MEng in Earthquake Engineering in Christchurch New Zealand | University of Canterbury

Earthquake Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities that seek to minimise the damage and disruption communities suffer when hit by an earthquake. The subject includes:assessing the tectonic and fault mechanisms that generate earthquakes to estimate when they will occur and how large they will beunderstanding how the earthquake energy transmits through the groundquantifying the likely ground surface responses at a specific site throughout the life of a structureassessing the liquefaction potential of soils at specific sitesdesigning structures and lifeline services (electricity, gas, transport, water, and wastewater) to minimise the damage and disruption during and after an earthquake, planning for emergency response and post-earthquake recovery, preparing communities for earthquakes.Engineers specialising in earthquake assessment, strengthening, and repairs are in high demand throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, and overseas regions that are often prone to earthquake disasters