Current Team

Volkan Özsaraç

Seismic vulnerability assessment of the built environment through simulated design

Postdoctoral Researcher

May 2024 - present

Davit Shahnazaryan

Development of research software tools for seismic risk assessment of the built environment

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dec 2021 - present

PhD Researcher

Sept 2017 - Nov 2021

Thesis: Integrated Performance-Based Seismic Design: Traversing Affordances for Practical Implementation [PDF]

Vitor A. Monteiro

Regional seismic risk assessment incorporating spatial correlation of next-generation intensity measures

PhD Researcher

Oct 2024 - Oct 2027 (expected)

Tomas Mejia Saldarriaga

Regional seismic risk assessment of structures incorporating building-to-building damage correlations

PhD Researcher

Oct 2024 - Oct 2027 (expected)

MSc Student

Feb 2024 – Sept 2024

Thesis: Quantifying the impacts of structure-to-structure damage correlation on regional seismic risk assessment [PDF]

Serkan Hasanoğlu

Seismic risk analysis of Turkish residential building taxonomies through simulated design

PhD Researcher

Oct 2022 - Oct 2026 (expected)

José Poveda

Investigating impacts of ground motion and hazard definitions in the seismic analysis and capacity design of reinforced concrete wall buildings

PhD Researcher

Oct 2022 - Oct 2026 (expected)

Eyal Shalev

Investigating the impacts of the new Eurocode 8's design provisions on the seismic performance of steel frame structures

MSc Student

Feb 2024 – present

Luca Cavecchi

Investigating the impacts of energy dissipation and cumulative damage in seismic fragility analysis of masonry infills

MSc Student

Feb 2025 – present