Title

Estimating Earthquake Damage and its Role in Disaster Preparedness

Bio

CHIAN SIAU CHEN (DARREN)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, E1A 07-03, Singapore 117576
Tel: (65) 6516 4729
Email: sc.chian@nus.edu.sg
Office: E1-05-12
Dr. Chian Siau Chen, Darren is an associate professor in geotechnical engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Dr. Chian obtained his Ph.D. and B.Eng. from Cambridge University and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) respectively. Prior to joining NUS, Dr Chian was a post-doctoral research fellow at Tokyo Institute of Technology, working on geotechnical failures following the M w 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Dr. Chian was the geotechnical specialist in post-earthquake missions to the Mw7.6 Padang Earthquake in 2009, Mw9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and Mw7.8 Muisne Earthquake in 2016, under the auspices of the Institution of Structural Engineers, UK and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK. He is also an IRDR Young Scientist under the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). In Singapore, Dr. Chian is the Director of the Centre for Soft Ground Engineering and the Operations Manager of the Centre for Protective Technology in the university. Dr. Chian is the current Vice President of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS).

Abstract

Estimating Earthquake Damage and its Role in Disaster Preparedness
Siau Chen Chian 1*
1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore,
*Email of Corresponding Author: sc.chian@nus.edu.sg

Urban resilience against natural catastrophes such as earthquake requires a collective effort by academics, industry and authorities. At the moment, these efforts are largely divided with academics reoccupied with sophisticated building designs, financial institutions adopting a probabilistic perspective, and authorities seeking solutions to contain such disaster risks. This keynote presents an engineering-based catastrophe modelling where estimates of potential earthquake damage to buildings may be determined quickly. With this improved knowledge, financial institutions, building owners as well as authorities may be able to better safeguard their interests, forming a more cohesive and collected effort in disaster preparedness.