Research

Research Interests

Primary research interests include the seismic design and assessment of structures to incorporate innovative aspects of performance-based earthquake engineering; the seismic vulnerability of existing structures and ways to quantify the associated seismic risk and the direct monetary losses (both structural and non-structural). Current research addresses the derivation of efficient engineering demand parameters to account for damage accumulation in reinforced concrete structures due to the in-plane and out-of-plane interaction and the regional assessment of building portfolio using more efficient intensity measures through the generation of ShakeMaps validated using empirical data.

Additional research interests include damage classification using machine-learning techniques, correlation of macroseismic intensities with more efficient intensity measures, multi-hazard assessment;