Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Reliability of Structures, Landslide Mitigation, Disaster preparedness and management.
The Centre of Excellence for Structural Engineering and Disaster Management was setup in the year 2018 in Department of Civil Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat. It has seven faculty members and two technical assistants. The major activities conducted under the aegis of the centre are: research, teaching, continuing education, consultancies, conferences and workshops. These activities are for the fundamental understanding and reasoning in the field of structural engineering, disaster resilience and building dynamics. The primary areas of focus in the centre are: structural behavior subjected to various types of loading, design of specialty structures, research and development of advanced materials for structural and non structural applications, single and multi hazard assessment studies, structural health monitoring and continuous assessment of risk and vulnerability, design and development of green construction technologies, disaster preparedness and mitigation. The centre encourages higher education in the field of structural engineering and disaster management. The centre has conducted numerous workshops/ symposia on basic understanding on concrete mix design methodology and high-performance concrete, application of civil engineering software for research scholars, academicians, industry personnel’s and government officials.
