• Definition of the notion of resilience
  • Basic methods to assess resilience at component, system, system-of-systems and network level
  • Design for resilience
  • Resilience-enabling technologies – code provisions
  • Climate variability: terminology, greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, climate models.
  • Environmental hazards (earthquake, flood, fire, erosion): identification, characterization.
  • Principles of sustainability and resilience in the infrastructure design and management: terminology, indices and assessment systems of infrastructure sustainability, methods of infrastructure resilience assessment, indicative examples (water basins, dams, flood protection works, water distribution networks, rainwater and wastewater networks, water treatment systems, wastewater treatment and reuse systems, protection and restoration of water ecosystems, coastal breakwaters, port quay walls).
  • Resilience of transportation systems, disruptions due to events and emergencies, measurement of demand and network capacity in real time, evaluation of response scenarios and optimization of traffic redistribution in the network.
  • Artificial intelligence / machine learning applications in civil engineering disciplines and in project and infrastructure management.
  • Tools and technologies for the development of smart interconnected infrastructures.