awards, grants and media attention
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by Rania Al-Abdullah
by Rania Al-Abdullah
awards
- Honourable mention awarded by the Civil Engineering Regional College of the Portuguese Society of Chartered Engineers to the Internship Admission Report entitled ``Seismic risk mitigation and vulnerability management of old city centres'', at the formal sitting of the XVIII Regional Meeting of Engineers, on the 2nd of July 2016, in Ovar, Portugal
grants
- Three-year grant conceded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the PhD Program Infrarisk- (Analysis and Mitigation of Risks in Infrastructures) on the topic Earthquake Risk Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage Assets
- Five-months traineeship grant conceded by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on the project Training on the seismic fragility assessment of the European building stock, at the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) Unit, located in Ispra, Italy
- One-year grant conceded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the PhD programme InfraRisk-: Analysis and Mitigation of Risks in Infrastructures (recommended for a three-year grant after the scholarship)
- Two-year grant conceded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the national research project URBSIS: Assessing Vulnerability and Managing Earthquake Risk at Urban Scale (PTDC/ECM-URB/2564/2012)
- Scholarship conceded under the Erasmus program, where I went to the University of Naples Federico II, in Italy, in order to learn about earthquake engineering and to gather the required knowledge to write my MSc dissertation, which resulted as a partnership between both universities (UA and UNINA). Professor Antonio Formisano, joint supervisor of my dissertation, has played a fundamental role during that period in Naples, teaching me the basis of those new concepts and issues regarding earthquake engineering and numerical modelling
- Six-months scholarship conceded by the Santader Totta bank to study in the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
media attention
- Feedback published online on the European Heritage Volunteers website about World Heritage Young Experts Forum 2015
- The papers Seismic vulnerability of building aggregates through hybrid and indirect assessment techniques and Seismic behaviour of traditional masonry buildings: the relevance of effective seismic strengthening policies, related to the numerical modellation of masonry buildings using the 3muri software were listed in the official website of this software. [Click here to see the mentioned list]
- WHC Session Day #1: Looking Forward. In: 39th session of the World Heritage Committee. Published online on June 28th, 2015
- Young Experts am Limes: Verwundert über kaum sichtbares Welterbe. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Published online on June 25th, 2015
- Young Experts greeting #3: Rui (Portugal). “As young experts it is our responsibility to be active and get involved in the sustainable management of World Heritage sites. It is the responsibility of everybody – of society and especially the World Heritage Committee – to enable the Youth to get involved!”. In: Facebook event page of the 39th Session of the World Heritage Committee (39whcbonn2015). Published online on June 23rd, 2015
- Unesco-Forum am Mittelrhein: Junge Experten nehmen Bacharacher Werner-Kapelle unter die Lupe. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Published online on June 23rd, 2015
- Hands-on! Young Experts Restore Scenic Dry Stone Walls. In: 39th session of the World Heritage Committee. Published online on June 21st, 2015
- Impressions of the Young Experts Forum 2015. In: 39th session of the World Heritage Committee. Published online on June 2015
- Aus aller Welt: Junge Experten erkunden das Welterbetal. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Published online on June 21st, 2015
- Junge Welterbeexperten auf Rheinfahrt: Vereint in der Leidenschaft fürs Kulturerbe. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Published online on June 19th, 2015.
- Kommentar: Ein wenig Demut täte unseren Diskussionen gut. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Published online on June 19th, 2015
- "Hill+Knowlton joins seismic risk awareness project in Portugal". In: Journal of Risk and Crisis Communication. Published online on May 30th, 2014
- "The Association of Risk and Crisis Communication in Portugal is working on a seismic risk communication audit". Editorial Note of June 2014 by Herbert M. Koch. In: Journal of Risk and Crisis Communication. Published online on May 30th, 2014
- "Assessing Vulnerability and Managing Earthquake Risk at Urban Scale". In: Journal of Risk and Crisis Communication. Published on April 1st, 2014