Giulia Scagliotti

Stanford University | SU · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Embracing lean philosophy, which emphasizes waste reduction and resource efficiency, is a precondition to improving the environmental impact of a building but is not sufficient to produce a sustainable building. To increase the environmental sustainability of their products, industrialized construction (IC) companies need to understand the constrai...

This study investigates the effect of spectral shape of ground motions on the amplification of peak floor accelerations (PFA) along the height of buildings. Several previous studies that have examined data recorded during earthquakes in instrumented buildings have concluded that the level of amplification in PFA reduces as the level of peak ground...

The purpose of this Joint Reconnaissance Report between EERI and StEER is to provide timely information on this earthquake, an overview of the hazard characteristics, and a summary of preliminary damage reports to buildings, bridges, roads, and other infrastructure. Moreover, key findings are also summarized with regard to geotechnical failures tha...

On June 23rd, 2020, at approximately 10:29 am local time, a moment magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck 12 km south-southwest of Santa Maria Zapotitlán, Mexico. The epicentral coordinates reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, 2020a) and the Servicio Sismológico Nacional de México (SSN, 2020a) were 16.029°N, 95.901°W and 15.582°N, 96.079°W, respe...

A series of seismic events occurred in the southwestern region of Puerto Rico with the first significant event occurring on January 6th, 2020 at 6:32 am local time (10:32 UTC) registering a magnitude Mw5.8. The second event occurred on January 7th, 2020 at 4:24 am local time (8:24 UTC) with a magnitude Mw6.4, followed by a third event on January 7t...