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The Second Generation of Eurocode 8: A New Chapter in Seismic Design Across Europe

14/05/2025

On June 5th, 2025, Pavia will host a high-level technical event dedicated to the second generation of Eurocode 8, the leading European standard for structural design in seismic areas. The event...

WCEE2024 Wins Eventex Gold Prize: International Award for Earthquake Engineering

12/05/2025

The Eucentre Foundation is pleased to announce that the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024) has received the Gold Prize in the ‘Scientific Event’ category at the Eventex Awards,...

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Shaking Tables: Advanced Tools for Seismic Response Analysis and Validation

07/05/2025

Understanding how buildings and infrastructure react to earthquakes is fundamental to protecting lives and preventing catastrophic damage. Earthquake engineering, the field dedicated to this purpose, has made great strides in...

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EMERLab 2025 in Monza: the exhibition ‘Earthquakes and Structures’, dedicated to safety culture and seismic risk prevention

29/04/2025

From May 12th to 18th, 2025, Monza will host EMERLab 2025, an event dedicated to the culture of safety and seismic risk prevention. Organised by the Municipality of Monza, in...

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9th International Nigel Priestley Seminar: Full Programme Released for the Leading Earthquake Engineering Event

28/04/2025

The programme for the 9th International Nigel Priestley Seminar has been officially published. The event will take place in Pavia on May 29th and 30th, 2025, at Il Collegio Cardinale...

Rui Pinho Appointed as the New President of Eucentre Foundation

Professor Rui Pinho Appointed as the New President of the Eucentre Foundation

15/04/2025

The Board of Directors of the Eucentre Foundation, convened on April 14th, has officially appointed Professor Rui Pinho as the new President. He succeeds Professor Riccardo Pietrabissa, whose leadership over...

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Rehousing Displaced Population After Earthquakes: The 2025 Mallet–Milne Lecture by Gian Michele Calvi

09/04/2025

The “Mallet–Milne Lecture 2025: Risk Management and Rehousing of People Displaced by Earthquake Disasters” manuscript was recently published in the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Authored by Professor Gian Michele Calvi—founder of the Eucentre...

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Earthquake Engineering: Safety and Resilience for Communities

08/04/2025

Italy has a high seismic hazard due to its geological and tectonic configuration. Events such as the 2016 Amatrice earthquake and, in the past, those of L'Aquila in 2009, Irpinia...

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Eucentre present at the first day of the General Assembly of Civil Protection 2025

06/04/2025

On April 4th, 2025, the third edition of the General States of Civil Protection began in Rome, promoted by the Department of Civil Protection and hosted at the headquarters of...

Regione Lombardia officially renews the three-year agreement with Eucentre Foundation

02/04/2025

With Regional Council Resolution no. 4162, approved on March 31st, 2025, Regione Lombardia officially renewed the three-year agreement with Eucentre Foundation. This act confirms the will to continue and strengthen...

Prefect of Pavia’s institutional visit to Eucentre Foundation

26/03/2025

On 25 March, the Eucentre Foundation hosted an official visit from the Prefect of Pavia, Dr Francesca De Carlini, accompanied by the Vice-Prefect, Dr Giuseppe Sinacori. During the meeting, the...

Seismic safety and AI: Prof. O’Reilly’s SONATA project funded by the Italian Science Fund

12/03/2025

The Italian Science Fund (FIS, Fondo Italiano per la Scienza), established to support research of excellence in Italy, has recently awarded a grant of over 1.3 million euros to Professor Gerard J.O'Reilly,...

Engineering and Innovation: The New Eucentre Foundation Blog is Born

28/02/2025

A new space for in-depth analysis and dissemination for citizens: this is Engineering and Innovation, a blog dedicated - as its name suggests - to earthquake, civil, and structural engineering,...

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Post-seismic structural damage detection with semi-synthetic image generation: a new approach based on AI

26/02/2025

Researchers from Fondazione Eucentre and the Artificial Vision Laboratory of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Pavia recently published an innovative study in the...

New Earthquake Regulations 2025: Impacts and Opportunities for Italian Construction

24/02/2025

The year 2025 introduced important regulatory updates in the Italian building sector to improve the safety of buildings and provide incentives for seismic retrofitting. The main changes concern the reform...

Renewal of the Collaboration Agreement between Eucentre and EPOS ERIC

20/02/2025

The Eucentre Foundation and the pan-European research infrastructure EPOS (European Plate Observing System) have formalised a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that consolidates a strategic synergy between the two institutions,...

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Innovative research on the seismic response of masonry infills

14/01/2025

Within the framework of the DPC-EUCENTRE Convention, a research project coordinated by engineers Paolo Morandi and Filippo Dacarro, EUCENTRE researchers, has been underway since 2020 to characterise the in-plane and...

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Eucentre: Contribution to Research on Reliability Evaluation of Commercial Calculation Codes for Seismic Verification of Masonry Buildings

10/01/2025

The researchers of the Eucentre Foundation, Carlo Filippo Manzini and Paolo Morandi, recently participated as members of the research unit of the University of Pavia, in the activities of the...

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The Second Generation of Eurocode 8: A New Chapter in Seismic Design Across Europe

WCEE2024 Wins Eventex Gold Prize: International Award for Earthquake Engineering

Shaking Tables: Advanced Tools for Seismic Response Analysis and Validation

EMERLab 2025 in Monza: the exhibition ‘Earthquakes and Structures’, dedicated to safety culture and seismic risk prevention

9th International Nigel Priestley Seminar: Full Programme Released for the Leading Earthquake Engineering Event

Professor Rui Pinho Appointed as the New President of the Eucentre Foundation

Rehousing Displaced Population After Earthquakes: The 2025 Mallet–Milne Lecture by Gian Michele Calvi

Earthquake Engineering: Safety and Resilience for Communities

Eucentre present at the first day of the General Assembly of Civil Protection 2025

Regione Lombardia officially renews the three-year agreement with Eucentre Foundation

Prefect of Pavia’s institutional visit to Eucentre Foundation

Seismic safety and AI: Prof. O’Reilly’s SONATA project funded by the Italian Science Fund

Engineering and Innovation: The New Eucentre Foundation Blog is Born

Post-seismic structural damage detection with semi-synthetic image generation: a new approach based on AI

New Earthquake Regulations 2025: Impacts and Opportunities for Italian Construction

Renewal of the Collaboration Agreement between Eucentre and EPOS ERIC

Innovative research on the seismic response of masonry infills

Eucentre: Contribution to Research on Reliability Evaluation of Commercial Calculation Codes for Seismic Verification of Masonry Buildings

ASSISi 2024 Global Design & Innovation Awards, Excellence in Seismic Protection

EUCENTRE joins ASSISi as an Institutional Member

Outstanding experimentation by the Eucentre Foundation in Arischia (AQ)

Eucentre’s Davide Bellotti Technical Expert for MODEX Seismic Exercise in Lisbon

Arquata del Tronto: 71 Million Euro Reconstruction Call Published

EXE Exercise Spotorno 2024: Collaboration and innovation in emergency response

Prof. Guido Magenes receives the John B. Scalzi Research Award for research on masonry structures

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