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Publications & Awards
Bhuj Post EQ
  • “A perfect recipe for disaster” – Alpa Sheth, Hindustan Times, October 13, 2011. Read more.
  • “On Very Shaky Ground” – Alpa Sheth, Hindustan Times, September 26, 2011 Read more.
  • “Effect of Perimeter Frames in Seismic Performance of Tall Concrete buildings with shear wall core and flat slab system.” – Alpa Sheth, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, October  2008
  • “School Safety Initiatives- Need For More Active Intervention From Engineering Community” – Alpa Sheth, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, October  2008
  • “The Dharavi Redevelopment Project – A monumental blunder?” –Alpa Sheth, Times of India, July 12, 2007
  • “Urban Layouts, Densities and the Quality of Urban Life” – Shirish B. Patel, Alpa Sheth and Neha Panchal,  Economic and Political Weekly, 30 June 2007, 2725-2736
  •  “Seismic Safety Strategies in Gujarat” – Alpa Sheth and V Thiruppugazh, 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, April 2006
  • “Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004” – Report prepared jointly by Sudhir K. Jain, CVR Murty, Durgesh Rai, Alpa Sheth, Arvind Jaiswal and others, EERI Special Earthquake Report, April 2005
  • “Recent Tsunami and Earthquake Devastation” – Sudhir K. Jain, CVR Murty, Durgesh Rai, Alpa Sheth, Arvind Jaiswal and others, Indian Concrete Journal, January 2005, Vol 79, No. 1
  • “Private Sector Initiatives in Risk Reduction” – Alpa Sheth, “Know Risk”, United Nations Publication, 2005
  •  “Earthquake Capacity Building and Risk Reduction Measures in Gujarat Post Bhuj 2001 Earthquake” – Alpa Sheth, Sudhir K. Jain and V Thiruppugazh, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, August 2004
  • “Seismic Retrofitting of Mani Mandir and Willingdon Secretariat at Morbi Gujarat, India” – Alpa Sheth, Divay Gupta and others 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, August 2004
  • “Innovative Integration of Space Frame and Framed Tube for High rise Building” – Alpa Sheth and R. D. Chaudhari, Indian Concrete Journal, May 2004, Vol 78, No. 5
  • “Earthquake Engineering in Architecture Curriculum”- Prof S. Jain, Er. A. Sheth, Prof A. Bose, Journal of the Indian Inst of Architects, May 2004, 69/05
  • “Use of Intermediate RC Moment Frames in Moderate Seismic Areas”-Alpa Sheth, Indian Concrete Journal, Nov 2003, Vol 77, No. 11
  • “Manual of Seismic Design- James Stratta – Book review”, Alpa Sheth, Indian Concrete Journal, Sept 2003, Vol 77, No. 9
  •  “Special Report- E-conference on Professional Issues in Structural engineering in India”,  Sudhir K Jain and Alpa Sheth- , Indian Concrete Journal, Feb 2003, Vol 77, No. 2
  • “Training of Teachers for Capacity Building towards earthquake safety in India”- Alpa Sheth and Sudhir K Jain – Indian Concrete Journal, Oct 2002, Vol. 76, No. 10
  • “Earthquake Engineering in Civil Engineering Curricula” – Sudhir K Jain and Alpa Sheth- Indian Concrete Journal, September 2002, Vol 76, No. 9
  •  “Seismic Retrofitting by Conventional Methods”- Alpa Sheth, Indian Concrete Journal, August 2002,Vol. 76, No. 8
  • “Special Report- E-conference on Indian Seismic Codes”,  Durgesh C Rai and Alpa Sheth , Indian Concrete Journal, Jun 2002, Vol 76, No. 6