St. Augustine, Trinidad. Wednesday 20, 2024 – The UWI Seismic Research Centre has been recognized for its exceptional research output. The Centre received the “Most Productive Research Institute, Centre or Unit Award” at the Principal’s Research Awards 2024 held at the Daaga Auditorium in St. Augustine on November 14th.
In recognizing the UWI-SRC’s contributions to the St. Augustine Campus’ scholarly output, the award committee noted the diversity in the Centre’s academic publications. The multidisciplinary research done by UWI-SRC scientists spans geophysical monitoring, hazard assessment, community disaster resilience and risk communication. Beyond its scientific work, the Centre was also lauded for its efforts to forge meaningful relationships with vulnerable communities, establish international collaborative partnerships and provide consultancy services to various industrial sectors. The UWI-SRC was hailed as an essential partner in the regional effort to build disaster resilience.
The Principal’s Research Awards recognizes excellence in staff and student research in several categories across faculties and departments at the UWI’s St. Augustine Campus. Each year the award for the most productive research Institute/Centre/Unit is presented to a university research group that can demonstrate exceptional research productivity and quality. The UWI-SRC’s execution of the Volcano Ready Communities Project in St. Vincent, The Trinidad and Tobago Microzonation Project and its Management of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory were all cited as evidence of the Centre’s productivity, regional impact and influence.
Awardees of the Principal Research Awards 2024 with Principal PVC Antoine, Campus Senior Management and the Feature Speaker, T&T Finance Minister, Colm Imbert.
UWI-SRC Director Dr. Erouscilla Joseph was accompanied by several members of staff as she accepted the award before of an audience of fellow researchers and colleagues. Dr. Joseph noted that she hoped the award raised the profile of the Centre among the campus community and looked forward to more collaborations between researchers from different departments on the St. Augustine campus. On Friday 15th, the award ceremony was followed by a research conference where awardees were given the opportunity to present their research to the public. Dr. Joseph represented the Centre at the conference delivering a presentation entitled “Advancing Resilience and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean through Geohazards Monitoring and Community Preparedness.” The UWI-SRC wishes to thank all its partners and collaborators for their contributions to the research it pursues on behalf of the people of the Eastern Caribbean.
UWI-SRC Director and staff pose with the awards at the end of the ceremony.
For more details on the awards please see here.
