http://www.epicentreonline.com Earthquake and People Interaction Centre Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:47:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dr Ruben Borg (University of Malta) will be giving an EPICentre seminar on Tuesday 22nd June 2010 at 5.30pm. Venue: Chadwick Lecture Theatre (Basement of the Chadwick Building). Directions: The Chadwick Building can be found immediately to the right of the main UCL gates on Gower Street. See map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res Topic title: "Seismic Damage ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1093 Dr Tiziana Rossetto (UCL, EPICentre) and Dr Beverley Adams (ImageCat Ltd) talk about the Haiti Earthquake and the Virtual Disaster Viewer (VDV) in UCL People Magazine: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-news/ucl-people/uclp_2010  The creation of the VDV is part of the EPICentre's IMPACT and Resilience Indicator Project in collaboration with ImageCat Ltd. http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1083 Conference Date/Time: Thursday 4 November 2010, 9am Venue: Old Refectory, UCL, London (see map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res) The 2010 SECED Young Engineers Conference aims to bring together young engineers from both industry and universities to meet and interchange ideas related to the study and practice of earthquake engineering and civil engineering dynamics. The conference focuses ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1069 Helen Bottomley & Giorgia Cerruti (former graduates of the MSc in Geophysical Hazards, UCL) will be giving an EPICentre seminar on Tuesday 4 May at 5.30pm. Venue: Malet Place Engineering Building (MPEB), room 1.20. Directions: The MPEB is based Malet Place. See map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res Title: Indi Wanders: a transformative approach to hazard awareness and ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1063 An EPICentre seminar will be given by Iunio Iervolino (University of Naples) at UCL on Tuesday 27th April, 5.30pm. Venue: Chadwick Building, room 218 (2nd floor) see map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res Title: Near-Source Pulse-Like Seismic Demand Abstract: Directivity in earthquakes is such that a site located close to the source of a seismic event may be ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1058 We have just added the following vacancies within partnering organisations, UNHABITAT and CordAid, to our Jobs page: Human Settlements Officer/Earthquake Engineer Wanted (based in Iran) CordAid: Team Member Needed to Facilitate Data Analysis (Short Term Position in Haiti) For more information visit our jobs page: http://www.epicentreonline.com/?page_id=9 http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1053 The Tsunami Generator at H. R. Wallingford is the first to recreate a trough-led wave, tsunami waves that drain water from beaches on approach and which were responsible for the devastation seen in the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Tiziana Rossetto (Director of the EPICentre) spoke to New Scientist and "Wired" about ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1038 Tiziana Rossetto spoke with the New Scientist about the kinds of careers aspiring earthquake engineers can pursue. The MSc in Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management was also mentioned as course for would-be engineers hoping to work in the field. See the full article here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527501.700-how-to-build-a-way-out-of-disaster.html?full=true http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1011 Prof Ian Dowman (UCL, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) will be giving a seminar on: Thursday 25th March at 1pm, Chadwick Lecture Theatre (Chadwick Building) Title: The Application of Geomatics to Disaster Management Abstract: This presentation will outline the technologies which are available for disaster management, which include imagery, lidar, SAR Interferometry, GNSS and ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=1009 We have issued a CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the SECED Young Engineers Conference 2010 – deadline for abstract submission is Friday 14th May 2010. Conference Date/Time: Thursday 4 November 2010, 9am Venue: Old Refectory, UCL, London (see map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/ucl-maps/map2_low_res) The 2010 SECED Young Engineers Conference aims to bring together young engineers from both industry ... http://www.epicentreonline.com/?p=999