Carlos Molina Hutt, University of British Columbia

Research

earthquake engineering buildings performance-based seismic design policy resilience retrofit risk infrastructure assessment

Latest funding

Quantifying the Seismic Resilience of the Transportation Network in the Lower Mainland, BC
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$180,000
Enhancing the Seismic Resilience of Canada's Built Environment through Comprehensive Risk-Based Assessments of New and Existing Tall Buildings
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Design of gravity force-resisting systems accounting for seismic displacement demands
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$21,000

All 5 grants and awards

Quantifying the Seismic Resilience of the Transportation Network in the Lower Mainland, BC

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Molina Hutt, Carlos C

Keywords: earthquake engineering; infrastructure assessment; network analysis; seismic resilience; structural engineering; transportation network

$180,000

Enhancing the Seismic Resilience of Canada's Built Environment through Comprehensive Risk-Based Assessments of New and Existing Tall Buildings

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: MolinaHutt, Carlos

$12,500

Design of gravity force-resisting systems accounting for seismic displacement demands

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: MolinaHutt, Carlos

$21,000

Enhancing the Seismic Resilience of Canada's Built Environment through Comprehensive Risk-Based Assessments of New and Existing Tall Buildings

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Molina Hutt, Carlos

Keywords: earthquake engineering; buildings; performance-based seismic design; risk; resilience; retrofit; policy

$217,000

Reducing the catastrophic risk of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Molina Hutt, Carlos

Keywords: Seismology; Ground Motion Hazard; Structural Engineering;Earthquake Engineering; Community Resilience; Emergency Management; Disaster Risk Reduction

$273,310

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: earthquake engineering Dear Professor Molina Hutt, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on earthquake engineering connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Quantifying the Seismic Resilience of the Transportation Network in the Lower Mainland, BC" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]