Dr Emily So, Director of Studies Architecture (external)
MEng, PhD, CEng, MICE. Director of Studies in Architecture.
Formerly a senior geotechnical engineer at Arup and Mendenhall Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, she specialises in casualty estimation in earthquake loss modelling and has been instrumental in establishing an international network on Disaster Casualties. She collaborates regularly with the UK Earthquake Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), the World Bank, the UK Environment Agency, the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), amongst others, and is on the GEM Science Board. She was the 2010 Shah Family Innovation Prize winner. Emily sits on the UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and was part of the design team that won World Building of the Year 2017 of the World Architecture Festival.
I am a University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture. I am lecturer and series co-ordinator for Principles of Structural Design (Part IB) and year co-ordinator for Part IA.