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Friday, June 18, 2010

Earthquake engineering

 Earthquake engineering is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering.
The main objectives of earthquake engineering are:
§                     Understand the interaction between buildings or civil infrastructure and the ground.
§                     Foresee the potential consequences of strong earthquakes on urban areas and civil infrastructure.
§                     Design, construct and maintain structures to perform at earthquake exposure up to the expectations and in compliance with building code
A properly engineered structure does not necessarily have to be extremely strong or expensive.


Institutes offering Sesimology And Earthquake Engineering Courses In India: 

1. Department of earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand, offers M. Tech degree in Seismology
 www.iitr.ernet.in 

2. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur,
West Bengal, offers an M. Tech degree in Computation Seismology
 www.iitkgp.ernet.in 

3. National Information Center of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
 www.iitk.ac.in 

4. Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University (BHU),
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
 www.bhu.ac.in 

5. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
 http://himgeology.com 

6.
Mumbai University, Mumbai, Maharashtra
 www.mu.ac.in 

7.
Kurukhestra University, Haryana
 www.kuk.ernet.in 

8.
Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
 www.annauniv.edu 

9.
Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
 www.osmania.ac.in 

10. IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology),
USA
 www.iris.edu 



Overseas Organization/ Agencies where Seismologist Join their Career:
 

1. U.S. Geological Survey
 www.usgs.gov 

2. Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organization
 www.ctbto.org 

3. Society of Petroleum Engineers
 www.spe.org 

4. American Geological Institute
 www.agiweb.org 

5. American Geophysical Union
 www.agu.org 

6. Geological Society of America
 www.geosociety.org





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