INFRARISK- Summer Workshop 2016

The second edition of the  INFRARISK- Summer Workshop was held at FEUP, Porto, on the 8th of July 2016.

This year the workshop had the participation of  Prof. Atilla Ansal and Prof. Desmond Hartford, members of Board of Advisors of the PhD program. Prof. Desmond Hartford gave the keynote lecture entitled ‘Risk Engineering at the Boundary between Science, Policy and Politics‘. Detailed program of the workshop is available here.

Research work carried out in the scope of the scholarships attributed in the framework of the Doctoral Program InfraRisk- was presented and discussed:

PhD Students 2015

PhD Students 2014

The workshop promoted interaction, discussion of future development amongst participants, colleagues and academic staff from the Board of Studies (BoS) to PhD Supervisors.

Scope
The Doctoral Program InfraRisk- is focused on the following main research domains within civil engineering: (i) Conduct hazard assessment; (ii) Perform vulnerability analysis of the several infrastructures, including the interdependence effects; (iii) Propose and prioritize solutions and techniques for the strengthening and rehabilitation of infrastructures; (iv) Contribute to define prevention and preparedness policies and measures aiming at the enhancement of socio-economic resilience.
Institutions
The Doctoral Program in Analysis and Mitigation of Risks in Infrastructures involves a partnership between four universities - University of Lisbon - Técnico Lisboa (IST), University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Minho (UMinho) and University of Aveiro (UA) - the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) and ICIST (Instituto de Engenharia de Estruturas, Território e Construção). The degree attributed to the candidates will be a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from one of the partner higher education institutions.