Research Projects
2025-2026
Mitigation Investments to Reduce Risks from Natural Hazards in British Columbia
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Funding: BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2025-2026
Creating Building Code Requirements for Resilient Design
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Funding: Resilient Design Coalition
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2025-2026
Emergency Healthcare Accessibility and Functionality
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Funding: Bush Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2024-2025
UBC disaster resilience research network (Renewal)
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Funding: Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt & S. Shneiderman (UBC)
Co-Principal Investigators: S. Chang, S. Weijs, D. Edgington, D. Tannant, E. Raker, F. Nakamura, S. Dickson-Hoyle, L. Tobber, A. Kim, J. Stacey, H. Marken (First Nations Emergency Services Society), A. Bostrom (UW), E. Lloyd (City of Nanaimo), and H. Maxwell
2024-2025
Resilience hubs for UBC campus communities
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Funding: UBC Campus as Living Lab Grand Challenge
Principal Investigator: S. Chang
Co-Principal Investigators: S. Weijs, C. Molina Hutt, S. Shneiderman, J.Stacey, M. Hooper, A. Kim
2023-2024
A research-informed disaster and climate risk and resilience assessment of British Columbia
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Funding: BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
Co-Principal Investigators: T. Carey, S. Weijs, D. Tannant, A. Kim, S. Chang, K. Lokman, N. Fox, D. Edgington, and S. Shneiderman
2023
A methodology to leverage seismic risk assessments to inform seismic policy development
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Funding: MITACS Accelerate with the City of Vancouver
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2023
Risks and impacts of a super-storm in British Columbia
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Funding: UBC Science STAIR Grant
Principal Investigators: M. D'Arcy (UBC) & C. Molina Hutt
2023
Ambient Vibration Testing of Hospital Buildings Fraser Health
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Funding: Bush Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2022-2025
Quantifying the seismic resilience of the transportation network in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia
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Funding: NSERC Alliance Grant
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2022-2023
UBC disaster resilience research network
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Funding: Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters
Co-Investigators: C. Molina Hutt & S. Shneiderman (UBC)
2022
Ambient Vibration Testing of Hospital Buildings in Vancouver Coastal Health
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Funding: Bush Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2022
Using artificial intelligence to characterize the dynamics of seismic risk
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Funding: MITACS Globalink Research Award
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
Co-Investigator: D. Lallemant (Nanyang Technological University)
2021-2023
A Framework to Assess the Seismic Resilience of Hospital Infrastructure in Metro Vancouver
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Funding: MITACS Accelerate with Bush, Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2021
Collaboration for Cascadia Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction
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Funding: UBC-UW Collaborative Research Mobility Award
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt and N. Errett (UW)
Co-Investigator: From UBC: S. Chang, D. Edgington, S. McDougall, S. Peacock and S. Shneiderman. From UW: A. Bostrom, M. Eberhard, A. Goodchild, D. Schmidt and S. Abramson
2021
Seismic risk assessment of ridge meadows hospital campus
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Funding: Bush Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2019
Mass Timber Floor Vibration Design Guide and Validation
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Funding: MITACS Accelerate with Aspect Structural Engineers
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2019-2024
Enhancing the seismic resilience of Canada’s built environment through comprehensive risk-based assessments of tall buildings.
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Funding: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2019-2020
Reducing the catastrophic risk of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake in southwest British Columbia.
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Funding: New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration
Co-Principal Investigators: C. Molina Hutt and S. Molnar (Western)
Co-Investigators: S. Chang (UBC)
2019-2021
Innovative earthquake resilient structural systems for high-rise buildings.
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Funding: Beijing Natural Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: X. Ji (Tsinghua University)
Co-Investigators: C. Molina Hutt and K. Ikago (Tohoku University)
2018
Seismic risk modelling of hospital infrastructure in the Lower Mainland.
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Funding: MITACS Accelerate with Bush, Bohlman & Partners
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2018
Enhancing model suitability analysis in catastrophe modelling.
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Funding: MITACS Accelerate with Guy Carpenter
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2018
University of British Columbia and University of Washington cross border collaborations in earthquake engineering.
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Funding: Cascadia Engagement Fund
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
Co-Investigators: M. Eberhard (University of Washington)
2018
Tall buildings study for the City and County of San Francisco
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Funding: Applied Technology Council
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2017-2020
Seismic assessment, retrofit strategies and policy implications for vulnerable existing steel buildings.
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Funding: US National Institute of Standards and Technology, Disaster Resilience Research Grant Program
Principal Investigator: G. Deierlein (Stanford University)
Co-Investigator: C. Molina Hutt
2015
Newton Research Fund to facilitate research exchanges between the UK and China.
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Funding: UK Royal Academy of Engineering
Principal Investigator: C. Molina Hutt​
Consulting Projects
2019-2020
Seismic Design of Vancouver’s New St. Paul’s Hospital
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC.
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C. Molina Hutt served as a specialist seismic consultant to support the City in the process of planning and executing Vancouver’s New St. Paul’s Hospital Design by providing expertise in multi-hazard vulnerability assessment and design approaches that mitigate risk.
2018
Applied Technology Council San Francisco Tall Buildings Study.
Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, CA.
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C. Molina Hutt was a specialist consultant on a project for San Francisco’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning (City and County of San Francisco).
2017
United States Geological Survey: Haywired Earthquake Scenario.
Arup, San Francisco, CA.
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C. Molina Hutt was a specialist consultant on a project for the United States Geological Survey: Haywired Scenario - Tall Building Performance Study.
2016
Seismic Vulnerability of Pre-Northridge Tall Steel Moment Resisting Frames.
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA.
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C. Molina Hutt was a specialist consultant supporting Risk Management Solution’s update to their North America Seismic Vulnerability Module with a focus on Pre-Northridge Tall Steel Moment Resisting Frames.
2014
Save the Children’s Safer School Construction Program.
Save the Children, Haiti.
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C. Molina Hutt was a specialist consultant supporting the assessment of Save the Children’s Safer School Construction Program in Haiti.
Post-Earthquake Disaster Response & Reconnaissance
2017
United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team - Mexico 2017.
Structural Engineering Expert, United Nations.
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C. Molina Hutt was a member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team following the M7.1 earthquake on 19 September 2017.
2016
European Union Civil Protection Team - Ecuador 2016.
Structural Engineering Expert, European Union.
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C. Molina Hutt was a member of the European Union Civil Protection Team (EUCPT) deployed to Ecuador following the M7.8 Earthquake on 16 April 2016.
2016
Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team - Ecuador 2016.
Institution of Structural Engineers.
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C. Molina Hutt assisted in the organization of a reconnaissance mission to study the Muisne, Ecuador Earthquake of 16 April 2016
2013
Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team - Tohoku 2011.
Institution of Structural Engineers.
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C. Molina Hutt participated in a reconnaissance Mission to study the recovery two years after the Mw9.0 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 11th March 2011.