Earthquake and structural engineering

Our world-class research program in earthquake and structural engineering focuses on understanding how key infrastructure stands up to extreme forces such as an earthquake. We simulate earthquake effects on large-scale models and use those results to engineer safer buildings, bridges and roads.

See the Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research (CCEER).

Faculty in earthquake and structural engineering

Earthquake & Structural Engineering Bayesian Inference, Model Updating, Uncertainty Quantification, Model Inversion, Data Assimilation, Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification, Damage Identification, Computational Mechanics, Nonlinear Modeling, Disaster Resilience, Risk Engineering, Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Experimental Mechanics
Hamed Ebrahimian
Hamed Ebrahimian
Associate Professor | Simon Wong Faculty Scholar of Structural Engineering He, him, his
(775) 682-6567
hebrahimian@unr.edu
SEM 218
1366 Bayesian Inference, Model Updating, Uncertainty Quantification, Model Inversion, Data Assimilation, Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification, Damage Identification, Computational Mechanics, Nonlinear Modeling, Disaster Resilience, Risk Engineering, Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Experimental Mechanics
Earthquake & Structural Engineering
Elnaz Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi
Elnaz Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi
Associate Professor
(775) 682-6568
elnaze@unr.edu
SEM 214
1366
Earthquake & Structural Engineering
Patrick Laplace
Patrick Laplace
Research Associate Professor
(775) 784-8080
plaplace@unr.edu
EEL 118
1366
Earthquake & Structural Engineering
Gokhan Pekcan
Gokhan Pekcan
Professor | Graduate Program Director | Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
(775) 784-4512
pekcan@unr.edu
SEM 130B
1366
Earthquake & Structural Engineering
Floriana Petrone
Floriana Petrone
Associate Professor | M. Saiid and Sohila Saiidi Civil Engineering Faculty Scholar
(775) 682-6582
florianapetrone@unr.edu
SEM 216
1366
Earthquake & Structural Engineering seismic isolation, nonstructural components
Keri Ryan
Keri Ryan
School Head, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering | E.W. McKenzie Foundation Endowed Professor
(775) 784-6928
klryan@unr.edu
SEM 103
1366 seismic isolation, nonstructural components
Earthquake & Structural Engineering
Mostafa Tazarv
Mostafa Tazarv
Associate Professor
(775) 682-6708
mtazarv@unr.edu
SEM 227
1366