post-master research fellowship: Exposure assessment for building typologies integrating innovative survey techniques

29 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Department

Department of Structures for Engineering and Architetcture

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering
Architecture
Geography » Regional geography
Engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Italy

Application Deadline

19 Feb 2024 - 12:00 (Europe/Rome)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

PROJECT GOALS: EXPLORA project will contribute to the development of a suitable exposure model for ordinary buildings in Montenegro and to the updated seismic risk assessment for the country. An innovative integrated multi-level survey approach will be implemented and applied in pilot municipalities, allowing to assemble building inventory according to relevant up-to-date vulnerability models. Image-based processing techniques,  will be employed to rapidly gather spatial type building features, such as building shape and height, over large regions. Other needed building characteristics, e.g. building age and construction material, will be integrated combining census data with an interview-based survey for building typologies and applied to town compartments. Employing the integrated multi-level survey of pilot municipalities as a “training set”, Machine Learning based techniques will be adopted to expand the inventory at the national level. The updated exposure model could be usefully combined with recent vulnerability and hazard models (e.g. ESHM20 for hazard) towards a next generation NRA for Montenegro, including assessment of higher risk areas to plan retrofitting mitigation campaigns.

 

FELLOWSHIP GOALS: Development of an innovative methodology for the exposure assessment of ordinary buildings to be applied for large-scale risk analysis. The methodology will be based on multi-level surveys, which integrate traditional data acquisition systems such as survey for building typologies with techniques based on digital image processing and geo-statistical analysis approaches (e.g. machine learning in combination with GIS).

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Architecture » Other

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Geography

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Eligibility for application: two-year Master degree in Civil, Structure or Building Engineering, Architecture, Geography or equivalent qualification 

Specific Requirements

proved research experience on themes that are compliant with the object of the call

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineeringArchitecture » Other

Internal Application form(s) needed
Call for grant 6 EXPLORA - ENGLISH.pdf
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EXPLORA call factsheet.pdf
English
(204.99 KB - PDF)
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Additional Information
Benefits

Work in an active group to improve seismic risk assessment.

Improve exposure and vulnerability assessment.

Results will be applied to support the next National Risk Assessment for Montenegro.

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility for application: two-year Master degree in Civil, Structure or Building Engineering, Architecture, Geography or equivalent qualification 

Selection process

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE:

Candidates shall apply according to the form (annex B) (pages 11 and 12 of the call), and include curriculum vitae, titles and publications before February 19th , 2024, 12:00 a.m. (CET) via mail [email protected]  .

Detailed procedure to apply is described at articles 4 and 5 of the call.

Candidates provided with adequate curricula will be interviewed on February 23rd , 2024, 10:00 a.m. (CET), on MS Teams.

During the interview some questions connected to the topics of the research program will be posed.

The selection is based on merit and evaluation of the interview.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Departmento of structures for Engineering and Architecture - University of Naples Federico II

Country

Italy

City

Naples

Postal Code

80125

Street

via Claudio 21

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Italy

City

Napoli

Website

https://www.unina.it/
https://www.dist.unina.it/en_GB/

Street

via Claudio 21

Postal Code

80125

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+390817683485

STATUS: EXPIRED