Improving Our Understanding of Cascadia Earthquake Risk through Integrated Simulation
Dr. Carlos Molina Hutt

About the Webinar

This presentation introduces an integrated, multi-scale simulation framework to improve our understanding of earthquake risk across the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Using Vancouver, BC as a case study, the workflow connects state-of-the-art building-level seismic performance assessment models to an automated building portfolio-scale analysis pipeline driven by regional ground motion simulations that capture deep basin amplification under large-magnitude earthquakes.

Presenter

Dr. Carlos Molina Hutt, PhD, PE, Associate Professor

Carlos Molina Hutt is an Associate Professor of Structural and Earthquake Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he leads the Engineering for Seismic Resilience Research Lab (www.esrlab.org). His work focuses on developing methodological approaches to assess seismic risk in buildings and its implications for urban resilience, and on translating this knowledge into tools and information for use by practicing engineers, seismic planners, and policymakers. Carlos is a registered professional engineer in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and in the state of California, US, and is also a chartered engineer in the UK. In 2019, he received the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Shah Family Innovation Prize. In 2022, he was invited by the US Building Seismic Safety Council, via the Provisions Update Committee, to join the Functional Recovery Task Committee, which was tasked with developing design procedures for buildings to achieve different functional recovery targets for use in the next generation of building codes. He continues this effort as a member of the Seismic Subcommittee in the ASCE 7-28 code revision cycle.