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Dr. Garciano presents paper at the TSLEE 2016 -Shanghai, China

 

Dr. Lessandro Garciano, a full-time Assoc. Professor of the civil engineering department, presented a paper with co-authors, Assoc. Prof. Khin Aye Mon (YTU), Prof. Takeshi Koike (retired professor of Kyoto University / JICA expert), Mr. Nishikawa and Professor Junji Kiyono (Kyoto University)  entitled "A Simplified Seismic Design Method of Water Lifelines in Developing Countries" at the   7^th US – Japan – China Tripartite Symposium on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TSLEE 2016) recently held at Tongji University, Shanghai, China from June 1 to 4, 2016.  This symposium was co-organized by the International Society of Lifeline and Infrastructure Earthquake Engineering (ISLIEE), Tongji University, Kanazawa University and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division. 

There were 4 keynote lectures, 5 invited Lectures and 82 full papers in 12 parallel sessions. The main objective of the Symposium was to provide a forum for Chinese, Japanese and US professional lifeline engineers and researchers, for mutual exchange of recent results of main investigations on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, including buried pipeline, bridge, road and railway systems (http://www.tslee2016.org).

        A similar conference can be organized in our country to serve as a platform for experts, engineers, country leaders and stakeholders to discuss current problems / solutions and research activities on aging infrastructure, lifeline vulnerability and resilience. In doing so,  vulnerabilities can be addressed prior to an extreme event, communities are equipped and prepared to respond and can quickly recover from a catastrophe. This local conference will also help push the state-of-the-art in lifeline and infrastructure earthquake engineering and cultivate young minds to pursue a career or research work in this field.

Reported by LEO Garciano

BSMS-CIV student, Caringal at IABSE Conference Guangzhou 2016

Caringal at IABSE Conference Guangzhou 2016

The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Conference with the theme of “Bridges and Structures Sustainability – Seeking Intelligent Solutions” was held at Dongfang Hotel, Guangzhou, China last May 8-11, 2016,. The 22^nd National Conference of Bridge Engineering of China was also held simultaneously in the said event.

Kristian Lawrence Caringal, BSMS CIV student and DOST-ERDT scholar, presented a technical paper co-authored with his adviser, Dr. Andres Winston Oreta entitled “Numerical Investigation on the Effects of Local Damage to the Dynamic Properties of Buildings Using Limited Vibration Data” under the parallel session on Intelligent Solutions – Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) at the IABSE Conference. The paper discussed how to use data from accelerometers installed in a building to provide an estimate of the condition of a structure at any point in time.

Kristian Lawrence Caringal presenting his paper

A technical visit was also included in the 4-day program of the conference. Caringal joined the participants as they visited the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge (HZMB). It connects Hong Kong on the east bank of the Pearl River Delta to Zhuhai and Macao on the west bank. The project is about 55 km in total length, with a main bridge of 29.6 km, including 22.9 km in bridges, 6.7 km in immersed tube tunnels, and 1.25 km in artificial islands. The conference trip was supported by ERDT.

Technical Visit at HZMB