Introduction

Research Topics

• Performance-Based Hurricane Engineering
• Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
• Performance-Based Wind Engineering
• Multi-Hazard Assessment, Design, and Mitigation

Presentations

• “Performance-Based Hurricane Engineering (PBHE) framework: Formulation and application to single-family housing and tall buildings.” Invited Seminar, ASCE Sacramento Section, Capital Branch Monthly Meeting, August 25, 2020, Sacramento, CA (USA) - (virtual event). (Summary)
• “Hurricane loss analysis for single-family houses considering current and changing climate conditions.” Invited SimCenter Webinar, NSF NHERI, October 6, 2020, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (USA) – (virtual event). (Video)

Press Release and Outreach

August 13, 2020: Award Winning Engineer Presents “Performance-Based Hurricane Engineering (PBHE) Framework”

News and Announcements

August 25, 2020: "PBHE framework: Formulation and application to single-family housing and tall buildings" Presentation

October 06, 2020: "Hurricane Loss Analysis for Single-Family Houses Considering Current and Changing Climate" Presentation

Events

April 28, 2021: CASS: Hurricane loss mitigation for single-family dwellings considering the effects of climate change

Related Publications

• Barbato M, Palmeri A and Petrini F (2014). “Special Issue on Performance-based engineering.” Engineering Structures, 78(1), November 2014. (Link)
• Pinelli J-P and Barbato M (2019). “A comparison study of Catastrophe Modeling vs. Performance-Based Design.” Proceedings (full paper), 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP13), May 26-30, 2019, Seoul (South Korea). (Link)

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