(CDP RISK - WP3)
PhD CDP Risk in ISTerre Laboratory, Université Grenoble Alpes
Supervisors:
Elise Beck (PACTE, Elise.beck@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr),       
Cécile Cornou (ISTerre, Cecile.cornou@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)
Julie Dugdale (LIG, Julie.dugdale@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)

Thesis objectives

Developing an interdisciplinary multi-model of seismic risk: a global model that integrates underlying models of seismic hazard, physical and social vulnerabilities as well as human behaviors when faced with sudden catastrophic events.

This work aims to improve the transdisciplinary modeling of seismic risk, while also taking into account the limited knowledge we have and the difficulty in classifying the different components of risk.

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Publications

1. Iskandar, R., Dugdale, J., Beck, E., Cornou, C., 2021. PEERS: An integrated agent-based framework for simulating pedestrians’ earthquake evacuation. ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Blacksburg, VA, USA: Virginia Tech, pp. 86–96.
2. Iskandar, R., Allaw, K., Dugdale, J., Beck, E., Adjizian-Gérard, J., Cornou, C., Harb, J., Lacroix, P., Badaro-Saliba, N., Cartier, S., & Zaarour, R. 2020. Agent-based simulation of pedestrians’ earthquake evacuation; application to Beirut, Lebanon. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.
3. Iskandar, R., 2020. Modélisation du risque sismique à Beyrouth (Liban) : comment prendre en compte le comportement humain ? Site web de l’Institut des Risque Majeurs (IRMa) : http://www.irma-grenoble.com/01actualite/01articles_afficher.php?id_actualite=726  
4. Iskandar, R., Cornou, C., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., 2019. Seismic risk modeling including human behavior. Session poster présentée à la Global Challenges Science Week, International interdisciplinary days of Grenoble Alpes, 3-6 June 2019, Grenoble, France. (poster)
5. Iskandar, R., Al-Tfaily, B., Salameh, C., Bard, P.Y., Guillier, B., Cornou, C., Gérard, J., Harb, J., Fayjaloun, R., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., 2019. Modélisation des dommages sismiques à Beyrouth (Liban) combinant les comportements du sol et du bâti. 10e Colloque National de l’Association Française du Génie Parasismique, 24-27 September 2019. Strasbourg, France. (poster)
6. Iskandar, R., Al-Tfaily, B., Salameh, C., Bard, P.Y., Guillier, B., Cornou, C., Gérard, J., Harb J., Fayjaloun, R., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., Lacroix, P., Cartier, S., 2019. Buildings damage estimation at fine spatial scale for integrated seismic risk modeling in Beirut (Lebanon). 10th conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, 16-18 Octobre 2019. Nice, France. Received the first prize of the young scientist award.

CV Presentation

Civil Engineer- Masters in GeoHazards

Education

• 2017-2022 PhD Student Cross Disciplinary Program RISK@UGA
  . Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France
  . Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, Territoires, PACTE Grenoble, France
  . Laboratoire Informatique de Grenoble, LIG Grenoble, France

• 2016-2017 Masters 2 in Earth, Planets and Environment sciences- GeoHazards
  Grenoble Alpes University Grenoble, France

• 2012-2017 Civil Engineering- Option : Geotechincal Engineering
  Lebanese University- Faculty of Engineering Roumieh, Lebanon

Professional experience

• October 2018-Present
  PhD Candidate
  . Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France
  . Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, Territoires, PACTE Grenoble, France
  . Laboratoire Informatique de Grenoble, LIG Grenoble, France

• September 2017- June 2018
  Junior Researcher in seismic risk
  Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France

• February 2017-July 2017
  Stage de Master 2
  Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France

• July 2016 -August 2016
  Stage Génie Civil
  BATCO Group Dbayeh, Lebanon

• August 2015-September 2015
  MATTA ET ASSOCIES Zouk, Lebanon