Colloquiam: Newest members

Sergio Oller

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:41:56 +0200

Dr. Sergio Oller is Civil Engineer and is currently Full Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain (BarcelonaTech-UPC: http://www.upc.edu/); Senior Researcher at the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Spain (CIMNE: www.cimne.com ); Honorary Professor at National University of Salta, Argentina.

He is Doctor in Civil Engineering by te Technical University of Catalonia, Spain; and Doctor “Honoris-Causa” by the University of Salta, Argentina; he has specialized on Advanced Structural Analysis at the Rome University, Italy; and Civil Engineering by the National University of Salta, Argentina.

He teaches the following courses at the UPC: “Strength of Materials and Structures”; “Fracture Mechanics”; “Composite Materials”; and “Structural Dynamics”.

He was Visiting Professor at the Civil Engineering Laboratory of the National University of Tucumán Argentina, Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Salta Argentina, and Visiting Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the State University of California at Berkeley USA.

His current research fields are: “Computational Mechanics”, “Constitutive Models”, “New Structural Materials”, “Composites Materials”, “Fatigue”, “Biomechanics”, and “Dynamic of Structures”. He supervised PhD and Master Theses, and published books and articles in these fields ( http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dykQ-RkAAAAJ&hl=en ).

He participated in research projects in the framework of RTD programs of the European Commission, most of them as main researcher, in various projects funded by different Spanish Ministries, and in many consultancy contracts with Spanish and international companies or institutions.

Sergio Preidikman

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:18:19 +0200

Please, write a brief description of your experience in research, teaching and/or education.

Juan Ronda

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:03:49 +0200

EDUCATION

PhD. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Argentina

MSc. Po0ntificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) - Brasil

BSc. Universidad Católica de Córdoba - Argentina

TEACHING & ADVISING

1998-present

Master in Structural Engineering Program, Escuela Militar de Ingeniería EMI-Bolivia.

Professor in: Structural Stability, Finite Elements Method, Structural Pathology, Continuum Mechanics.

2008-present

Master in Structural Engineering Program, Universidad Real Mayor y Pontificia San Francisco Javier-Bolivia.

Professor in: Structural Stability, Finite Elements Method, Structural Dynamics.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

MSc. Conducted Assistant 2000-present

Master in Structural Engineering Program, Escuela Militar de Ingeniería EMI-Bolivia.

Master in Structural Engineering Program, Universidad Real Mayor y Pontificia San Francisco Javier-Bolivia.

Conducting as advisor numerous guided thesis.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Optimization Techniques, Structural Stability, Structural Modelling, Finite Elements, Structural Health, Structural Monitoring, Structural Reliability, Structural Pathology, Structural Reinforcements. Investigations to improve seismic force-resisting systems through simulations and various visualization techniques. Contribute to multi-disciplinary project aimed at developing visualizations and simulations to predict seismic force damage to various structures (bridges and buildings).

Bruno Natalini

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:53:16 +0200

Current fields of research: estimation of extreme wind speeds, codification of minimum design wind loads on buildings, wind loads on buildings, wind damage on civil structures, wind tunnel testing of stiff structures, full-scale testing of wind loads on low rise structures, risk analysis.

Victorio Enrique Sonzogni

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:33:49 +0200

Please, write a brief description of your experience in research, teaching and/or education.

Sergio Elaskar

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:32:30 +0200

Please, write a brief description of your experience in research, teaching and/or education.

ALEJANDRO AMBROSINI

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:28:47 +0200

Simulation models aplied to urban development and urban problems generated by real state developments

Paolo Gyssels

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:59:00 +0200

Marine Environment Quality, Submarine Outfall Environmental Design, Coastal Structures, Met-Ocean Analysis, Beach Design and Coastal Protection, Oceanography.

River Flood Analysis, Hydraulic Infrastructures, River and Estuarine Morphodynamic, Hydrology.

Numerical Modelling in Hydraulic (River and Sea, Currents, Waves, Tides and Sediment Transport).

Physical modelling.

Marcela Teixeira

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:53:05 +0200

Eduardo M. Sosa

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:45:17 +0200

Dr. Eduardo M. Sosa is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, USA. His research interests include applied research on rapidly deployable structures for protection of underground civil infrastructure against natural disasters or man-made threats. He has been Project Coordinator, Co-Principal Investigator, and Principal Investigator of the Resilient Tunnel Plug (RTP) project sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (DHS S&T) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Dr. Sosa’s current research work includes the development and implementation of rapidly deployable membrane structures for the protection of transportation infrastructure. His expertise includes structural design and FE simulations, material selection and testing, and experimental evaluation of prototypes at multiple scales and transition from experimental prototypes to field implementation. Dr. Sosa also conducts research on the stability of thin-walled structures with current emphasis on oil storage tanks subjected to extreme loads and resilience of critical civil infrastructure.