KEYNOTE LECTURES



Boris Jeremić
Title Prof. Dr
Name and Surname Boris Jeremić
University / Institution Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
Topic of the lecture Numerical Analysis in Earthquake Engineering
Short biography Boris Jeremic is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. His primary interests are in modeling, simulation and analysis of elastic and inelastic, deterministic and stochastic behavior of solids and structures using high performance computational systems. His long-term work is related to the development of an engineering analysis system called the Real-ESSI Simulator (http://real-essi.us). The Real-ESSI Simulator is an analysis system that addresses and resolves both epistemic modeling uncertainties and aleatory parametric uncertainties for solids and structures in civil engineering. Before joining academia, Boris worked for a dam design company in Yugoslavia and spent time on the Bekhme dam construction site in Iraq.
Webpage www.real-essi.us
Title Prof. Dr
Name and Surname Milan Veljković
University / Institution Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Topic of the lecture Background of High Strength Steel Design Rules in EN1993-1-* of 2027, Monotonic Loading
Short biography Prof. Dr Milan Veljkovic is a full professor and Head of the Steel and Composite Structure Section at Delft University of Technology. He is engaged in postgraduate teaching in the Structural Engineering, and Hydraulic and Offshore Structures tracks. His research interests focus on the prediction modelling of steel and composite structures, high-performance steel structures, innovative connections, and the reuse of steel structures. Recently, his main research activities have focused on the fatigue behaviour of L-flanges and wedge connections in supporting structures for offshore wind turbines, the use of HSS in tubular welded joints, and fatigue of Orthotropic Steel Decks. He served on various technical committees and had different roles in the Technical Management Board of ECCS. He was involved in the standardisation work of CEN250/SC3 and the national associations of Sweden and the Netherlands. He received Sigge Thernwalls Stora Byggpris, for contributing to education and research development at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2015, and the Robert Moskovic Award in recognition of contribution to the Integrity of Steel Structures, 2021. He participated in dozens of international and national research projects, leading to the publication of more than 350 papers. He has an H-index 33, and his papers are listed on the following sites:
Webpage www.scopus.com
www.scholar.google.com
www.tudelft.nl

Title:

PhD, PEng

Name and Surname:

Svetlana Brzev

University:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Topic of the lecture:

Seismic Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Buildings – Lessons Learned from the 1979 Montenegro and the 2023 Turkiye Earthquakes

Short biography:

Prof. dr Svetlana Brzev has 40 years of international academic and consulting experience related to seismic analysis, design, and retrofitting of reinforced concrete and masonry buildings. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and was previously a faculty at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver. Dr. Brzev has been working as a consultant to the United Nations (World Bank) since the 1990s and is currently engaged in projects involving seismic retrofitting of schools in Central Asia. She serves on the Technical Committee responsible for the development of design standard for masonry buildings in Canada (CSA S304), and is a member of the Eurocode 8 Technical Committee 250/SC8/WG1 responsible for the development of design provisions for seismic design and retrofitting of masonry buildings. She was one of the leaders of the research team that developed the Global Earthquake Model (GEM). Dr. Brzev is a past Vice-President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and is currently a Director of the International Association of Earthquake Engineering. She has served as the President of Serbian Association for Earthquake Engineering (SUZI-SAEE) since its inception in 2018. Prof. Brzev has published more than 150 technical papers and has co-authored three textbooks related to design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures in Canada. In 2015, she was named a Fellow of the Engineers Canada for her contribution to the engineering profession in Canada.

Webpage:

https://civil.ubc.ca/svetlana-brzev/