Staff

Phone: 525 4127
E-mail:simon@hi.is

Education

• Cand. Scient. (1981) Háskóli Íslands
• MSc (1990) University of Southern California, USA
• PhD (1999) Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Keywords for Specialisation

Engineering seismology, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake risk analysis, Strong Motion monitoring, Dynamics of structures, Signal processing.

Símon Ólafsson - Research portal  (Work in Progress.)

Professor

Phone: +345 525 4129
E-mail: Rajesh@hi.is

Education

• E (Civil, 2004) Tribhuwan University, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur, Nepal
• MSc (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, MEEES, 2008) University of Pavia and University of Patras
• PhD (Earthquake Engineering, 2010) University of Iceland. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Keywords for Specialisation

Structural mechanics, Waves and vibrations, Earthquake source modelling, Ground motion characterization and prediction, Earthquake response of structures.

Rajesh Rupakhety - Research Portal (Work in Progress)

Project Manager

Phone: +345 525 4141
E-mail: eborg@hi.is

Research Scientist, Director of Research.

Email: skykkur@hi.is

Education

• 1994 BSc University of Iceland. Faculty of Science. Physics Department
• 1997 MSc University of Iceland. Faculty of Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering
• 2004 PhD University at Buffalo. State University of New York, USA. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of New

Keywords for Specialisation

Earthquake seismology, Engineering seismology, Earthquake engineering, Earthquake monitoring, Seismic hazard, Seismic risk, Seismic arrays, Earthquake strong-motion, Earthquake simulation, Ground motion simulation, Earthquake source modeling.

Benedikt Halldórsson - Research Portal  (Work in Progress)

Research Scientist

Information coming soon

Professor emeritus

Tel: +354 525 4652
E-mail:jonase@hi.is

Education

• 1959 Degree in engineering University of Iceland
• 1962 Civ. ing. (M.sc.) Technical University of Denmark
• 1973 Lic. techn. (Ph.D) Technical University of Denmark

Keywords for Specialisation

Fluid dynamics, natural hazards, earthquake engineering.

Visiting Professor

Tel:+354 599 6528 
Mobile: +354 849 1714
E-mail: jonasthor@ru.is

Education

• 1985 Cand. Scient. University of Iceland
• 1989 MSc University of Washington, WA, USA
• 2002 PhD Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Keywords for Specialisation

Structural mechanics and dynamics, earthquake and wind engineering, full-scale and model-scale investigations of wind, loading and response of medium-rise buildings in built-up environments; computational assessment of wind-induced response; system identification of structures; damping and dynamic behaviour of foot-bridges; and traffic safety in wind environments.

Jónas Þór Snæbjörnsson - Research Portal (Work in Progress)

Research Scientist

Information coming soon

• Abdul Matin Jami, MSc
• Victor Moises Hernandez, MSc