Juan Murcia-Delso is an Associate Professor and Serra Húnter Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Prior to joining UPC, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin between 2016 and 2021. He received his MSc degree in civil engineering from UPC, a MSc in structural analysis of monuments and historical constructions from the University of Minho and UPC, and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
Juan’s technical interests include the behavior and design of concrete structures, computational modeling of structures, earthquake engineering, assessment and retrofit of existing structures, and bridge engineering. He has been PI of several competitive research grants, and has conducted analytical and experimental research for a number of agencies including the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Spanish State Research Agency (AEI). He has also professional experience in Spain and the United States.
Juan is an active member of ACI 408 Committee (Bond and Development of Steel Reinforcement) and fib Task Groups 2.5 (Bond and Material Models) and 2.7 (Seismic Design).