Invited Speakers

OPENING KEYNOTE: New Approaches to Analyze Vibration Records From Buildings

Erdal Şafak is a retired Professor at the Earthquake Engineering Department of Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute of Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 1980 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the U.S., and was a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey for 22 years, specializing on structural response to earthquakes, ground motion modeling, structural monitoring, and data analysis. He thought part-time classes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado and The George Washington University in Washington, DC.  In August 2006, he joined to Boğaziçi University, and was the Head of the Earthquake Engineering Department at Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute until July 2018, retiring in February of 2020. His scientific work includes over 60 papers on referred journals, more than one hundred conference papers, and over 2,800 citations to his publications. 

LECTURE OF HONOUR: SHM in a Seismic Environment

Dr. Ruben Boroschek obtained his engineering degree from University of Costa Rica and its PhD degree at the University of California Berkeley. He is Professor at the University of Chile since 1992. His areas of research are seismic hazard. experimental dynamic and structural health monitoring. Vulnerability Assessment of Critical Facilities. Base Isolation and Passive Energy Dissipation. Also, he has developed a carrier in the industry in areas of structural health monitoring and structural review of industrial facilities. In 2017 he was designated Engineer of The Year by the Chilean Structural Engineers Association and the Best Industrial project of the year 2019 by the same association. He is an honorary professor at National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco Peru, Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering, and representative of the Anti-Seismic System International Society for central and south America. He is the ex-President of the Consortium of Organization for Strong Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS).


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