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Building resilient communities through earthquake reconnaissance

Earthquake reconnaissance plays an invaluable role in earthquake engineering. It enables the collection of perishable data on building performance that are otherwise unobtainable.

Project leader

Dr Sean Wilkinson 

Prof Tiziana Rossetto, UCL

Dr Emily So, University of Cambridge

Dates

April 2017 to December 2022

Project staff

Prof Philip James (CO-I)

Prof Dina D'Ayala (CO-I), UCL

Dr Diana Contreras Mojica

Dr Claire Ellul, (CO-I), UCL

Miss Enrica Verrucci, UCL

Miss Valentina Putrino, UCL

Sponsors

EPSRC

Partners

University of Cambridge

University College London (UCL)

Description

The project consists of five work packages. They include:

  • Missions
  • Return missions
  • Data collection protocols
  • Design and development of a 3D SDI
  • Mobile app for rapid visual surveying

The project team consists of nine people, which include two Professors, two Associate Professors, two Senior Lecturers, one Research Associate and two Research Assistants belonging to University of Cambridge,  the University College of London (UCL) and Newcastle University.

The aim of this project is to improve the understanding of earthquake impacts, response and recovery

It includes targeted data gathering in earthquake reconnaissance missions and research into better methods to collect, interpret, exploit and disseminate this data.