Joshua Macabuag
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Joshua Macabuag | |
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| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil Engineering Disaster response |
| Awards | FREng |
Joshua Macabuag is a civil engineer, who specialises in disaster response.
Early life & education[edit]
Macabuag studied civil engineering at the University of Oxford. Following his graduation, he worked on a project in South Africa with the charity Engineers Without Borders.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2009, Macabuag notably won first prize at the ICE's Graduate and Student Papers competition, for his paper investigating the use of polypropylene straps to earthquake-proof buildings in the country of Nepal.[2]
His expertise in disaster response has led him to provide expertise during a number of major global disasters, including the April 2015 Nepal earthquake,[3] Hurricane Irma and others.[4] In 2018, Macabuag published a study in Geosciences into the effect of debris-induced damage in buildings.[5] Macabuag has also published other studies into modelling vulnerabilities during natural disasters.[6]
In 2021, Macabuag partnered with the World Bank to work as a disaster risk engineering consultant.[7] Macabuag was a keynote speaker at the 14th Brunel International Lecture series, where he discussed disaster response.[8] In 2023, he became a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Joshua Macabuag in Jozini". CNN. 2007.
- ^ "Macabuag scoops papers award". New Civil Engineer. July 9, 2009.
- ^ "Engineer shares Nepal earthquake experiences". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. May 13, 2015.
- ^ "The Democratisation of Cat Models". University College London. November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Investigation of the Effect of Debris-Induced Damage for Constructing Tsunami Fragility Curves for Buildings". Geosciences. March 2018.
- ^ De Bruijn, Jens A.; Daniell, James E.; Pomonis, Antonios; Gunasekera, Rashmin; MacAbuag, Joshua; De Ruiter, Marleen C.; Koopman, Siem Jan; Bloemendaal, Nadia; De Moel, Hans; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H. (2022). "Using rapid damage observations for Bayesian updating of hurricane vulnerability functions: A case study of Hurricane Dorian using social media". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 72. Bibcode:2022IJDRR..7202839D. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102839.
- ^ Eliseev, Alex (August 5, 2021). "Engineering Extremes: Connecting engineering and humanity in disaster zones". Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
- ^ "First Brunel Lecture gives global view of infrastructure resilience". New Civil Engineer.
- ^ "Dr Joshua Macabuag FREng". Royal Academy of Engineering.