Faculty
Rafael O. Ruiz
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering (2004) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2007) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
Ph.D. in Engineering Science (2015) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2016) University of Notre Dame.
Postdoctorade in Mechanical Engineering (2016), Universidad de Chile.
Current Master Students
Patricio Peralta
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters, Bayesian Updating, Model Class Selection.
Luis Loyola
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Ground Motion Modeling, Metamodels Based on Kriging, Ground Motion Predictive Equations.
Diego Hidalgo
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Fluid Film Lubracation, Uncertainty Quantification, Manufacturing Tolerance Selection, Adaptive Metamodels
Current Undergrad Students
Ana-Catalina Villalobos
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Model Class Selection, Bayesian model updating, Gaussian Processes
Alejandro Poblete
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Energy harvesting, nonlinear electro-mechanical coupling effect, Bayesian model updating
Pablo Cañete
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Life-cycle Cost Optimization, Viscous Damper Selection for Building Applications
José Mardones
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Flexi Tank Modelling, Fluid Structure Interaction
Former Students
Ignacio López
Civil Engineer (2017)
Worked with Nonlinear Tuned Mass Dampers and their impact on buildings.
Jean Riveros
Civil Engineer (2017)
Developed a SIMULINK repository with the most common nonlinear elements employed in structural analysis
José Villanueva
Civil Engineer (2017)
Developed nonlinear simplified models for steel structures
Patricio Peralta
Mechanical Engineer (2017)
Developed a experimental test to quantify uncertainties in piezoelectric energy harvesters
Sebastian Rodríguez
Mechanical Engineer (2016)
Developed a Finite Element model for piezoelectric energy harvesters