Overview
- Location
- Italy
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Description
Eucentre is a non-profit private law foundation that pursues a mission of research, training and provision of services in the field of seismic engineering and, more generally, safety engineering.
Founded in 2005 as an evolution of the European Center for Training and Research in Seismic Engineering already active in Pavia since 2003, it was established by the Founders, the University of Pavia, the IUSS University of Pavia, the Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, to further develop scientific skills, of research and higher education in the sector present in Pavia.
Eucentre today has an important heritage of experimental laboratories consisting of vibrating tables for the simulation of earthquakes aimed at both structural civil engineering, non-structural devices and the certification of anti-seismic devices.