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July 25, 2025 - GTU Office of Press and Public Relations Prof. Selçuk Toprak from the Department of Civil Engineering at Gebze Technical University (GTU) takes part in an international research project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), representing Türkiye. The project aims to develop reconstruction strategies by correlating infrastructure damages from the February 2023 earthquakes with ground dynamics and ground motion parameters.
Within the scope of scientific cooperation between Türkiye and Japan, the project focuses on examining the relationship between the structural and infrastructural damages caused by the February 2023 earthquakes and the characteristics of ground dynamics and seismic motion.
Titled “Damage Mechanisms of Structures and Infrastructure Caused by Ground Dynamics and Seismic Motion Characteristics in the February 2023 Earthquakes and Reconstruction Strategies”, the project is supported by the JSPS-KAKENHI International Joint Research Program. While the Japanese side of the project is led by Prof. Takashi Kiyota from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, Prof. Selçuk Toprak contributes to the study on behalf of Türkiye.
The project aims to comprehensively investigate the damages that occurred in the earthquake-affected regions, analyze their correlation with ground characteristics and seismic motion parameters, and propose reconstruction strategies tailored to the region’s unique geotechnical conditions.
As part of the project, detailed field investigations and data collection activities are being carried out. In addition, analyses are conducted to reveal the connection between damage patterns and the characteristics of the ground and seismic motion.
This international scientific collaboration is expected to contribute both to the mitigation of disaster risks in the region under study and to the planning of safer and more resilient reconstruction processes in other earthquake-prone areas facing similar risks. |