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
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/ |