RISE 2019 Conference

Dr. López-Rodriguez, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. He is Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Director of the Civil Infrastructure Research Center. Co-Principal Investigator of the Education for Improving Resiliency of Coastal Infrastructure project under the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (2016-2020); He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 1988, his scientific publications include 41 publications in refereed journals and proceedings. He has participated as member of the teams for damage evaluation caused by earthquakes in Mexico City, Mexico; California, USA; Puerto Plata, RD; and Chile. He has conducted research projects supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), among others. He is member of the Earthquake Engineering research Institute (EERI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and is member of the Earthquake Commission of the Engineer’s Professional Association of PR.