Welcome to Shiva’s Personal Website

Hi! I am Shiva (Shivalinga Baddipalli). I am a curious PhD student with a strong interest in improving resilience and performance of structures to natural and man-made hazards, driven with a vision of creating safe, resilient, cost-effective, and sustainable communities to achieve sustainable equity, prosperity, and resilience.

I am interested in conducting fundamental scientific research and contributing to the growth of human knowledge. I possess high persistence and adaptability in working through challenges and setbacks.

My Research Interests

  1. Performance based earthquake engineering
  2. Recovery-based design
  3. Multi-hazard risk and resilience
  4. Structural dynamics, uncertainty analysis, and extreme & transient Loads
  5. Seismic vibration control
  6. Analysis and design of steel and RC structures