Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a virtual talk titled “Seismic Design Requirements for Functional Recovery Performance as part of the 2026 NEHRP Provisions” at the Resilient Design Coalition Webinar Series.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Structural and Nonstructural Seismic Design Requirements for Functional Recovery Performance” at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk titled “2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence: Observations of Recovery 20 Months After” at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Learning from Earthquakes Webinar Series.

Carlos Molina Hutt spoke on the topic of “2026 NEHRP Provisions - Progress Update: Seismic Design for Functional Recovery” at the Joint University of Auckland and New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand.

Carlos Molina Hutt provided a seminar on “Seismic Design for Functional Recovery Performance, 2026 NEHRP Provisions Progress Update” at the Imperial College London - Structures Seminars, London, UK.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Seismic Design for Functional Recovery Performance, 2026 NEHRP Provisions Progress Update” at University College London, London, UK.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a speech titled “Utilization of earthquake-induced ground motions in engineering practice and risk analysis” at the European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk Scientific Sessions, Luxembourg.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Seismic Design for Functional Recovery Performance, 2026 NEHRP Provisions Progress Update” at ROSE School - Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk, Pavia, Italy.

Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a presentation titled “Challenges in Assessing Regional Seismic Risk in British Columbia” at the Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a presentation titled “Seismic Microzonation in Metro Vancouver” for Understanding Risk – British Columbia: Cascading Hazards, Multihazard Solutions, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Seismic Design for Functional Recovery Performance, 2026 NEHRP Provisions Progress Update” at the National Technical University of Athens, School of Civil Engineering, Athens, Greece.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Addressing Challenges in Regional Seismic Risk Assessments in British Columbia: M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes, Deep Sedimentary Basin Amplification and Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings” at Seismological Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Seismic design provisions for functional recovery performance in the next generation of building codes and standards” at Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a presentation titled “Impacts of M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes on the Seismic Performance of Tall Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings” at the SimCenter Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk titled “Engineering for Seismic Resilience” for QuakeCore: New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience, New Zealand.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Engineering for Seismic Resilience” Invited Talk, at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a seminar titled “Seismic design for functional recovery performance” at UBC Structures Seminar Series, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network” at the Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Analytical framework to assess earthquake-induced downtime and model recovery of buildings” at the SimCenter Symposium, Austin, TX.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a speech on “Engineering for seismic resilience” at the University College London, London, UK.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talked on “An introduction to the Engineering for Seismic Resilience Lab” at UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Assessing earthquake-induced downtime in buildings” at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute – British Columbia Chapter, Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual presentation titled "Analytical frameworks to assess earthquake-induced losses and downtime in buildings" at Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Frameworks to assess earthquake-induced downtime and evaluate the impact of design interventions on functional recovery” at ATC/FEMA Workshop on Functional Recovery Performance, San Francisco, CA.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a speech titled “Tool for recovery estimation and downtime simulation of buildings” at RJC Consulting Engineering, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Seismic risk modelling of Powell River and Sechelt Hospitals” at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual presentation about “Seismic risk modelling of Surrey Memorial Hospital” at Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented “Engineering for seismic resilience” at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Cross border collaborations on hazards and disaster research” at the University of Washington and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Disaster Research Response (DR2) Virtual Workshop.

Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a virtual presentation titled “Spectral acceleration basin amplification factors for interface Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes in Canada’s 2020 national seismic hazard model” at Seismological Society of America 2021 Annual Meeting.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Effects of the Georgia sedimentary basin on the seismic risk of tall reinforced concrete shear wall buildings” at Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2021 Annual Meeting.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Engineering for Seismic Resilience Laboratory” at UBC Structures Seminar Series, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Low carbon, resilient buildings” for Understanding Risk – British Columbia.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk about “Seismic resilience of hospital infrastructure in the Lower Mainland, BC” at UW-UBC workshop on the seismic resilience of hospital infrastructure.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk titled “Quantifying the seismic resilience of the transportation network in the Lower Mainland, BC” at UW-UBC workshop on the seismic resilience of transportation networks.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Seismic risk modelling of Ridge Meadows Hospital” for Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual speech titled “An analytical framework to assess earthquake-induced downtime and model recovery of buildings.” at Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk titled “Seismic risk modelling of Lions Gate Hospital” for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk titled “Impacts of simulated M9 Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes considering amplifications due to the Georgia sedimentary basin on reinforced concrete shear wall buildings” at UBC Structures Seminar Series, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Impacts of simulated M9 Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes considering amplifications due to the Georgia sedimentary basin on reinforced concrete shear wall buildings” at Stanford University.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Earthquake impacts on tall reinforced concrete buildings” at Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia, Vancouver Island Branch.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual talk about “Georgia sedimentary basin and its effects on seismic response of tall buildings” at Glotman Simpson Structural Engineers.

Carlos Molina Hutt presented virtually about “Earthquake Engineering Research Institute UBC Chapter – Career Panel Discussion” at UBC, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a virtual presentation titled “Seismic risk modelling of Vancouver General Hospital” for Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt joined the Board of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Earthquake - British Columbia Chapter.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Earthquake-induced repairs costs of mid-rise RC core wall buildings in deep sedimentary basins using empirical & simulated seismic hazard characterizations” at the University of California, Davis.

Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a guest lecture titled “San Francisco tall buildings study” in PLAN 531 – Planning for Disaster Resilient Communities. UBC, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt was awarded the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) – Shah Family Innovation Prize. This prize rewards younger professionals and academics for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in the field of earthquake risk mitigation and management.

Carlos Molina Hutt joined the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Pouria Kourehpaz received a DIALOG Graduate Scholarship in Structural Engineering at UBC. Structural engineering firm DIALOG offers this scholarship annually to only one student entering the first year of a graduate program in structural engineering.

Carlos Molina Hutt delivered a guest lecture in PLAN 531 – Planning for Disaster Resilient Communities at UBC, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “From bugs to buildings: parallels in resilience and adaptation” at the UBC Green College, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Reducing the catastrophic risk of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake” at Natural Resources Canada, Vancouver, BC.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Seismic risk modelling of hospital infrastructure for Lower Mainland Facilities Management” at Health Emergency Management British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Camilo Granda Valencia was granted the Wendy Fan Memorial Scholarship in recognition of his academic achievement. This award, which is part of UBC’s Spring Graduate Awards Competition, is offered to support his Master’s Program.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Evaluating the seismic risk of existing tall steel buildings in the Western United States” at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Carlos Molina Hutt joined the Education Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “San Francisco Tall Buildings Safety Strategy” at the International Workshop of Innovative Structural Systems, Theory and Technology Towards Earthquake Resilience in Beijing, China.

Carlos Molina Hutt gave a talk titled “Seismic risk modelling of hospital infrastructure for Lower Mainland Facilities Management” at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, BC.

Jenny Si was awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Program. This award will provide funds for her studies and research in life-cycle costing and performance-based seismic resiliency in buildings.

Pouria Kourehpaz was awarded a Civil Engineering Excellence Award for the first year of his Ph.D. studies from the Civil Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia, which will hold an associated appointment as a Graduate Research Assistant.