability Evaluation of School Buildings for Seismic Risk Reduction” by EPICentre as part of UNESCO Chair activities. 💻🏚️
18 - 19 July @ 14:00
Information & Registration: https://buff.ly/3u6Hpax
27/06/2022
Join our online course on
“Classification & Vulnerability Evaluation of School Buildings for Seismic Risk Reduction”
by EPICentre as part of UNESCO Chair activities. 🎓
18 - 19 July @ 14:00
Information & Registration: https://buff.ly/3u6Hpax
23/06/2022
Join us TODAY Online 🛰️ Thur. 23 June for next by Rafael Fernández Universidad de Los Andes on "A decision-making framework for school infrastructure improvement" 🎓
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Everyone is welcomed 🎈
A decision-making framework for school infrastructure improvement In this Online Seminar, Rafael Fernández discusses a decision-making framework that prioritizes school infrastructure investment with limited budgets against natural hazard threat.
