INFRARISK- Summer Workshop 2023

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The ninth edition, and the last one, of the  INFRARISK- Summer Workshop was held at IST, Lisbon, on the 7th of July 2023.

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

This year the workshop had the participation of Dr. Desmond Hartford, member of Board of Advisors of the PhD program. 

Dr. Serena Cattari was the keynote speaker of the event and delivered the lecture titled ‘Needs and Challenges in Developing the Italian Seismic Risk Assessment of the School Buildings Stock‘.

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

At this event, as it is the final one, Professor Rita Bento delivered the Final Recap of the doctoral program. The presentation is available here

Detailed program is available here

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.