RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
Many SHM techniques for different structures have been developed and validated via shaking table experiments. A demonstration site at the administration building of Central Taiwan Science Park has been established to illustrate the fast post-earthquake safety evaluation capability.
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
A Successful Application of NCREE's Earthquake Early Warning System During 2016 Meinong Earthquake (Hsu et al. 2016) & 2018 Hualian Earthquake (Hsu et al. 2018). Alerts were issued before the strong seismic wave struck, even at the stations nearby the epicenter (closest one only 7 km). The system employs the PGA algorithm developed by Dr. Hsu et al. (2013).
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
The SHM & EEW techniques have been applied to buildings, nuclear power plants, dam, power transmits tower, high-tech factory, high-speed railway, wind turbines et al to improve earthquake resilience.
EQ ALERT
EQAlert is an APP that can use the sensors in your smartphone to record earthquake shaking. We are using the data collected by this APP to develop an on-site earthquake early warning technique for smartphones. With your help, we can reduce earthquake loss together. The resources used in your smartphone is very limited.