Katrin Beyer

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Associate Professor

katrin.beyer@epfl.ch +41 21 693 62 34

EPFL ENAC IIC EESD
GC B2 504 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 62 34
+41 21 693 57 06
Office: GC B2 504
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Web site: Web site: https://eesd.epfl.ch

EPFL ENAC IIC GIS-GE
GC B2 504 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 62 34
Office: GC B2 504
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Web site: Web site: https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/gis/

EPFL ENAC-DO
GC A2 402 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 62 34
Office: GC A2 402
EPFL > ENAC > ENAC-DEC > ENAC-DO

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EPFL > ENAC > ENAC-SGC > SGC-ENS

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EPFL > VPA > VPA-FAC > OSSC

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Fields of expertise

Seismic engineering
Masonry structures
Reinforced concrete structures
Dynamics of structures

Biography

Katrin Beyer studied civil engineering at ETH Zurich, where she obtained a diploma with distinction in 2001. She then worked for two years for the ARUP consulting firm in London on projects related to structural dynamics, impacts and seismic analysis. In 2003, she enrolled at the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS) in Pavia, Italy, earning a Master’s degree in earthquake engineering, followed by a PhD from the University of Pavia in 2007. She then returned to ETH Zurich to work as a post-doctoral researcher.

In 2010, Beyer joined EPFL’s School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) as a tenure-track assistant professor of civil engineering. She founded the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD), which studies the seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry structures with a particular focus on historical structures that were not designed for seismic loads. Her research group uses large-scale experimental testing and numerical methods to advance the understanding of the seismic behavior of such structures. Beyer was promoted to associate professor in 2017. She is a member of the executive committee of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering and a co-founder of the startup SwissInspect.

Beyer chaired EPFL’s Open Science Strategic Committee from 2017 to 2021 and the ETH Domain’s Open Research Data (ORD) working group in 2020 and 2021. This working group authored a white paper on ORD in the ETH Domain and initiated a CHF 15 million program to implement the paper’s recommendations. Beyer served as ENAC’s associate dean for open science and digitalization from 2020 to 2023, and in late 2023 was appointed dean of ENAC for a four-year term starting on 1 January 2024.

Publications

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Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Civil Engineering

PhD Students

Bozulic Ivana, Corres Sojo Enrique, Haindl Carvallo Mathias Christian, Hernández Fraile Diego, Inzunza Araya Ernesto Andrés, Lesiv Hnat, Oreb Jakov, Shah Mati Ullah, Wang Qianqing, Zhu Yuhan,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Constantin Raluca-Tereza , De Oliveira Durães Alves Martins João Miguel , Drakatos Ioannis Sokratis , Hannewald Pia , Pantoja Rosero Bryan German , Paparo Alessandro , Petry Sarah , Rezaie Amir , Rosso Angelica , Shaqfa Mahmoud S. M. , Tarquini Danilo , Tomic Igor , Vanin Francesco , Wilding Bastian Valentin , Zhang Shenghan ,

Courses

Nonlinear analysis of structures

This course provides an introduction to the nonlinear modelling of civil engineering structures.

Dynamics of structures

Dynamics loads on structures, equations of motion of linear single- and multiple-degree-of freedom systems; free an forced vibrations; damping in structures: modal superposition and response history analysis, earthquake effects

Seismic engineering

This course deals with the main aspects of seismic design and assessment of buildings including conceptual design. It covers different structural design and evaluation philosophies for new and existing reinforced concrete, steel and unreinforced masonry buildings.

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