Gonzalo
L. Pita
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Education
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,
Civil
Engineer, National Technological University,
Córdoba, Argentina. March 2003
Electromechanical Technician, ENET Nº1.
Research
My research contributes to
the Florida
Public Hurricane Loss Model. I’m in FIT
modeling the losses of the
Awards
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Fulbright
Scholarship – 2007. (declined)
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Student Merit
Award Competition – Honor Mention – Society of Risk Analysis. 2009
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Outstanding Ph.D.
Student Award - Department of Civil Engineering. FIT. 2008
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SeCyT Research
Scholarship - Science and Technology Department – UNC. 2005
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Talents Award -
to the best 2003 Civil Engineering undergraduate.
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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.
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.
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.
4) J. Weekes, A. Balderrama,
K. Gurley, J.-P. Pinelli, G.L. Pita,
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.
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.
2004
1) G.L. Pita,
A.Lainati, J.R.Saravia,(2004) “Design topics
for a restricted horizontal force arch bridge”. Proceedings Steelbridge
2004.
Memberships
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American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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American
Association of Wind Engineering (AAWE)
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Asociación Latinoamericana de Ingeniería del Viento (ALIV)
Reports
1) Survey of Commercial-Residential Buildings in

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