Text Box: Congresses, Symposia & Meetings • 2nd World Congress on Risk - June 8-11, 2008. México • ESREL 2008 - 22 - 25 September, 2008. Valencia. Spain • 6th Intn’l Probabilistic Workshop. 11/26-27/08. Darmstadt. Germany • SRA 2008 Annual Meeting – Dec. 7-10, 2008. Boston • 18th AR2TS – April 21-23, 2009, Loughborough University. UK • 11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering (11th ACWE) - June 22-26, 2009, Puerto Rico • ESREL 2009 – Sept. 7-10, 2009. Prague. Czech Rep. • ICOSSAR 2009, Sept. 13-17, 2009. Japan • 7th Intn’l Probabilistic Workshop. 11/25-26/09. Delft. The Netherlands. • 2010 ASCE/AISC Structures Congress. May 12, 2010. Orlando, FL. • 13th International Conference Wind Engng (11ICWE) – July 10-15, 2011. Amsterdam
 

 

 


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

 

       Visiting Ph.D. student, Civil Engineering Dept., 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

 

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

§        Fulbright Scholarship – 2007. (I declined it due to better offer from FIT). 2006.

§        SeCyT Research Scholarship - awarded by National University of Cordoba - Science and Technology Secretary - SeCyT. 2005

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

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

 

Memberships

 

§        American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

§        American Association of Wind Engineering (AAWE)

§        Asociación Latinoamericana de Ingeniería del Viento (ALIV)

 

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)  J.-P. Pinelli, G.L.Pita, K.Gurley, C. Subramanian, S.Hamid, (2009) Commercial-Residential Buildings' Vulnerability Component of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. SC-NASCC Conference 2010.

2) 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.

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

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) 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.

7) 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.

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

 

Reports

 

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

2) Descriptive Statistics and Strategies for Computing Losses of Commercial Residential Buildings in Florida. Engineering Team Report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. February 2008.

3) Exposure of Commercial Residential Buildings in Florida. Engineering Team Report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. December 2007.

4) Inventory of Commercial Residential Buildings in Florida. Engineering Team Report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. November 2007.

5) Engineering Team Progress report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. May 2007.

 

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