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SUMMARY:Hazard\, Ageing\, Probability and Why Infrastructure Needs to be D
 esigned for Performance
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr Dimitrios Vamvatsikos\, Assistant Professor\, Institu
 te of Steel Structures\, School of Civil Engineering\, National Technical 
 University of Athens\, Greece\nAbstract : A civil engineering project is a
  difficult battle with nature. We are fighting against uncertain loads\, m
 aterials and ageing under changing climatic conditions\, using imperfect a
 nalysis/modeling tools\, and under severe financial\, operational and arch
 itectural constraints. Our staunchest ally in this endeavor seems to be th
 e design code that offers some standardization to the design process and e
 ssentially represents a social contract on what constitutes an acceptable 
 structure. At the same time\, though\, the design code may also obscure so
 me fundamental principles that one seems to apply when making everyday fin
 ancial decisions\, like buying a car\, a smartphone or a computer\, but no
 t necessarily when building vastly more expensive infrastructure (ports\, 
 bridges\, pipelines\, etc.). In a market saturated with competing consumer
  products that cater to every user need and purse size\, it seems that ver
 y few structural solutions are made available to a risk-conscious future b
 uilding owner. In the course of the presentation we shall argue the case f
 or designing to cater to a user’s needs\, going beyond the structural co
 de to achieve sui generis structures with the required performance.\n \nB
 io: Dr. Vamvatsikos studied civil engineering at the National Technical Un
 iversity of Athens (Diploma\, 1997) and at Stanford University (MSc 1998\,
  PhD 2002). Since 2011 he has joined the Institute of Steel Structures at 
 NTUA\, where he holds the position of Assistant Professor specializing in 
 the static and dynamic analysis of steel structures. His research interest
 s are focused on integrating structural modeling\, computational technique
 s\, probabilistic concepts and experimental results into a coherent framew
 ork for the performance evaluation of structures and infrastructure under 
 man-made and natural hazards. His seminal work in risk assessment via Incr
 emental Dynamic Analysis has received wide attention leading to more than 
 2000 citations. He has co-operated with leading structural engineering fir
 ms (ARUP\, Halcrow/CH2M)\, the oil&gas industry (Shell\, ExxonMobil)\, cat
 astrophe risk modelers (AIR Worldwide\, RED Srl)\, and insurance/reinsuran
 ce companies (AXA Insurance)\, while his research has been funded by the A
 pplied Technology Council\, the Federal Emergency Management Agency\, the 
 US National Institute of Standards and Technology  and the European Commi
 ssion. He is a long-time collaborator of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM)
  Foundation and has contributed to the GEM vulnerability assessment guidel
 ines and the Risk Modeler’s Toolkit for OpenQuake.
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