Text Box: Congresses, Symposia & Meetings • 2010 ASCE/AISC Structures Congress. May 12, 2010. Orlando, FL. (P:01/20) • 13th International Conference Wind Engng (11ICWE) – July 10-15, 2011. Amsterdam. (A: 9/15/2010 – 3/15/2011) • 6th Int’l Conf. on Safety and Reliability (KONBiN’10). May 2010. Szczecin, Poland. (A:01/31 – 03/15) • ESREL 2010, 5-9 September, Rhodes, Greece. (A: 1/15 – P: 3/31) • 1st Int’l Conference on Vulnerability and Risk. April 11-13, 2011, College Park, MD. (A: 4/29 – P:5/15)
 

 

 


Gonzalo L. Pita

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Civil Engineering Department

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, FL 32901

(321)-674-7562

 

 

 

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Education

 

     Florida Institute of Technology University Seal Ph.D. Candidate, Civil Engineering Department, Florida Institute of Technology. Since 2007. (Advisor. Prof. Jean-Paul Pinelli)

 

       Visiting Ph.D. student, Civil Engineering Dept., The Johns Hopkins University, Since 2009

 

       Master in Engineering Sciences, (Structures & Geotechnics), National University of Córdoba, Argentina. December 2006

 

        Civil Engineer, National Technological University, Córdoba, Argentina. March 2003

 

      Electromechanical Technician, ENET Nº1. Bell Ville, Argentina. December 1996.

 

Research

 

My research contributes to the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. I’m in FIT modeling the losses of the Florida commercial-building portfolio subjected to hurricanes. I’m studying exterior as well as interior damage of the aforementioned buildings. The results are sets of vulnerability curves that reflect the sensitivity of different buildings types to hurricane winds. Keywords: Catastrophe Modeling, Building Vulnerability, Interior Damage Propagation, Florida Public Hurricane Loss Commercial-Residential Model, FPHLM.

 

Awards

 

§        Fulbright Scholarship – 2007. (declined)

§        Student Merit Award Competition – Honor Mention – Society of Risk Analysis. 2009

§        Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award - Department of Civil Engineering. FIT. 2008

§        SeCyT Research Scholarship - Science and Technology Department – UNC. 2005

§        Talents Award - to the best 2003 Civil Engineering undergraduate.

§        Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon

 

Journal papers

 

1) J.-P. Pinelli, K. R. Gurley, C.S. Subramanian, S. S. Hamid, G. L. Pita (2008), “Validation of a probabilistic model for hurricane insurance loss projections in Florida” Reliability Engineering & System Safety. Vol. 93, 1896–1905

2) J.-P. Pinelli, G. L. Pita , K. Gurley, B. Torkian, C. Subramanian (2010). Damage Characterization: Application to Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. Natural Hazards Review(to appear)

 

Conference papers

 

2010

 

10) G. L. Pita, J.-P. Pinelli, J. Mitrani-Reiser, J. Weekes, K. Gurley (2010) Assessment of Hurricane Induced Internal Damage to Low-Rise Buildings in the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. Submitted ESREL 2010

9) J.-P. Pinelli, G.L.Pita, K.Gurley, C. Subramanian, S.Hamid, (2010) Commercial-Residential Buildings' Vulnerability Component of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. SC-NASCC Conference 2010.

 

2009

 

8)  J.-P. Pinelli , S. Hamid , K. Gurley, G. L. Pita, (2009), Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model: Vulnerability Modeling, Loss Prediction, and Certification Process. 2nd Int’l Conference on Asian Catastrophe Insurance. Beijing, China December, 2009.

7) G. L. Pita, J.-P. Pinelli, J. Mitrani-Reiser, K.Gurley, S.Hamid, N. Jones (2009) Risk analysis of Buildings with the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. Society of Risk Analysis. Baltimore, December 2009.

6) G. L. Pita, J.-P. Pinelli, K.Gurley, J. Weekes, S.Hamid (2009) “Vulnerability of mid-high rise commercial-residential buildings 5n the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model”. ESREL 2009. Prague. Czech Republic.

5) G. L. Pita, J.-P. Pinelli, K.Gurley, C. Subramanian, S.Hamid (2009) “Vulnerability of low-rise commercial-residential buildings in the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model”. 11th American Conference of Wind Engineering. Puerto Rico.

4) J. Weekes, A. Balderrama, K. Gurley, J.-P. Pinelli, G.L. Pita, S. Hamid (2009), “Physical Damage Modeling of Commercial-Residential Structures in Hurricane Winds” 11th American Conference of Wind Engineering. Puerto Rico.

 

2008

 

3) G. L. Pita, J.-P. Pinelli, C.S. Subramanian, K.Gurley, S.Hamid (2008) “Hurricane Vulnerability of Multi-Story Residential Buildings in Florida”. ESREL 2008. Spain.

2) J-P. Pinelli, S. Hamid, K. Gurley, G. L. Pita, (2008) “Impact of the 2004 Hurricane Season on the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model”. 2008 ASCE Structures Congress. Vancouver, Canada.

 

2004

 

1) G.L. Pita, A.Lainati, J.R.Saravia,(2004) “Design topics for a restricted horizontal force arch bridge”. Proceedings Steelbridge 2004. Millau, France.

 

Memberships

 

§        American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

§        American Association of Wind Engineering (AAWE)

§        Asociación Latinoamericana de Ingeniería del Viento (ALIV)

 

Reports

 

1) Survey of Commercial-Residential Buildings in Florida. Final Results. Engineering Team Report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. March 2008.

 

 

(Rugby good old days)