Biography

B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1962), University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

M.Sc. Engineering Mechanics (1964), Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Ph.D Engineering Mechanics (1966), Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Professor of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1981-2002

Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, since 2002

Fellow CSCE

Research Interests

Reliability Theory and Applications of Probabilistic Methods in Civil Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Reliability Problems Computational Structural Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering Applications to Wood Structures.

Publications

• J. Prieto, Foschi, R. O., Ventura, C. E., Finn, W. D. L., Ramos, C. A., and Prada, F., “Atenuación y Distribución De Probabilidad De Intensidades Para Colombia Y El Occidente De Venezuela”, Revista Internacional De Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura, vol. 11, pp. 183-196, 2012.
• O. Möller, Foschi, R. O., Rubenstein, M., and Quiroz, L., “”Estimating Structural Seismic Vulnerability: an Approach Using Response Neural Networks”, Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Special Issue on Advances in Vulnerability Assessment, Y. Tsompanakis (ed.).