Earthquake Engineering

Earthquake Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities that seek to minimise the damage and disruption communities suffer when hit by an earthquake. The subject includes:

Assessing the tectonic and fault mechanisms that generate earthquake to estimate when they will occur and how large they will be
Understanding how the earthquake energy transmits through the ground
Quantifying the likely ground surface responses at a specific site throughout the life of a structure
Assessing the liquefaction potential of soils at specific sites
Designing structures and lifeline services (electricity, gas, transport, water and wastewater) to minimise the damage and disruption during and after an earthquake
Planning for emergency response and post-earthquake recovery
Preparing communities for earthquakes

Unless applicants have a strong background in earthquake engineering, they will only be admitted in the February of each year.