Armen Der Kiureghian Gives Prestigious Lecture in Germany

Featured Faculty: Armen Der Kiureghian

Professor Armen Der Kiureghian, Taisei Chair of Civil Engineering and faculty member in the Civil Systems and Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials programs, gave an important lecture at the Oskar Von Miller Forum in Munich, Germany.

Der Kiureghian's lecture was on the increasing density, complexity and interdependency of large cities that has dramatically increased the vulnerability of human communities to natural and man-made hazards. One example of such a hazard is earthquakes.

He examined how the information in the aftermath of a major earthquake influences assessment
of the system state, and how that information can be used to make decisions regarding the prioritization ranking of inspections of the system components.

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