
QuakeCoRE Funding Awarded – 2017
January 1, 2017In 2016, QuakeCoRE supported a range of research initiatives. They are listed below. | |||||
Project Investigators | Project Title | Area | Funding awarded | Pub No | Report link |
Non-contestable | |||||
Bradley | Support for FP1 Postdoctoral Fellow | FP1 | $80,000 plus overheads | – | – |
Cubrinovski | Support for FP2 Postdoctoral Fellow | FP2 | $80,000 plus overheads | – | – |
Ingham | FP3 Postdoctoral Fellow – supported by UA as part of the -partnership agreement | FP3 | – | – | – |
Elwood | FP4 Postdoctoral Fellow – supported by UC as part of the partnership agreement | FP4 | – | – | – |
Seville | Support for FP5 Postdoctoral Fellow | FP5 | $80,000 plus overheads | – | – |
Elwood | Support for TP1 | TP1 | $195,000 | – | – |
Wotherspoon | Support for TP2 | TP2 | $195,000 | – | – |
Horspool | Support for TP3 | TP3 | $195,000 | – | – |
Bradley | Support for TP4 | TP4 | $195,000 | – | – |
Contestable- RfP | |||||
Bradley, Wotherspoon & Massey | Advancing ground motion simulation methodologies through further insights from the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes | FP1 | $60,000 | – | – |
Pettinga & Bradley | Guidance for the utilization of earthquake-induced ground motion simulations in engineering practice | FP1 | $15,000 | – | – |
Somerville & Bradley | Validation of Strong Ground Motion Simulations of two Historical New Zealand Subduction Zone Earthquakes on the SCEC Broadband Strong Ground Motion Simulation Platform | FP1 | $32,000 | – | – |
Stirling & van Houtte | Validation of earthquake simulations using fragile geologic features. | FP1 | $18,000 | – | – |
Wotherspoon & Bradley | Dynamic Site Characterisation of the Nelson/Tasman Region | FP1 | $11,500 | – | – |
van Ballegooy, Cubrinovski & Russell | Lateral Spreading Observations and Interpretation from the Christchurch Earthquakes | FP2 | $20,000 | – | – |
Chiaro, Taylor, Wotherspoon & Palmer | Characterisation of cyclic behaviour and liquefaction resistance of Wellington Port gravelly soils | FP2 | $18,500 | – | – |
Cubrinovski, Stringer & van Ballegooy | Effects of Partial Saturation on Liquefaction Triggering | FP2 | $21,000 | – | – |
Lacrosse, Bradley & van Ballegooy | Comparison between deterministic and probabilistic liquefaction triggering assessment approaches over the Christchurch area | FP2 | $13,000 | – | – |
Orense, Pender, Wotherspoon, van Ballegooy & Cubrinovski | Evaluation of liquefaction potential of pumiceous deposits through field testing | FP2 | $20,000 | – | – |
Pender, Orense & van Ballegooy | Numerical modelling of recorded pore pressure response during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence | FP2 | $12,000 | – | – |
Stringer, Orense, Cubrinovski & Pender | Evaluation of undistributed sampling techniques for pumiceous soils | FP2 | $40,000 | – | – |
van Ballegooy, Orense, Pender & Wotherspoon | Whakatane liquefaction case history from the 1987 Edgecumbe Earthquake: examination of an extensive CPT dataset supplemented by paleo-liquefaction investigations | FP2 | $20,600 | – | – |
Becker, Johnston, Orchiston & Ingham | Where perceptions and policy meet: Understanding pathways to improving mitigation for earthquake prone buildings | FP3 | $20,000 | – | – |
Brower & Johnston | The evolution of New Zealand earthquake safety policy | FP3 | $12,000 | – | – |
Dizhur, Ingham & Bradley | Shake table testing of simple and practical securing solutions for face loaded unreinforced masonry walls | FP3 | $45,000 | – | – |
Filippova & Ingham | Quantifying the economic impact of New Zealand-’s earthquake-prone building policy on commercial property markets | FP3 | $18,025 | – | – |
Ingham, Noy & Johnston | Exemplar retrofits: Celebrating success | FP3 | $5,000 | – | – |
Ivory, Bowie & Ingham | Stronger buildings via precinct upgrades: Understanding lesson learnt from past precinct approaches | FP3 | $15,000 | – | – |
Jafarzadeh & Ingham | The cost of seismic retrofits: Case studies from Auckland Council | FP3 | $4,000 | – | – |
Noy, Filippova, Seville & Vargo | Insurance for EQP buildings – incentives, premiums, and contracts | FP3 | $15,500 | – | – |
Clifton | Enhanced Seismic Resilience of Light Steel Frame Pallet Racking Systems | FP4 | $12,500 | – | – |
Elwood, Motter & Smith | Residual capacity of repaired reinforced concrete walls and lower-damage modifications | FP4 | $38,000 | – | – |
Morris, Carradine, Beattie, Chang-Richards & LaCrosse | Improving seismic performance, resilience, repair and assessment of New Zealand light frame houses with a focus on post-event occupation. | FP4 | $10,420 | – | – |
Palermo | Design Procedure and Feasibility Analysis of Low-Damage Dissipative Rocking Precast Concrete Bridge Decks | FP4 | $24,000 | – | – |
Rodgers, Pampanin & Ma | Direction Dependent Dissipation (D3) Devices: Semi-Active Behaviour with the robustness of a passive device | FP4 | $34,000 | – | – |
Sarti, Smith, Palermo & Pampanin | Understand the dynamic characteristics of post-tensioned multi-storey timber buildings through monitoring and field testing on actual implementations | FP4 | $18,000 | – | – |
Chang-Richards, Brown & Smith | Effects of alternative reconstruction pathways on earthquake recovery | FP5 | $37,000 | – | – |
Giovinazzi, Seville & Elwood | Linking building properties and damage to earthquake-induced business-™ downtime | FP5 | $28,400 | – | – |
Glavovic | Understanding the governance dimensions of earthquake resilience | FP5 | $30,000 | – | – |
Hatton, Brown & Seville | Creating the business case for investment in organisational resilience | FP5 | $16,000 | – | – |
Orchiston, Smith, Brown & Harvey | Scoping Tourism Dynamics Post-Quake: A Module for MERIT | FP5 | $30,000 | – | – |
Saunders, Mathieson, Coomer & Ries | Are plans at fault? Understanding how active faults are incorporated into land use plans | FP5 | $16,250 | – | – |
Costello | Infrastructure and built- environment solutions | FP6* | $8,000 | – | – |
Giovinazzi | Performance of the Telecommunication Network during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence | FP6* | $13,700 | – | – |
Hogan, Ingham & Wilson | Collaborative framework for large-scale structural testing between New Zealand research institutions and Swinburne University of Technology | TP1 | $23,500 | – | – |
Motter, Elwood & Pampanin | Loading Protocols and Limit State Criteria for Laboratory Testing | TP1 | $5,000 | – | – |
Horspool, Elwood, Uma & Nayerloo | Smart Seismic Cities | TP3 | $30,000 | – | – |
Vargo | Data integration and visualisation: Prototyping QuakeCoRE data platform for diverse needs. | TP3 | $33,000 | – | – |
McGann, Bradley & Wotherspoon | OpenSees on NeSI computational resources: Implementation of source code, pre- and post-processing software development, and community workshops | TP4 | $20,000 | – | – |
Johnston, Ingham, Deely & MacDonald | Human Behaviour in Earthquakes: Implications for Engineering Design | SEED | $15,000 | – | – |
Kenney | Development of a Vision Mātauranga Strategy that addresses the particular research needs of QuakeCoRE | SEED | $30,000 | – | – |
Massey | Why did the “toe slumps- slump during the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes? | SEED | $34,000 | – | – |
Wilson, Bradley & Johnston | Knowledge transfer for sustainable earthquake risk communication practice: Advancing student and professionals skills in risk communication | EOT | $10,000 | – | – |
* Supported with Resilience to Natures Challenge funding |