Team & partners

Zagreb field expertise meets Lausanne experimental research.

University of Zagreb FCE / CCEE and EPFL EESD form one integrated research team, supported by Croatian institutions responsible for science, heritage and the built environment.

Project leadership

Jointly led in Zagreb and Lausanne.

Each institution has a project leader and a project coordinator, ensuring close scientific and organisational collaboration throughout the programme.

Zagreb

University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering

Josip AtalićProject leader

Maja BaničekProject coordinator

Project team

Mario UrošMarta Šavor NovakMarija Demšić

Post-earthquake damage assessment and field experience
Seismic risk and vulnerability of masonry aggregates
Numerical modelling and engineering implementation

↔Researcher exchanges
Co-supervised PhDs
Shared data

Lausanne

EPFL EESD

Katrin BeyerProject leader

Igor TomićProject coordinator

Large-scale shake-table testing
Experimental campaigns and material characterisation
Advanced modelling, benchmarking and blind prediction

Researchers from Zagreb and EPFL during a project visit in Zagreb — **Building the collaboration.** EPFL EESD team visit to Zagreb, July 2021 — field exchange that helped shape the joint research programme.

Project governance & scientific network

Connecting science, engineering, policy and heritage protection.

The project is supported by a three-level governance and collaboration structure that brings together ministries, international researchers, Croatian experts and professional stakeholders.

01Governance

Strategic oversight

Steering Committee

Meetings every 6 months

Ministry of Science, Education and YouthProject funder Ministry of Culture and MediaHeritage policy Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State AssetsBuilt environment policy

02Advisory

Independent expertise

International Advisory Board

International experts

Frédéric DuboisLMGC, CNRS

Serena CattariUniversity of Genoa

Sergio LagomarsinoUniversity of Genoa

Andrea PennaUniversity of Pavia

Additional international experts to be confirmed.

Croatian experts & stakeholders

Boris TrogrlićBojan MilovanovićJuraj PojatinaTomislav Petrinec Ministry of Culture and MediaMartina VujasinovićAnte BuzovMario TodorićJosip Galić

Additional experts and stakeholders to be confirmed.

03Network

Research collaboration

Scientific Collaborators & Partners

Frédéric DuboisLMGC, CNRS

Serena CattariUniversity of Genoa

Sergio LagomarsinoUniversity of Genoa

Andrea PennaUniversity of Pavia

Extended project networkCroatian research teams, professional partners, institutional collaborators and young researchers

Additional collaborators will be added as the project network develops.

Funding & institutional partners

Connecting science, heritage and reconstruction.

ZAGGREGATE is funded by the Republic of Croatia Ministry of Science, Education and Youth and developed with institutional partners responsible for cultural heritage and the built environment.

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