UBC Experts in Great BC ShakeOut and Disaster Preparedness

On October 20, British Columbia will stage the Great B.C. Shake event as part of efforts to prepare communities for a major earthquake in the region.

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

For information on ShakeOut events at the UBC campus in Vancouver, visit: https://ready.ubc.ca/get-ready-to-shakeout/

Brett Gilley (he/he) Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Tel: 604-719-9423 Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English

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

Dr. Frank Lam Professor, Department of Wood Sciences E-mail: [email protected] Interview language(s): English

Modeling and testing of timber components and structures subjected to seismic and other loads

Dr. Minghao Li (he/it) Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English, Mandarin

Engineering timber, wood block, structural design, cross-linked plywood, seismic resilience

*Available except 4pm – 5:30pm on Tuesdays

Cristiano Luce Assistant Professor of Wood Engineering, College of Forestry, email: [email protected]

Seismic design and analysis of wooden buildings

Dr. Mohartash Motamedi (he/he) Research Associate and Engineering Director, Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, Tel: 604-724-8712 Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English, Farsi

He directs research and commercial testing projects at the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at the University of British Columbia

Dr. Salman Soleimani El-Dashtaki (he/it) is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering Tel: 604-338-3692 Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English and Farsi

Dr. Cole Thrush (he/she) Professor, Department of History Tel: 778-237-8296 Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English

Colonialism and seismology, indigenous knowledge of earthquakes and tsunamis

Dr. Lisa Tober is Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Okanagan, University of British Columbia Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English

Seismic design of buildings. developing resilient and smart cities through multi-risk design actions; development of innovative structural components; advanced numerical simulation; and beta test

Dr. Tony Te Yang (he/he) Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Tel: 604-822-3684 Email: [email protected] Interview language(s): English, Mandarin

Structural Engineering and Seismic Design and evaluation of structural systems under seismic loads. Development of multiple high-performance systems for seismic applications. Member of the Standing Committee on Seismic Design, which writes seismic design provisions for the Canadian National Building Code

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