Who we are

Who we are

The KnowRISK consortium consists of four partner organisations (IST, LNEC, INGV and EERC), including universities, laboratories and research centres, from three European Countries (Portugal, Italy and Iceland).
The National Civil Protection of participating countries will be involved in the project not as partners but as Advisory Board, where specific resources are allocated for their participation in general meetings and workshops.
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE
EERC team members:

Rajesh Rupakhety

He is a Associate Research Professor at EERC. His main fielg of research is Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Seismology, Ground Motion Modelling and Structural Dynamics. Dr. R.Rupakhety  has a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and a M.Sc. degree in Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Seismology  from ROSE school, University of Pavia, Italy and University of Patras, Greece, and a Ph.D. degree in Earthquake Engineering from University of Iceland, Iceland.

Símon Ólafsson

He is a Senior Research Professor at EERC. His main field of research is Earthquake Engineering. Dr. S. Ólafsson has a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Iceland, and a M.Sc. degree in Signal Processing from University of Southern California, USA and a Ph.D. degree in Earthquake Engineering from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Sólveig Thorvaldsdóttir
Research Engineer at EERC. Her main field of research is Natural-Disaster Engineering. She has a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Iceland, and a M.Sc. degree in Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.