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　　应管理与经济学院院长、能源与环境政策中心主任魏一鸣教授邀请，6月19日，加拿大渥太华大学土木工程系Tad Murty教授来中心访问，并做了主题为“Vulnerability of coastal infrastructure to natural hazards”的学术报告。报告会由管理与经济学院副院长、中心副主任王兆华教授主持。

　　日本海啸之后，许多国家开始重新审视本国沿海基础设施对自然灾害的易损性。在报告中，Murty教授介绍了风暴潮和海啸对沿海基础设施的易损性。
　　报告结束后，Murty教授与在场师生就沿海地区自然灾害预警、气候变化易损性等问题展开了热烈讨论。

报告人简介：
　　Professor Tad Murty, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Ph.D. In Meteorology& Oceanography, University of Chicago, USA ; Former Director of the Australian National Tidal Facility; Former Director of the South Pacific sea level and climate Change Monitoring project; Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Specialized in the mathematical modelling of natural hazards under climate change with applications to early warning systems, Most recently edited the storm surge guide for the WMO; Published about 400 peer reviewed scientific papers and about 100 other papers in proceedings of conferences, technical reports, internal departmental reports etc and received several national and international awards.