Study Objective

Holding the degree of bachelor of geological engineering, the main aim for me to continue my
study at University College London (UCL) is to get deeply understanding about the earthquake
risk reduction and how to arrange mitigation system for the following disaster triggered by the
earthquake. Thus, I contend to apply Master of Earthquake Engineering with Disaster
Management program, one of courses in EPICentre as a Dynamic Multidisciplinary Research
Centre focused on Risk to Society, the Built and Natural Environment from Natural Hazards.

A. Academic Curriculum
To complete this master program, it is required to undertake 180 credits of modules consisting
of 90 credits for six compulsory modules and 30 credits for two elective modules, and 60
credits for research project. Detailed courses to be taken are presented in the table below.

Course Credits
Compulsory Modules
First Term
Introduction to Seismic Design of Structure 15
Seismic Risk Assesment 15
Structural Dinamic 15
Second Term
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 15
Structural Vulnerability & Resilience 15
Advanced Seismic Design of Structures 15
Elective Module
First Term
Integrating Science Into Disaster Risk Reduction 15
Second Term
Catastrophe Risk Modelling 15
Research Project 30
Total 180
Its compulsory and elective modules provide suitable topics to my needs and preferences on
earthquake risk reduction issue. One of the compulsory modules is the seismic risk assesment
course covered the fundamenal components of earthquake risk. This helps to estimate the
probability of earthquake ground shaking in urban area, including the vulnerability of damaged
building type, the estimation of human casualties and economic losses, and both simplification
of structural analysis and seismic assessment.
Furthermore, by learning integrating science into disaster risk reduction and catastrophe
risk modelling courses as two of the selected elective modules, those are appropriate to
comprehense technical knowledge with local and indigenoues wisdom systematically in
improving disaster risk reduction strategies.
 B. Thesis Topic
After accomplishing those combined modules, I am going to carry out thesis research on “The
Influence of Geotechnical and Structural Vulnerability on the Resilience Cities Following
an Earthquake” topic. This research concerns on combination of geology, civil and human
subject to arrange post-earthquake reconnaisance that observes causes of structural damage,
geotechnical failures and of the economic and social effects of these events. I do believe that
this research can be implemented in Indonesia where many damaged urban area after
earthquake and other cities with a high risk earthquake potential were occured in order to
reduce the earthquake disaster risk.

C. Fieldwork / Trip
Based on the detailed modules, students are going to participate the field trip on Earthquake
Engineering which visits a damaged area caused by the earthquake as a part of Introduction to
Seismic Design of Structures Course in the first term.

D. Off Campus Activities

Apart from my academic life, I am going to participate some activities. UCLU Debating
Society is one of prospective societies which I plan to join to enhance my critical thinking on
many global issues, and to learn how to handle differences. I would like to participate in
conferences, seminars and guest lectures to deepen my academic skills and experiences. In
addition, I am excited in participating Islamic Societies and PPI (Perhimpunan Pelajar
Indonesia) that provides many charity and social activities to learn more about other cultures
and diversity, and to introduce Indonesian cultures itself

Appendix : Syllabus
Compulsory Modules
Introduction to Seismic Design of Structure
- Intro to Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
- Intro to Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA)
- Earthquake Load Representation: Response Spectrum and Equivalent Static Approach
- Intro to Eurocode 8
- Intro to GSA
- Response of structures to earthquakes/Conceptual Design
- Detailed design of RC structures (Eurocode 8)
- Advanced topics in Seismic Design
- Earthquake case studies
- Earthquake Engineering Field Trip
Seismic Risk Assesment
- An overview of how engineers and different agencies assess seismic risk to life,
economy and buildings.
- An Understanding of the technical calculation of seismic risk.
- An understanding of the uncertainties involved in seismic risk estimation.
Structural Dinamic
- the fundamentals of structural dynamics for civil engineers
- describing and predicting the dynamic behaviour of single degree of freedom systems
with or without damping. Free and forced vibration will be covered.
- The case of earthquake loading will also be treated: linearand nonlinear time history
analysis will be introduced and treated as well as the concept of response spectrum.
- Single degree of freedom concepts will then be generalised to multi-degree-of-freedom
system using matrix and eigenvalues methods
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Introduction: theory of vibrations.
- Engineering Characterization of ground motions.
- Review of Soil Dynamics and Fundamental of Dynamic Soil Properties.
- Ground Response Analysis and Software Applications.
- Seismic Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations.
- Seismic Slope Stability.
- Seismic Design of Retaining Walls.
- Nonlinear phenomena in soils under dynamic loadings. Densification, liquefaction and
cyclic mobility.
Structural Vulnerability & Resilience
- Ability to identify structural deficiencies in existing structures exposed to seismic
action.
- Understanding of socioeconomic consequences of structural damage and the process of
recovery
- Proficiency in computing response of existing concrete and masonry structures to
seismic performance target for given seismic intensity and return period.
- Proficiency in deriving fragility and vulnerability functions for single structures or
structural types
- Proficiency in the design of most common strengthening techniques for RC structures
and load bearing masonry structures
Advanced Seismic Design of Structures
- Overview of Seismic Design of Structures toEuroCode 8
- Seismic Design of Steel Structures (e.g. Moment
- Resisting & Braced Frames)
- Elastic and Inelastic Response Spectra
- Modal and Response Spectrum Analysis
- Performance Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE)
- Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) & Assessment (PBSA) of Structures:
- Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA)
- Nonlinear Structural Analysis Modelling
- Seismic Fragility & Vulnerability Function Derivation
- Seismic Damage Assessment
- Seismic Loss Assessment
Appendix : Syllabus
Elective Modules
Integrating Science Into Disaster Risk Reduction
- Overview of approaches to disaster risk reduction.
- Behavioural Biases
- Quantitative risk assessment
- Dealing with uncertainty, including acceptable levels of risk and uncertainty
- Catastrophe modelling
- The roles of scientific evidence, scenario development and horizon scanning in
responsible decision-making.
- The role of the insurance industry in risk and disaster reduction
- Science and accountability.
- Science and Policy
- The nature and distribution of risk and disasters, including the temporal and spatial
scales and the acute and chronic dimensions.
- Mitigation methods and early warning systems.
- How disaster risk may evolve in the future and how science and technology may be
able to improve preparedness.
- The pressures in different sectors that limit the application of science in disaster risk
reduction.
- Communication of complex issues to wide and varied audiences that will have
different objectives with regard to issues and solutions
Catastrophe Risk Modelling
- An introduction to catastrophe modelling and how they can be used for building
resilience.
- Probabilities and statistics - the role of uncertainties, probability, and Monte Carlo
simulation in Catastrophe models
- Hazard modelling including examples of earthquake, wind and flood
- Exposure Modelling and its challenges
- Fragility and Vulnerability Modelling with a focus on earthquake, wind and storm
surge modelling
- Financial losses
- Application of catastrophe risk models for pre and/or post-event loss modelling and
real-time scenarios
- Appraising and selecting current models
- The challenges and issues in application of catastrophe models in developing
countries.