Joshua Macabuag Explained
Joshua Macabuag is a civil engineer, who specialises in disaster response.
Early life & education
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
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Joshua Macabuag in Jozini . . 2007.
- Web site: Macabuag scoops papers award . . July 9, 2009.
- Web site: Engineer shares Nepal earthquake experiences . . May 13, 2015.
- Web site: The Democratisation of Cat Models . . November 3, 2022.
- Investigation of the Effect of Debris-Induced Damage for Constructing Tsunami Fragility Curves for Buildings . . March 2018. 10.3390/geosciences8040117 . free . MacAbuag . Joshua . Rossetto . Tiziana . Ioannou . Ioanna . Eames . Ian . 8 . 4 . 117 . 2018Geosc...8..117M .
- 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. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102839 . 2022IJDRR..7202839D . 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 . 72 .
- Web site: Eliseev . Alex . Engineering Extremes: Connecting engineering and humanity in disaster zones . . August 5, 2021.
- Web site: First Brunel Lecture gives global view of infrastructure resilience . 20 October 2022 . New Civil Engineer.
- Web site: Dr Joshua Macabuag FREng . Royal Academy of Engineering.
