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DLSU participants at the EASEC-13 |
DLSU CE Structural
Engineering faculty and students attended the 13
th East Asia Pacific
Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-13) held on
September 11-13, 2013 at
Hokkaido University,
Sapporo,
Japan. Dr. Andres
Oreta (Prof. of DLSU CE Dept.) presented
a paper co-authored with Kenneth Brizuela (BSMS Student) entitled “
A Computer-Aided Semi-Quantitative Seismic
Risk Assessment Tool for Safe School Buildings.’ The paper by L. Garciano,
I. Alvarez, J. Colobong, G. Decal and A. Tan on “
Mapping the Vulnerability of Low-Cost House Roofs in Malate, Metro Manila due to Extreme
Wind Speeds” was presented by Paul Alvarez (Undergraduate Senior Student).
Dr. Lessandro Garciano (Assoc. Prof. of DLSU CE Dept.) served as chair of the
parallel session on Disaster Prevention.
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Dr. Lessandro Garciano (Session Chair) |
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Isiah Paul Alvarez (Paper Presentor) |
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Dr. Andy Oreta (Paper Presentor) |
The three
day conference has a total of seven keynote lectures and 52 parallel sessions
which covers topics on Structural Health Monitoring, Construction Management,
Disaster Prevention, Composite Structures, Concrete Structures, Bridge
Engineering, Seismic Design, Data Base Management, Structural Analysis,
Earthquake Engineering, Steel Structures and Tall Buildings.
The
participants from the Philippines
are those coming from DLSU which includes A. Oreta, L. Garciano, I. Alvarez, J.
Colobong and G. Decal. There are also Filipino participants which come from
other countries such as Dr. Allan Manalo (Univ.
of Queensland) and Evdon Sicat (PhD
Student at Hokkaido
University).
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EASEC-13 Intenational Steering Committee |
It was announced during the 3rd day that the EASEC-14 will be held in Vietnam in 2015.
Link to more photos on EASEC-13:
https://www.facebook.com/andy.oreta/media_set?set=a.10202080002750529.1073741830.1501022934&type=1
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