On May 21, 2024, the "Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation" 129th "Lecture Room" was successfully held. At the invitation of Professor Maria Todorovska, School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Professor A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian from National Autonomous University of Mexico, presented a special report entitled "A Proposal for the Seismic Evaluation and Design of RC Buildings Based on Local Displacements, Dissipated Energy and Damage Control" at Tencent meeting room.
Professor Maria Todorovska from the School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, hosted the report and introduced Prof. A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian. During the lecture, Professor A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian presents a proposal for the seismic evaluation and design of RC buildings based on local displacements, dissipated hysteretic energy and power, and control of damage intensity and distribution. The first part of the lecture focuses on the evaluation of the seismic performance and resilience of existing RC structures, and the second part focused on the design of new structures for a given seismic performance. After the presentation, Professor A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian from National Autonomous University of Mexico, Professor Jie Xu, Professor Maria Todorovska from Tianjin University and other teachers and students held a heated discussion on relevant issues and took a group photo.
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Fig.1. Lecture by Prof. A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian |
According to statistics, the lecture attracted 60 teachers and students from Tianjin University and other universities, and the effect of the lecture was remarkable. Teachers and students responded enthusiastically to the lecture and looked forward to bringing more wonderful lectures to the broad masses of teachers and students.
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Fig.2. Group photo of expert and students |
Fig.3. Composition of attendees |
Introduction to Professor A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian:
Prof. A. Gustavo Ayala-Milian received his B.S. and M.S.degrees from UNAM, his Ph.D. degree from University of Southampton, Great Britain, and Diploma in Wind Design from Von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics in Belgium. His research topics include the development and application of models and numerical methods to Structural, Geo technical, Earthquake and Wind Engineering problems. His recent research focuses on the development of novel computational tools and methods for the analysis of historical construction, and on the performance-based seismic evaluation and design of buildings and lifelines, involving aspects of resilience and functionality recovery. He is a member of the Academy of Engineering of Mexico and an honorary member of the Mexican Society of Structural Engineering. He has been honored with Luis Esteva Medal for his contributions to Earthquake Engineering, Hypatia International Award (YπIA) of the International Centre for the Conservation of Architectural Heritage and Mariano Hernández Barrenechea teaching award from the Institution of Civil Engineers of Mexico.
(Corresponding: Zhuofan Wu)
