We want to congratulate our graduate- Saturnino Gomes – on his most recent achievement. Saturnino wrote the article titled- “Disasters and Mitigation in Civil Engineering Perspective (Case Study: Flooding Overflow Occurred and Hit Dili, Capital of Timor-Leste on 4th April, 2021) ” with Scholar Publishing in the Transactions on Engineering and Computing Sciences Journal. Below you can read a short abstract from his article.
Abstract
Civil engineering disasters refer to failures in infrastructure and construction that result in catastrophic consequences, often leading to loss of life, property damage, and economic setbacks. These disaster can be caused by natural hazards, design flaws, material failures, or human errors. Mitigation strategies in civil engineering focus on designing resilient structures, implementing strict building codes, and using advanced technologies to prevent or minimize disaster impact. This paper presents the concept of civil engineering disasters, their characteristics, classification, causes, and mitigation technologies. Civil engineering disasters are caused primarily by civil engineering defects, which are usually attributed to improper selection of construction site, hazard assessment, design and construction, occupancy, and maintenance. From this viewpoint, many natural disasters such as earthquakes, strong winds, floods, landslides, and debris flows are substantially due to civil engineering defects rather than the actual natural hazards. Civil engineering disasters occur frequently and globally and are the most closely related to human beings among all disasters.
You can find the article at the following link:
https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/TMLAI/article/view/18573
Saturnino Gomes completed a Doctorate program in Civil Engineering at AIU.
We are very proud of you Saturnino– you are an example for AIU and its community.
