International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology

IIEES Building Department is to develop methods and processes for designing and retrofitting buildings to be safer against earthquakes and other loads. The first responsibility of this department is to conduct researches on existing and new buildings and develop technology for safer design, especially against earthquake forces.

Department of Special Structures

Some of the main activities of this Department are outlined as follows:

• General studies concerning all special structures, lifelines interactions, and urban designs, etc;
• Forced vibration analysis of typical bridges, offshore structures, concrete dams, etc;
• Developing the technical capacity in vulnerability assessment of oil and chemical facilities.

Department of Lifeline Earthquake Engineering

Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Department has started its activities since 1991, two years after the establishment of !lEES, as a research group of !lEES Structural Engineering Research Center. Lifelines are of water and wastewater systems, energy systems, transportation systems and communication systems. The main goal of this group is to perform the researches effective in upgrading the seismic behaviors of lifelines, both existing and future ones.

Department of Applied Structural Dynamics

Applied Structural Dynamics Department is the forefront research body of IIEES in the field of structural dynamics. The group is also responsible for IIEES structural laboratory and provides the services required in experimental studies.