Geotechnical and Structural Engineer

Qualifications: PhD in Earthquake Engineering (UoA, NZ), MSc. in Civil Engineering (UNAM, Mexico), BSc. in Civil Engineering (UNAM, Mexico). Membership: MEngNZ​.

Engineering Superpowers: Synthesising solutions across several engineering and science disciplines. ​

Engineering specialties: Liquid Storage Tanks, Fluid-Structure-Soil Interaction and Finite Element Analysis.  ​

​Favorite engineering tool (& why): Haul trucks!  Those trucks are massive, and it would be really nice to drive one of those​!

​Favorite Soil Type (& why): High plasticity and expansional clays. Mexico City was built on a lake with predominant lacustrine clays. Nowadays, the city is sinking between 10 cm and 80 cm a year. Expansional clays are a headache for geotechnical engineers, but it represents a challenge to successfully build infrastructure.​

​Outside Interests: Running, playing football and getting lost in the bush. ​

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