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 Assessment Methodologies: L’Aquila Earthquake, April 2009″

Abstract:

The presentation is divided in 2 parts; A. L’Aquila Earthquake Damage assessment methodology; B. Vesuvius Investigation – Structural Vulnerability; The historic centre of Torre del Greco, the Schools, the residential areas, The Golden Mile Villas.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-news/ucl-people/uclp_2010 

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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 on:

- Structural dynamics (experimental, numerical, practical)
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering (experimental, numerical, practical)
- Seismology and risk assessment
- Seismic retrofit

Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Ahmed Elghazouli (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London), Dr Stavroula Kontoe (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London) and Rob Smith (Arup).

Prizes: £100 and £50 prizes will be given to the two best papers presented at the Conference. (To qualify for prizes, the lead author and presenter must have been under 35 years old by 1st January 2010). We are also looking for sponsorship.

Registration: £165 (Includes the cost of food, conference dinner and conference proceedings.)

Call For Abstracts: this Deadline has been extended to Monday 30th May 2010.

Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 500 words and should include contact details of the corresponding author and affiliation of co-authors.

For an abstract template, more information on schedules, sponsorship packages and how to register please visit: http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/events/yec

Date for acceptance notification: Monday 14th August 2010
Submission of final papers: Friday 27th August 2010

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 preparedness

Abstract:
Despite public preparedness efforts in areas at risk of natural hazard events, including the North American cities of Los Angeles and Seattle, there remains a large proportion of the public who lack awareness and are not taking adequate steps towards being prepared.

Indi Wanders is a non-profit social enterprise focused on engaging local communities in disaster preparedness, and aims to facilitate communication between local communities and the disaster risk reduction (DRR)community, involving emergency management departments, hazards scientists and local emergency response groups.

During the seminar we will be introducing Indi Wanders and its principles, our Los Angeles-based work in public earthquake preparedness, and our plans for developing community preparedness projects in Los Angeles and Seattle – creating grassroots documentary films, integrating behavioural psychology, and addressing disconnect from the natural environment and ‘community’.

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 in a geometrical configuration with respect to the propagating rupture favoring the constructive interference of the approaching waves; i.e., a synchronization of phases causing a buildup of energy. This phenomenon requires the rupture propagating toward the site and the alignment of the site with the slip of the fault. Rupture directivity effects in ground motion are known since many years to both seismologists and earthquake engineers; i.e., the velocity fault-normal signals may show a large pulse occurring at the beginning of the record and containing the most of energy. The results are waveforms different from ordinary ground motions recorded in the far field or in geometrical conditions not favorable with respect to directivity. Current attenuation laws are not able to capture such effect well, if at all, and current probabilistic seismic hazard analysis is not able to predict the resulting peculiar spectral shape. Moreover, it is believed that structures with dynamic behavior in a range of periods related to the pulse period may be subjected to underestimated seismic demand. In the talk the near-source issue in earthquake engineering is discussed with respect to both hazard analysis and seismic action on structures. Analyses are based on a large dataset of identified pulse-like records. Finally, the attempt to identify near-source effects in the data recorded during the mainshock of the recent Abruzzo (central Italy) sequence is presented.

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Read the full article and see the Tsunami Generator in action at New Scientist and Wired:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627546.000-simulator-gets-to-the-bot

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-03/26/machine-recreates-the-2004-tsunami.aspx

See the full article here:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527501.700-how-to-build-a-way-out-of-disaster.html?full=true

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 GIS, and will show how these can be applied at all stages of the disaster management cycle. The presentation will also summarise the organisations which are concerned with disaster management, including the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), United Nations and other NGOs, and will discuss the their role disaster management.

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 on:

- Structural dynamics (experimental, numerical, practical)
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering (experimental, numerical, practical)
- Seismology and risk assessment
- Seismic retrofit

Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Ahmed Elghazouli (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London), Dr Stavroula Kontoe (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London) and Rob Smith (Arup).

Prizes: £100 and £50 prizes will be given to the two best papers presented at the Conference. (To qualify for prizes, the lead author and presenter must have been under 35 years old by 1st January 2010). We are also looking for sponsorship.

Registration: £165 (Includes the cost of food, conference dinner and conference proceedings.)

Call For Abstracts: Deadline is Friday 14th May 2010.

Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 500 words and should include contact details of the corresponding author and affiliation of co-authors.

For an abstract template, more information on schedules, sponsorship packages and how to register please visit:
http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/events/yec

Date for acceptance notification: Monday 14th August 2010
Submission of final papers: Friday 27th August 2010