NSF SAVI Wall Institute
Virtual International Institute for Performance Assessment of Structural Wall Systems
Juan Carlos de la Llera Martin
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Pontificia Universidad Católica
(56) 2 2354 4247
http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/postgrads/fdashti.shtml
• Structural Dynamics and Seismic Risk
• Inelastic Building Modeling and Response
• Seismic protection systems
• Seismic protection of structures (seismic isolation and passive and semiactive energy dissipation systems)
• Structural and social vulnerability (RC buildings and structural evacuations processes)
• Inelastic building response (torsional effects and RC building response)
Dean of the School of Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, one of the top ranked schools in Latin America. He is a structural engineer by training and obtained his Ph.D. at University of California at Berkeley in 1994 in the area of earthquake engineering. Back to Chile in 1995, he has been continuously supported in his research by different programs of the Chilean research and innovation agencies, CONICYT and CORFO. Among other curricular innovations, in his career he has developed the creation of a research group in seismic protection techniques that led to the development of one of the most advanced laboratories in this field in the region. His contributions to innovation consist of several patents of seismic protection devices that were successfully tested in different structures during the 2010 Chile earthquake and are being used in seismic countries elsewhere,
one successful technology based company incubated at the university, and a number of national and international recognitions such as the award of Entrepreneur of the Year presented in San Francisco, California, by Endeavor in 2011. His research in seismic protection, nonlinear structural performance, physical and social vulnerability recently including the simulation of human-structure interaction processes, such as evacuation processes, and seismic risk, have also led to several national and international distinctions, in particular, the John Munro Award by Engineering Structures in 2002.
