Engineering Civil

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EDUCATION

PhD. Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. June 2013 (Expected)

Dissertation: Performance-Based Seismic Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in New York City

Advisor: Prof. Gilberto Mosqueda, Co-advisor: Prof. Andrew Whittaker

M. Sc., Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, May 2010.

B. Sc., Civil Engineering, National University of Engineering,Nicaragua, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEIndependent Earthquake and Structural Engineering Consultant, 2011-2012Consultant on performance-based seismic analysis and design of structures for the following companies in Latin America: Arquitectos e Ingenieros, Panama City, Panama.EG-Structural Engineers, Morelia, Mexico.MB Ingenieria, Guatemala City, Guatemala.Enrique Morales, Quito, EcuadorAssociate Structural Engineer at DIARSA, Managua, Nicaragua 2002-2008Analyzed and designed over 100 projects under seismic and wind loads.Provided structural details for steel, reinforced concrete, wood, and masonry buildings. Prepared specifications and related construction documents. Performed structural inspection of buildings.Trained and supervised 3 engineers and 5 drafters.

Relevant projects:

San Francisco Hotel : 5-story steel building of 130,000 ft2 Chinese Popular Group Wastewater Treatment Plant: concrete structure of 107,000 ft2SAGSA-DISAGRO warehouse: 1-story steel building of 105,000 ft2PROCREDIT Bank: 6-story concrete building of 86,100 ft2Marques Soleste Hotel: 3-story steel building of 32,200 ft2Municipal Government Building Offices: 3-story steel building-18,000 ft2General Hospital at Juigalpa: 1-story confined masonry building of 25,000 ft2National University of Agriculture: 2-story steel building of 23,000 ft2Holiday Inn Hotel: 2-story masonry building of 5,800 ft2Morazan Pedestrian Bridge: steel bridge of 165 ft span

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant at University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Jan 2009-present Develop an archetype unreinforced masonry building representative of New York City. Develop refined and simplified numerical models for old wood diaphragms and masonry wallsPerform seismic risk assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings using Monte Carlo simulations. Perform material identification tests on masonry, bricks and mortar specimens and recommend new mortar proportions that replicate old masonry building conditions.Perform shake table test on large scale masonry walls to understand the behavior of out-of-plane walls attached to flexible diaphragms.

Research Assistant at National University of Engineering, Nicaragua, 2003-2004

Develop new testing capabilities at The National University of Engineering at Nicaragua. A large scale laboratory for quasi-static testing of structural elements such as slabs, frames and shear walls was designed.

AWARDS AND HONORSFulbright Scholarship Recipient (2008) Awarded by the U.S. Department of State to pursue a M.Sc. Degree in Structural and Earthquake Engineering. Most Outstanding Civil Engineering Graduate Student Award (2005), National University of Engineering, Nicaragua.UNI-ASDI/SAREC Fellowship Program for Researchers (2003), National University of Engineering, Nicaragua.Outstanding Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student Award (2001), National University of Engineering, Nicaragua.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND AFFILIATIONS 2011: Secretary of the Latin Graduate Student Association at UB 2010: Senator of Civil Graduate Student Association at UB 2009: Webmaster of the Student Chapter of EERI at UB 2009: President of Latin Graduate Student Association at UB Since 2009: Student member of SEAoNY, EERI, ASCE, ACI and AISC Since 2005: Member of the School of Engineers of Nicaragua

COMPUTER AND LANGUAGE SKILLS Structural analysis: SAP2000, SAFE, ETABS, Ruaumoko 2D&3D, IDARC, AutoCAD, Sketchup and REVIT Structure (BIM).Research tools: MATLAB, Maple, MathCAD, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, OpenSees.Operating Systems: Windows and Linux-UBUNTU environments. Use of HTML for web developmentLanguages: Spanish, English

RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSES

Nonlinear Analysis of Structures Advance Mathematics for Engineers Probabilistic Analysis and Design Stochastic Structural Dynamics Structural Health Monitoring (NDE)

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