Gonzalo
L. Pita
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Engineering Department
Florida
Institute of Technology
(321)-674-7562
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Education
Ph.D. Candidate,
Civil Engineering Department, Florida Institute of Technology.
Since 2007
Master in
Engineering Sciences, (Structures
& Geotechnics), National University of
Córdoba,
Civil Engineer, National Technological University,
Electromechanical Technician, ENET Nº1 “Antonio Graziano”
Research
My research lies within the Florida Hurricane
Loss Model. I’m in FIT modeling the
damage to
come up thus with vulnerabilities
as a function of hurricane speeds. I’m posting more papers as soon as I have
time. Keywords: Vulnerability, Catastrophe Risk Modeling, Interior Damage
Propagation, Risk analysis.
Awards
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Outstanding Ph.D.
Student Award - Department of Civil Engineering. FIT. 2008
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Fulbright
Scholarship – 2007. (I declined it due to better offer from FIT). 2006.
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SeCyT Research Scholarship - awarded by National University
of Cordoba - Science and Technology Secretary - SeCyT.
2005
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Talents Award -
to the best 2003 Civil Engineering undergraduate. 2003.
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Honor Societies: 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, Issue 13.
Conference papers
1) 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.
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.
3) G.L. Pita, A.Lainati, J.R.Saravia,(2004) “Design topics
for a restricted horizontal force arch bridge”. Steelbridge
2004.
Reports
1) Survey of Commercial-Residential Buildings in
2) Descriptive Statistics and Strategies for Computing Losses
of Commercial Residential Buildings in
3) Exposure of Commercial Residential Buildings in
4) Inventory of Commercial Residential Buildings in
5) Engineering Team Progress report.

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