Full Professors Antonio MaríApril 13, 2015... ViewPere RocaApril 13, 2015... ViewEnrique MirambellOctober 12, 2015... ViewCliment MolinsOctober 13, 2015... ViewEsther RealNovember 12, 2015... View Associate Professors Eva OllerApril 13, 2015Eva Oller Ibarseva.oller@upc.edu+34 93 401 65 12Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 201 Dr. Eva Oller Ibars is Associate Professor of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures in the School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona since 2011. She joined the Analysis and Design of Concrete group in 2000. She is a Civil Engineer (M.Sc.) since 1999 and Ph.D. by the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya since 2005. Her research is focused on concrete structures, especially on strengthening of reinforcing concrete structures with advanced composite materials such as fiber reinforced polymers. She has joined different international task groups, such as the CEN/TC250/SC2/WG1/TG1 (Strengthening and Reinforcing with Fiber Reinforced Polymers) to update the Eurocode 2 provisions, or the FIB Task Group 5.1 (FRP Reinforcement of Concrete Structures). She is also a member of the TU 1207 COST Action. She has also worked for 12 years in an engineering firm Tec-Cuatro, S.A., first as a structural engineer and then as a project manager and head of a group of structural engineers. She has a large experience in project design and civil engineering management and assessment. My CV My Research Media... ViewJesús Miguel BairánApril 13, 2015Jesús Miguel Bairánjesus.miguel.bairan@upc.edu+34 93 401 73 51Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 201 Dr. J.M. Bairán is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches graduate and undergraduate subjects related to Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures, Seismic Design of Structures and Nonlinear Analysis and Design of structures. His research focuses on development of nonlinear models of structures, performance-based design and assessment, shear and torsion in concrete structures and seismic design. He has been involved and been PI in several competitive research and technology transfer projects related to structural technology, assessment and design of special structures, performance based-design, partially prestressing, as well as been consultant on projects related to seismic design of bridges, special buildings, structures in nuclear and wind towers. He is member Member of fib TG 2.7 “Design under extreme loads / Seismic design and assessment” of the International Federation of Structural”, ISO/TC98 WG 4 and 9 on accidental actions and seismic design, ACHE Comission 1 Design, Coordinator of WG 1/7 Fatigue and has collaborated in CEN TC250/SC2 working groups of Shear and Torsion and Fire in Eurocodes 2, and COST TU 1404 ” Standards for service-life of cement based materials and structure” . He participated in Design Spanish Code for Concrete Design and Seismic Design Code of Dominican Republic. He is member of the Bank of Experts of the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), Ministry of Science and Innovation. My CV My Research Media... ViewLuca PelàApril 13, 2015Luca Pelàluca.pela@upc.edu+34 93 401 10 36Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 206 Dr. Luca Pelà is Associate Professor of the School of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia since 2011. He got the Ph.D. in Structural Analysis from the Technical University of Catalonia and the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Sciences from the University of Ferrara in 2009. His scientific research focuses on numerical models for the nonlinear FE analysis of masonry structures (macro, micro and multi-scale), structural behaviour of historical churches and cathedrals, nonlinear methods for seismic analysis of existing structures and experimental characterization of the mechanical behaviour of masonry through laboratory and in-situ minor destructive techniques (MDT). He has participated to important Italian, Spanish and European research projects about the protection of architectural heritage structures from the earthquake-induced risk, the seismic assessment of structures, seismic retrofitting and repair of existing buildings via innovative techniques. Among them, it is worth mentioning the RELUIS projects in Italy, the BIA and SEDUREC projects in Spain and the NIKER project founded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the EU. He has been involved in technical projects with Italian and Spanish engineering consultancies and public administrations, regarding the seismic analysis and strengthening of existing buildings, conservation and restoration studies of structures of the built cultural heritage. He is lecturer in the Erasmus Mundus Advanced Master on Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC). He is member of the International Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of the Architectural Heritage (ISCARSAH). My CV My Research Media... ViewLucía Fernandez CarrascoMarch 1, 2021Lucía Fernández Carrascolucia.fernandez@upc.eduCampus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building B1, Office 104.C Dr. Lucía Fernández Carrasco, is Associate Professor of the School of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia since 2010. As a Ramon & Cajal Researcher, in 2005, she joined the Construction Materials and Chemistry group. Her scientific research focuses on natural- and eco-materials, innovation of cements, Portland, calcium aluminate, sulfoaluminate and belite cements but also behavior of historical construction materials: durability process, maintenance and repair. She is specialist in physic-chemical and pathology analysis and quality control. My CV My Research Media... ViewMiren EtxeberriaDecember 3, 2018Miren Etxeberria Larranagamiren.etxeberria@upc.eduCampus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building B1, Office 104.A Miren Etxeberria is an Associate Professor in Construction Materials and sustainable materials and technologies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research work is focused on the reuse and recycling of Construction and demolition waste and, industrial and maritime by-products in cementitious construction materials. she has published more than 35 papers in Journal Citation Report (JCR) publications (mainly in Q1) and more than 15 presentations in international congresses. She has been responsible for 5 research projects. She has been member of different Committees, such as TC-RAC “Structural behaviour and innovation of recycled aggregate concrete”, RILEM, (since 2015) as well as IABSE, TG6.3, “Structural design with recycled aggregate concrete” (since 2018) and “Technical committee on the use water in concrete” of Japan Concrete Institute12 Nº52 (since 2012). She has been a visiting research fellow at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of International Development Engineering School of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Civil and Structural and Imperial College London. She was the supervisor of 2 PhD graduated student and nowadays she supervises 2 PhDs. She has been a supervisor of more than 30 master/undergraduate theses focused on recycled materials. My CV My Research Media... ViewRolando ChacónNovember 12, 2015Rolando Chacón Floresrolando.chacon@upc.edu+34 93 401 73 49www.eduacero.comCampus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 207 Dr. Rolando Chacón Flores got the degree of Civil Engineer in 2002 from the Universidad de los Andes (VE) and his PhD in in 2009 from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is associate professor at the UPC since 2014. His research focuses on the non-linear analysis of steel structures. In particular, structural problems associated with plate buckling, ductility and dynamics. Primarily, his research involves the usage of numerical modeling of steel structures with a theoretical perspective but most importantly, intended for applied civil engineering design. Furthermore, experimental as well as SHM techniques aimed at understanding the in situ behavior of steel and composite structures represent another leg of his research lines. In addition, as part of his teaching duties, he has developed innovative educational techniques for civil engineering students. All his work is reflected in numerous articles in international indexed journals. Concerning Plate-Buckling and instability, he has actively contributed to ECCS TC8 and TWG 8.3 in the ongoing development of EN1993, which provides recommendations for the design of steel structures. His career has been recognized with several awards in the field of teaching (Premi Davyd Luque from UPCNET-UPC) and research (Best young researcher in Eurosteel 2008 and Best Civil Engineering Thesis at UPC). My CV My Research Media My Social Media... View Assistant Professors Itsaso ArrayagoFebruary 15, 2021Itsaso Arrayagoitsaso.arrayago@upc.eduCampus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 207 Itsaso Arrayago is an Assistant Professor and Serra Húnter Fellow at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. She is a civil and structural engineer and earned her PhD in Construction Engineering in 2016. She has collaborated with different international research groups, including research stages at the University of Sydney (2015-2016, 2019-2021) and the Imperial College in London (2018). Former MSCA fellow, she is currently working on the development of system-based direct design methods for steel and stainless steel structures based on system reliability for the Eurocode and US design frameworks, which will forge the new generation of design specifications. Her skills span across the areas of system reliability, performance of steel structures under accidental actions (fire and seismic events), advanced finite element analysis, material characterization of metallic materials, planning and execution of complex experimental programmes and development of design recommendations for international structural codes. She is member of the Working Groups for “EN 1993-1-14: Design assisted by finite element analysis” and “EN 1993-1-4: Stainless steel structures”, and has actively contributed to the development of several design standards for stainless steel structures, including EN 1993-1-4, ASCE 8 and the Design Manual for Structural Stainless Steel. She has co-supervised PhD and Master students and co-managed several European and national research projects. She also has inter-sectorial experience in bridge engineering. My CV My Research Media... ViewJuan Murcia-DelsoMarch 1, 2021Juan Murcia-Delsojuan.murcia-delso@upc.edu Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 202 Juan Murcia-Delso is an Assistant 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, Texas Department of Transportation, and US National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has professional experience in Spain and the United States, and holds a professional engineer license in the State of California. Juan is an active member of ACI 408 Committee – Bond and Development of Steel Reinforcement and fib Task Group 2.5 – Bond and Material Models, and he also contributed to the TU1406 COST Action – Quality Specifications for Roadway Bridges, Standardization at a European Level (BridgeSpec). My CVMy Research Media... View Research Fellows Larisa Garcia-Ramonda EstevezJuly 1, 2021Larisa Garcia-Ramonda Estevezlarisa.garcia.ramonda@upc.eduCampus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, 003-A C1 Dr Larisa Garcia-Ramonda is a post-doctoral Researcher at UPC-BarcelonaTech. She is a Civil Engineer from the National University of Rosario (UNR) of Argentina and holds a joint Erasmus Mundus MSc on the Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from University of Padova and UPC-BarcelonaTech. She earned her PhD in Construction Engineering from UPC-BarcelonaTech in 2020. Her research focuses on the inspection, diagnosis and structural analysis of existing structures. She works on the use of innovative materials for seismic strengthening and repair of masonry structures. Her skills span across on-site testing, material characterization of masonry, design and execution of experimental programmes, SHM, and numerical modelling of structures. She has participated in two national research projects and RDT project. My CVMy Research Media... ViewNoemí DuarteJanuary 19, 2016Noemí Duartenoemi.duarte@upc.edu+34 93 401 57 24Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 201 Noemí Duarte Gómez is research assistant of the Analysis & Design of Structural Concrete Group since 2008. She is a Civil Engineer since 2004 and got her M.Sc degree in 2010. She is also doing her Ph.D. in the UPC. As a researcher of the Analysis & Design of Structural Concrete Group she has worked in different topics related with nonlinear analysis of concrete structures and nowadays she is focused on design and nonlinear analysis of partially prestressed concrete elements, life-assessment of existing structures, she has been involved in several competitive research and technology transfer projects related to structural technology. She has also worked for 7 years as a bridge designer in an engineering firm, Enginyeria Reventos, and has been also involved in technical directions of several works. My CVMy Research Media My Social Media... ViewSavvas SaloustrosDecember 3, 2018Savvas Saloustrossavvas.saloustros@upc.edu+34 93 401 57 24Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 201 Dr. Savvas Saloustros is a post-doctoral Researcher and part-time lecturer in UPC-BarcelonaTech. He is a Civil Engineer (MSc) from the National Technical University of Athens and holds a joint Erasmus Mundus MSc on the Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from University of Padova and UPC-BarcelonaTech. In 2017, he received his PhD in Construction Engineering from UPC-BarcelonaTech. His research focuses on the inspection, diagnosis and structural analysis of existing structures. He works on the development of novel computational tools for the nonlinear Finite Element analysis of masonry structures, the seismic vulnerability of historical constructions using probabilistic approaches and the in-situ inspection and diagnosis of masonry structures through non-destructive (NDT) and minor-destructive (MDT) tests. He is member of the International Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of the Architectural Heritage (ISCARSAH) and the Spanish Society for Numerical Methods in Engineering (SEMNI). My CVMy Research Media My Social Media... ViewTomás GarcíaOctober 23, 2015Tomás García Vicentetomas.garcia@upc.edu+34 93 401 73 54Campus Nord UPC, C/ Gran Capità S/N, Building C1, Office 005 Tomás García Vicente is Public Works Technical Engineer and Industrial Organization Engineer. He got the degrees from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC-BarcelonaTech) in 1993 and 2006. He is affiliated to the UPC since 1999, initially as research assistant focusing his research on concrete technology. He is director of the Laboratory of Technology Structures and Materials since 2005. My CVMy Research Media My Social Media... View
