UBC experts on Great BC ShakeOut and disaster preparedness

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Ayomide Gbadamosi

On October 19, B.C. will hold the Great BC ShakeOut as part of efforts to prepare communities for a big earthquake in the region.

UBC experts are available to comment on the exercise, earthquakes and other natural disasters, and emergency preparation and management.

Dr. Trevor Carey (he/him)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Interview language(s): English

  • Geotechnical engineering, liquefaction and Cascadia subduction zone impacts
  • Earthquake impacts and preparedness in B.C. and Pacific Northwest


    • Brett Gilley (he/him)
    Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

    Interview language(s): English

  • Explaining landslides, earthquakes and natural disasters to a non-expert audience


    • Dr. Frank Lam
    Professor, Department of Wood Science

    Interview language(s): English

  • Modelling and testing of timber components and structures subject to seismic and other loadings


    • Dr. Minghao Li (he/him)
    Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science

    Interview language(s): English, Mandarin

  • Timber engineering, mass timber, structural design, cross laminated timber, seismic resilience


    • Dr. Carlos Molina Hutt (he/him)
    Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

    Interview language(s): English, Spanish

  • Earthquake engineering, performance-based seismic design, seismic resilience, risk analysis, high-rise buildings, innovative structural systems


    • Dr. Mehrtash Motamedi (he/him)
    Research Associate and Engineering Manager, Earthquake Engineering Research Facility

    Interview language(s): English, Farsi

  • Manages research and commercial testing projects at UBC-s Earthquake Engineering Research Facility


    • Dr. Sara Shneiderman
    Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    Interview language(s): English

  • Preparedness, social and cultural impacts of disaster and disaster response


    • Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki (he/him)
    Research Associate and Sessional Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering

    Interview language(s): English, Farsi

  • Civil infrastructure repair & strengthening, seismic building codes


    • Dr. Coll Thrush (he/him)
    Professor, Department of History

    Interview language(s): English

  • Colonialism and seismology, Indigenous knowledge of earthquakes and tsunamis


    • Dr. Lisa Tobber
    Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan

    Interview language(s): English

  • Seismic design of buildings
  • Structural engineering; developing resilient and smart cities through multi-hazard design procedures; development of innovative structural components; advanced numerical simulations; and experimental testing


    • Dr. Tony T.Y. Yang (he/him)
    Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

    Interview language(s): English, Mandarin

  • Structural and earthquake engineering


  • Developed multiple high-performance systems for earthquake applications
  • Member of the standing committee for earthquake design, which writes the seismic design provision for the National Building Code of Canada


    • Co-led a research expedition to Turkiye to study impacts of the February 2023 earthquake and implications for emergency management practices in Canada

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