SONATA Sensor-driven statistical tools to evaluate risks and manage safety in the built environment
Description
The SONATA project aims to improve earthquake safety in Italy’s built environment, with a special focus on non-structural elements that significantly impact economic losses and recovery. Using innovative tools like the 9DLAB shaking table, sensors, AI, and image recognition, SONATA will develop advanced methods to assess seismic damage and create accurate fragility functions. These tools will be integrated into a prototype system and tested through a real-world case study to support effective risk management and decision-making.
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Project news
Multiple SONATA contributions at ECEE 2026
The group will present four SONATA project updates at the 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Berlin, Germany, covering sensor-based damage assessment, image-based detection of non-structural elements, shake-table prototype testing, and the overall system architecture.
First experimental tests completed
The first set of experiments on three gypsum partition walls (drywalls) were tested in the 9DLAB facility at Eucentre
Project officially underway!
The SONATA has officially started with 3 new members joining the team.
Project interview with Eucentre blog
Check out a brief interview on the SONATA project in the Eucentre Foundation's blog
Related publications
- {““Shahnazaryan, D., Todaro, M., Guamán, M., Ozsarac, V., Sivori, D., & O’Reilly, G. J. (2026) Prototype System Architecture for SONATA”=>”Sensor-Driven Statistical Tools to Evaluate and Manage Safety in the Built Environment. 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Berlin, Germany.””}
- {““Sivori, D., Guamán, M., Todaro, M., Ozsarac, V., Shahnazaryan, D., & O’Reilly, G. J. (2026) Advancing sensing solutions for data-driven seismic damage assessment of non-structural elements”=>”current challenges and future directions. 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Berlin, Germany.””}
- “Guamán, M., Todaro, M., Ozsarac, V., Shahnazaryan, D., Sivori, D., & O’Reilly, G. J. (2026) Towards Automated Image-Based Detection of Non-Structural Elements. 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Berlin, Germany.”
- “Todaro, M., Guamán, M., Shahnazaryan, D., Sivori, D., Ozsarac, V., & O’Reilly, G. J. (2026) Shake-table prototype testing for sensor-based seismic damage assessment of non-structural elements. 18th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Berlin, Germany.”
- “O’Reilly, G. J., Ozsarac, V., & Shahnazaryan, D. (2026) Conversion of Seismic Fragility and Vulnerability Models to Alternative Intensity Measures for Regional Risk Analysis. Earthquake Spectra, 42(3).”
- “O’Reilly, G. J., and Nakashima, M. (2026) Issues in the fragility analysis of non-structural elements and the role of structural health monitoring. 6th International Workshop on Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (SPONSE), Tokyo, Japan.”