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Truly looking forward to chairing the upcoming WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations - CDRM webinar entitled 'Risk Informed and Participatory Planning for Resilient Future Cities: Shocasing the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) Implementation in Tomorrow's Rapti'. This time, we will have the pleasure and honour to listening to Vibek Manandhar and Dr Prashant Rawal, respectively Project Manager and Research Associate at the National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET) who will discuss the successful deployment of the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE) in the Rapti, the capital city of Lumbini Province, Nepal, particularly challenged by rapidly evolving climate change-related disasters. When: 21/06/2024 - 14.00 pm BST Where: online - via Zoom. Find out more and register at: https://lnkd.in/eR6hzK2b Zoom link to register: https://lnkd.in/eVgue9P7 Looking forward to e-seeing you there!

We are very happy to announce that our proposal titled "Public Health and Earthquake Engineering (HASDEM): Reduction of Earthquake-Induced Physical and Social Risks, and Urban Resilience Building for Türkiye" was successful at the TÜBİTAK's 1001 Caba funding competition, under the leadership of Gaziantep Üniversitesi's ELİF OKŞAN ÇALIKOĞLU and UCL's Kökcan Dönmez with a stellar team composed of Prof.Dr.Emine Didem Evci Kiraz, Ayşen ÖZMEN, @Pinar Okyay, Fatma Sevil Malcioglu, Cassidy Johnson and Emily So. The HASDEM project aims to minimise the consequences caused by disasters and enhance the resilience of communities by combining public health, epidemiology, and earthquake engineering disciplines through an innovative and pioneering approach. This project draws on significant information, insights, and evidence from the #2023TürkiyeEarthquakes. The unique value of HASDEM lies in bridging public health and earthquake engineering, reinterpreting and defining social vulnerability factors in pre-disaster quantitative risk assessments, strengthening post-disaster emergency intervention strategies, and redefining urban resilience. This study was supported by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under the Grant Number 124M089 The authors thank to TUBITAK for their supports. -------- "Halk Sağlığı ve Deprem Mühendisliği (HASDEM): Türkiye için Deprem Kaynaklı Fiziksel ve Sosyal Risklerin Azaltılması ve Kentsel Direnç İnşası" baslikli proje basvurumuzun TUBITAK 1001 Caba programi tarafindan fonlanma karari almasindan dolayi buyuk mutluluk duymaktayiz. Proje ekibimizi olusturan herkese kucak dolusu tesekkurler: ELİF OKŞAN ÇALIKOĞLU, Kökcan Dönmez, Prof.Dr.Emine Didem Evci Kiraz, Ayşen ÖZMEN, @Pinar Okyay, Fatma Sevil Malcioglu, Cassidy Johnson ve Emily So. HASDEM projesi, halk sağlığı, epidemiyoloji ve deprem mühendisliği disiplinlerini birleştirerek yenilikçi ve öncü bir yaklaşımla, afetlerin yol açtığı zararları en aza indirmeyi ve toplumların afetlere dayanıklılığını güçlendirmeyi amaçlayan bir inisiyatiftir. Bu proje, özellikle 2023 Türkiye depremlerinden elde edilen önemli bilgi, öğrenim ve kanıtları temel alır ve çeşitli hedefleri bünyesinde barındırır. HASDEM'in özgün değeri, bir bütün olarak halk sağlığı ve deprem mühendisliği arasında köprü kurarak, afet öncesi kapsamda nicel risk değerlendirmelerindeki sosyal kırılganlık unsurlarını yeniden yorumlamayı ve tanımlamayı, afet sonrası acil durum müdahale stratejilerini güçlendirmeyi ve kentsel ölçekte dirençliliği küresel standartlara göre belirlemeyi amaçlamasında yatar. Bu çalısma, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastırma Kurumu (TÜBITAK) tarafından 124M089 numaralı proje ile desteklenmistir. Projeye verdigi destekten ötürü TÜBITAK’a tesekkürlerimizi sunarız. #publichealth #DRR #earthquakeengineering #epidemiology #urbanresilience UCL Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering EPICentre UCL EEFIT

I am deeply grateful to #NERC for their support of #EEFIT, which enabled me, alongside my enthusiastic co-investigators Michael Whitworth and Fabio Freddi, to lead a mission to #Morocco for the investigation of #landslides and #assessment of #seismic #damage of villages nestled in the #HighAtlasMountains, affected by the #September #2023earthquake. We have just returned from the field investigation, and my big thank you goes to our entire team: Martin Stokes, Keith Adams, Marco Redaelli; Giorgia Giardina, Roberto Gentile, Alejandra A., Jacob Black; Sarah Esper, Zeyad Khalil; Riccardo Vitale, Mauritz Feldbrugge, @Chian Siau Chen, Darren, for their commitment and hard work. The support from the locals Khalid Amrouch (PhD); Belfoul Alaeddine, Hamza S.; Asmaa Maaroufi; Hiba Shaimed; Gary Martin, Rachid AITBABAHMAD; Aghraz Abdellah; Loudyi Dalila; Abdeslam Yahyaoui; Hassan Kaddouri; Hassan Naciry; Khalid Baddou and program #ReBuild played a vital role in the success of our field mission, and for that, we are truly appreciative. Thanks to Valentina Putrino,  our chair, for her consistent encouragement, and to Pietro Milillo, Fatemeh Foroughnia for their remote support. The experience of leading this mission has been incredibly rewarding, and I'm eager to share more insights with you all. Please #stay #tuned for the date of the presentation at #EEFIT.

The Special Issue on "Alternative Data Collection and Analysis Methods for #DisasterReconnaissance" at Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering is on full blast. Papers published so far: 1. "Integrating post-event very high resolution SAR imagery and machine learning for building-level earthquake damage assessment" led by @TUDelft's wonderful Valentina Macchiarulo and Giorgia Giardina in collaboration with University of Houston's Pietro Milillo and AECOM's Michael Whitworth, focussing on #postevent Very High Resolution Space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar #VHR #SAR data and Machine Learning for #regionalscale post-earthquake damage assessment at the individual #building-level. 2. "Utilizing digital technologies for rapid damage assessment and reconnaissance: the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş-Türkiye earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and Mw 7.6)" by Ahmet Bahaddin Ersoz and Onur Pekcan (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University ODTÜ İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü), and Murat Altun, Türker Teke and @Ozgur Aydogmus (i4) discussing the #SiteEye software which played a critical role in managing and analyzing a massive dataset comprising over 28,000 images and videos during the post-disaster reconnaissance efforts following the Türkiye earthquakes. 3. "A hybrid model for post-earthquake performance assessments in challenging contexts" by University of Notre Dame's Tracy Kijewski-Correa, @Eric Canales, Rachel Hamburger, Angelique Mbabazi and Lamarre Presuma, and Stanford University's Meredith (Mia) Lochhead, describing a multiphase hybrid assessment conducting rapid assessments with wide coverage followed by detailed assessments of specific building subclasses following the 2021 M7.2 earthquake in Haiti. You can access these papers and the others that are currently in the pipeline and will be available very soon here: https://lnkd.in/dUG_vf7j If you're interested in submitting to our special issue please get in touch! UCL UCL Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering EPICentre UCL Emily So The Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge EEFIT UNESCO CHAIR in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering

The University of Bristol is hosting a tribute event to Prof. John Macdonald, Professor of Structural Dynamics and a valuable member of the SECED - Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics community who sadly passed away two years ago. We are sure that many of our members will have known Prof. Macdonald, either personally or through his work. The event will be held on 15th May (Wednesday) at 1pm, and offers both in-person and online options. Links for registration and online Teams attendance are given below. - Eventbrite registration here: https://lnkd.in/eMeAG5V5 - Teams: https://lnkd.in/emPh66EM (Meeting ID: 354 354 050 915; Passcode: 3stQTi) More details of the programme and speakers see the attached poster.

As I reflect on today's EEFIT Annual General Meeting - the last one as Chair, I'm reminded of the remarkable journey that began in 2014 when I first joined EEFIT as a student member and I got given the opportunity to take part to my first EEFIT Mission, in the aftermath of the 2016 Central Italy EQ. From those early days to the present, the path has been marked by the unwavering support and guidance of individuals who have played key roles in my growth. I owe a debt of gratitude to Joshua Macabuag FREng MICE, whose mentorship has been instrumental in shaping my understanding of the responsibilities of an EEFIT Chair, and to Matthew Free, whose steadfast support and availability have bolstered my confidence, particularly during my tenure as one of the youngest Committee Chairs that EEFIT has ever had. My gratitude goes to all the EEFIT Mission Leads, Co-leads, and Team Members who - during my time as EEFIT Chair - have deployed to numerous earthquake-affected areas, tirelessly gathering data and sharing their findings with the scientific community. I am grateful for the enthusiasm and dedication of our Young Members, who are the future of EEFIT. And to the EEFIT Research Grant awardees, who have consistently been impressing us with their research proposals and interesting topics and for pushing the quality bar higher, every year. It has been an honour working with you and learning from you all. Thanks to SECED - Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics - who has welcomed EEFIT's contribution during the 2023 'Earthquake Engineering & Dynamics for a Sustainable Future' Conference. I am deeply thankful to Allan Brereton, and to The Institution of Structural Engineers, the Organisation under which EEFIT operates. Last - but certainly not least - I am profoundly grateful to Ariel Re for believing and supporting my academic pursuits in the field of Earthquake Engineering. I am truly fortunate to have their backing as I continue to pursue my passions in this space.

With Fabio Freddi, Michael Whitworth, Martin Stokes, and Belfoul Alaeddine, excited to kick off the first day of our field mission in #Morocco as part of #EEFIT. We're here to assess the impact of the recent #2023Earthquake and gather critical data to inform future resilience and help build a safer future. #FieldMission #Seismic #Resilience