NSET collaborates with Laboratories University Network of Seismic Engineering (RELUIS) and School of Engineering-University of Basilicata (UNIBAS), Italy for joint initiatives towards Earthquake Risk Reduction

Laboratories University Network of Seismic Engineering (RELUIS), School of Engineering-University of Basilicata (UNIBAS),Italy and National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 2, 2013 amidst a workshop organized in Potenza, Italy for joint collaboration on earthquake engineering and seismic risk reduction. Director General of Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC), Nepal, Mr. Shambhu KC was also present on the occasion.

Under the MOU, RELUIS, UNIBAS and the NSET agreed to;

» Scientifically cooperate in the fields of natural hazards, scientific exchange of professionals and faculties on earthquake engineering and risk reduction, and joint researches in Nepal in aspects of earthquake risk management

»Conduct their cooperation in a multilateral collaborative frame and conduct a joint research on earthquake vulnerability and risk reduction measures for major building types in Nepal

»Promote initiation of common research projects, exchange of researchers and the organisation of joint workshops and seminars. In particular, to foster collaboration, the three partners will focus on:

     •Vulnerability assessment of selected representative buildings in Kathmandu using the techniques being extensively applied by UNIBAS;

     •Development of feasible retrofitting techniques for strengthening the vulnerable existing building

     •Exchange of professionals and faculties during the research

     •Training programs for relevant professionals on the methodology and benefits of vulnerability assessment;

     •Develop further study including the evaluation of soil-structure interaction.

The collaboration will include all the activities of common interest in the above frames with the aim of benefitting from the synergy of the know-how and expertise of the two institutes. The scientific and technical results of cooperative projects will be shared and / or commonly published.

RELUIS is an interuniversity consortium with the purpose to coordinate the University Laboratories activities of earthquake engineering, giving scientific, organizational, technical and financial supports to associated University and promoting their participation to scientific and technological oriented activities in seismic engineering area, accordant with national and international research plans in this area. Close cooperation with national and international partners is a guiding principle for its activities.

UNIBAS is part of RELUIS and maintains various instrument tools for field research and for structural health monitoring and a group of specialists mainly focused on the following activities: seismic risk, including hazard and vulnerability, landslide and hydrogeological risk; the activities are carried out by means on-site and in-laboratory tests.

Also UNIBAS and NSET are both partners of Eurasian Universities Network for International Collaboration on Earthquakes (EU-NICE) Program, a scholarship and mobility project funded by the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Partnership (EMA2) coordinated by the Sapienza University of Rome.

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