Contribute to the improvement of safety and resilience of our built environment.

Research

• Develop low-damage high-performance earthquake-resilient building systems through integrated experimental and numerical research.

Education

• Educate the next generation of diverse structural engineering students and enable them to conduct ethical and innovative research that advances the structural engineering profession.

Outreach

• Disseminate the importance and the contribution of structural engineering in our society. 

Scholarship and Excellence

• Achieve the highest level of quality in education and research. 

• Focus on fundamental principles of structural engineering. 

• Actively contribute to the structural engineering profession. 

• Advance the knowledge in structural engineering and share our understanding in a concise and thorough manner.

• Encourage curiosity with exploratory  and creative mindset.

• Promote collaborative research activities.

Integrity

• Create an honest and fair learning and research environment. 

• Trust and respect our peers.

• Be open to constructive feedback.

• Produce unbiased research outcomes.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Create a learning and research environment with equal opportunities for students and researchers independently of their age, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

• Listen different perspectives and learn from others.