Research Centers for Earthquake Engineering
EUCENTRE
Eucentre is a non profit Foundation launched by the Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, the Università degli Studi di Pavia and the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia, with the aim of promoting, sustaining and overseeing training and research in the field of the reduction of seismic risk, through the following actions:
- Developement of applied research in the field of seismic engineering, oriented towards reaching concrete goals of evaluation and reduction of vulerability and risk;
- Development of activities useful for the definition of specific lines of public action, guidelines and regulator documents, bearing in mind the state of the art in the international scene as well;
- Training personnel with strong scientific and professional capabilities in the field of seismic engineering, in particular, in the field of seismology, geology, geotechnics, behaviour of materials and structures, design of new structures, evaluation and retrofit of existing structures, even in emergency situations;
- Carrying out scientific and technical consultancy at a national and international level, in the field of seismic engineering.
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