Nicholas Ambraseys#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1761 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1997 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Nicholas Ambraseys passed away December 28, 2012.
Positions Held
- Emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Historical Seismicity
- Calculation of seismic displacements of dams
- Earthquake hazard assessment
- Earthquake resistant design of geotechnical structures (dams and foundations) and strong-motion seismology
Honours and Awards
- 1975 Busk Medal for Scientific Discovery from the Royal Geographical Society
- 1975 Mercenary Award of the European Association of Earthquake Engineering
- 1985 Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 1986 Honorary Fellowship of the Society of Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
- 1992 Honorary Fellowship of the International Association of Earthquake Engineering
- 1993 Honoris Causa from University of Athens
- 1997 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1998 Award of the Freedom of the City of Skopje
- 2004 44th Rankine Lecture
- 2006 Harry Fielding Reid Medal
of the Seismological Society of America
- Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers
- Fellowship of the Geological Society and Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellow of the Academy of Athens
