About me | Emmanuel Randle

I am Emmanuel Randle, a doctoral researcher in Civil Engineering at Oregon State University, specializing in structural engineering. My research focuses on earthquake and tsunami risk, uncertainty, damage modeling, and community resilience.

I enjoy work that connects detailed engineering questions with their consequences for people and institutions. Alongside my PhD, I developed an independent earthquake catastrophe-risk project that follows losses through insurance and reinsurance contracts and explores parametric risk transfer.

My professional interests include catastrophe modeling, vulnerability research, reinsurance analytics, and insurance-linked securities. I want to understand both the physical risk and the financial decisions that depend on it.

Education

September 2024 to present

Oregon State University

PhD, Civil Engineering
Specialization: Structural Engineering
Minor: Statistics

Research in earthquake and tsunami risk, uncertainty propagation, correlation modeling, damage, and population displacement.

Durham University

MSc, Civil Engineering
Specialization: Structural Engineering

Research project: Discrete Macro-Element Modelling of URM Veneer Walls Subjected to Out-of-Plane Loads.

I developed and validated a simplified model of masonry veneer wall response using experimental data and higher-fidelity numerical results.

University of Lagos

BSc, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Finite-element research on vibro stone columns as periodic wave barriers for mitigating train-induced vibrations.

Leadership & service

I serve as Co-Chair of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Student Chapter and Treasurer of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Student Chapter at Oregon State University.

OSU engineering students and guests at a chapter gathering — Chapter activities with students and guests.

Emmanuel Randle volunteering at the Oregon State University College of Engineering booth at 13NCEE — Volunteering at the OSU College of Engineering booth during 13NCEE.

Bringing a reinsurance perspective to campus

I coordinated “Natural Catastrophe Risk and Models: A (re)insurer’s Perspective,” a guest seminar with Dr. Giannis Gidaris of Swiss Re. I invited him, managed the correspondence, and designed the event poster. The seminar connected our engineering community with an industry perspective on natural catastrophe risk and modeling.

View the Swiss Re seminar poster

Poster for the Swiss Re natural catastrophe risk seminar organized by Emmanuel Randle — Guest seminar hosted through OSU's SEI and EERI student chapters.

Other chapter activities have included a COWI speaker meeting, Shake Table Night, and opportunities for students to meet and exchange ideas. I also volunteered at the OSU College of Engineering booth at the 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering.

Get in touch

Find my work on GitHub or connect with me on LinkedIn.