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• Large-scale structural testing
• Finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures
• Anchoring to concrete

Education

• Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials, University of California, Berkeley, 2022, Advisor: Jack Moehle, Thesis: Column-foundation moment connections with headed anchors: experimental tests and analytical simulations
• MS Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials, University of California, Berkeley, 2017
• BS Civil Engineering, University of Costa Rica, 2015

Professional Background

• Member of ACI 318-R - Resolution of Anchorage and Development Provisions (2022-present)
• PE California (License No. 94023)
• PE Costa Rica (License No. IC-28220)
• ACI 318-14 Design Professional Certification (ID No. 01662601)

Teaching Subjects

• Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (CE-123), University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2023
• Steel and Reinforced Concrete Design (CEGE 4401), University of Minnesota, Fall 2023
• Reinforced Concrete II (CEGE 4412), University of Minnesota, Spring 2024
• Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures (CEGE 8451), University of Minnesota

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of ACI Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper (2023)
• T.Y. Lin Fellowship, UC Berkeley, full tuition and stipend (2018-2022)
• Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellows Program (2020)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (TA), UC Berkeley (2019-2020)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (TA), UC Berkeley (2018-2019)

Selected Publications