HUGO C GOMEZ
Walnut Creek, CA
hugosinbox@gmail.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
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ü Objectives – To apply Engineering with pragmatic thinking, to find innovative solutions to design and build more efficient infrastructure. To conduct high quality research in Offshore Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Earthquake Engineering, and Structural Dynamics.
ü Vision – To imagine, re-imagine and reshape the built environment with a special commitment to sustainability and the people’s independent spirit.
CERTIFICATION
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PE in Civil Engineering, California, License No.
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
GPA: 3.95
Adviser:
Professor Maria Q Feng
Areas of Study: Structural Health Monitoring,
Earthquake Engineering, and Structural Dynamics with emphasis in Bridge
Engineering.
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2011
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Master of Science (M.Sc.) in
Structural Engineering
GPA: 3.50 (approximate
equivalent)
Thesis: “A Comparison Between the Seismic Response
of an Ancient Church and its Scale Model” (In Spanish)
Adviser:
Professor Roberto Meli
Areas of Study: Structural
Preservation, Earthquake Engineering, and Structural Dynamics.
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2006
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Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in
Civil Engineering
GPA: 3.50 (approximate equivalent)
Thesis: “Traffic assignment and modeling of the
transportation network of the city of Zapopan, Jalisco” (In Spanish)
Adviser:
Professor Angelica Lozano
Areas of Study: Transportation Engineering and Urban
Planning.
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2004
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Course Work Highlights: Design of Steel Structures, Structural
Analysis, Finite Element Method, Earthquake-Resistant Design, Advanced
Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Risk Analysis.
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Undergraduate/Graduate
Research Mentor
University of California,
Irvine – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Advise both undergraduate and graduate
students to develop their thesis topic.
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Thought concepts of Earthquake Engineering and
Structural Dynamics.
§ Instructed
in the use of SAP2000®, ANSYS® and OpenSees® software.
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2009-2012
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Teaching Assistant
University of California,
Irvine – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Assisted Professor in monitoring
the students’ performance.
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Intervened as lecturer in occasional absence
of professor, graded all homework, designed midterm and final examinations,
and graded all examinations. Conducted a laboratory demonstration in the Fall
2008.
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Fall
09
Fall
08
Fall
07
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Teaching Assistant
University of California,
Irvine – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Assisted Professor in monitoring the
students’ performance.
§ Intervened
as lecturer in occasional absence of professor, designed midterm and final
examinations, and graded all examinations.
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Winter
09
Winter
08
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Teaching Assistant
University of California,
Irvine – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Assisted Professor in monitoring
the students’ performance (90-100 students).
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Intervened as lecturer in occasional absence
of professor, graded homework, designed midterm and final.
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Spring
08
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RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Specialist – University of California
Assisted in Caltrans Project: Retrofitting
of the Slide Canyon Bridge, California
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Coordinated interdisciplinary teams in
execution of laboratory testing of a bridge segment to evaluate retrofit
design and performance of additional FRP reinforcement bars.
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Designed specimen to be tested.
Assisted in FYFE Co. Project: Testing
of retrofitted plywood walls using FRP
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Coordinated the execution of laboratory tests
on fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plywood walls in collaboration with FYFE Co. personnel.
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Assisted in design of the retrofitted
specimen.
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2012-present
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Research Assistant – University of California
Assisted in Caltrans Project: Long-term
structural performance monitoring of bridges
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Applied Finite Element Methods to simulate
structural response of bridges, multi-story buildings, and facilities due to
hazardous scenarios such as earthquakes. Using SAP2000®, OpenSees® and ANSYS®
software.
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Coordinated interdisciplinary teams in
execution of field testing of existing bridges for Structural Health
Monitoring and damage detection.
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Wrote quarterly and final reports.
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2007-2011
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Research Assistant – Engineering Institute (UNAM), Structural Division
Assisted in Project: Modeling
the seismic response of an ancient church
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Developed sophisticated finite element models
to analyze historical structures and simulate their response due to
earthquakes. Using SAP2000® and ANSYS® software.
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Contributed to build an old church scale model
to be tested on a shaking table.
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2005-2006
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Research Assistant – Engineering Institute (UNAM)
Assisted in Project: Impact of the
construction of an elevated highway on the transportation network of Mexico
City
Duties &
Responsibilities:
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Assisted in developing a Geographic
Information System for the transportation network in Mexico City. Using
AutoCAD® and TransCAD® software.
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2004-2005
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Duties
& Responsibilities:
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Analyzed computer models of
earthquake-resistant multi-story buildings and parking structures. Using
SAP2000®, ETABS® and RAM Steel® software.
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Actively used Allowable Steel Design (ASD) and
Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Design Codes for the design of Steel Structures.
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Designed civil infrastructure based on Mexican
design code specifications.
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Completed analysis, design and supervised the
completion of design drawings of a steel building facility of approximately
5000m2 (54000ft2) within a time record of two weeks.
Under Project Engineer Armando Merida guidance.
For more information please contact:
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2006
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PUBLICATIONS
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BOOK CHAPTER
Maria Q Feng, Hugo
C Gomez “Health assessment and long-term monitoring of highway bridges
using vibration-based response data” to be published in: Achintya Haldar “Health Assessment of Engineered Structures:
Bridges, Buildings and Other Infrastructures”, World Scientific Publishing Co.,
2012.
JOURNAL PAPERS
1.
Hugo C
Gomez, Paul J Fanning, Maria Q Feng, Sungchil Lee (2011) “Testing and long-term monitoring of
a curved concrete box girder bridge”, Engineering Structures, 33(10)
2861-2869.
2.
Hugo C
Gomez, Hasan S Ulusoy, Maria Q Feng “Variation of modal parameters of a
highway bridge extracted from six earthquake records”, conditionally accepted
in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics.
3.
Hugo C
Gomez & Maria Q Feng, “Identification of structural parameters of a bridge
based on long-term vibration monitoring”, to be submitted to Journal of Bridge
Engineering ASCE.
4.
Hugo C
Gomez & Maria Q Feng, “Variability of bridge identified structural
parameters by means of Finite Element model updating” to be submitted to Journal
of Bridge Engineering ASCE.
5.
Marco Torbol, Hugo C Gomez, Maria Q Feng, “Fragility analysis of highway bridges
based on long-term monitoring data”, to be submitted in Computer-Aided Civil
and Infrastructure Engineering.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1.
Paul J Fanning, Maria Q Feng, Hugo C Gomez (2010) “Complementing long-term health
monitoring of bridges using numerical models”, Proceedings of the
5th international association for bridge maintenance and safety conference pp
2957-2962.
2.
Hugo C
Gomez & Maria Q Feng (2012) “Bridge condition assessment based on
long-term monitoring data and finite element model updating”, to be published
at Proceedings of the 6th international association for bridge maintenance and
safety conference, IABMAS 2012, Italy.
3.
Mehmet Akkose, Hugo C Gomez “Effect of traffic loads on bridge modal parameter
identification”, to be submitted to Proceedings of Smart Monitoring, Assessment
and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures, SMAR 2013 at ITU in Istanbul, Turkey.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Maria Q Feng, Yoshio Fukuda, Xuming Deng, Yuqing Guan
and Hugo C Gomez, elaborated by Hugo
C Gomez (2011) “Long-term structural performance monitoring of bridges – Hardware
maintenance and, long-term data collection/analysis” Report No. CEEMF005. University
of California, Irvine
* Publication
hardcopies available upon request.
FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
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University of California Institute for Mexico and USA scholarship for doctoral studies
University of California,
Irvine
Based on
outstanding academic performance.
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2009-2011
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University of California,
Irvine
Based on
outstanding academic achievement and future promise.
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2007
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Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) scholarship for doctoral studies
National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Based on
academic performance and future promise.
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2006-2009
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Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) scholarship for master studies
National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Based on academic
performance and future promise.
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2004-2006
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Engineering Institute (UNAM), Structural Division fellowship
National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Based on
academic performance.
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2006
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fellowship
National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Based on
academic performance.
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2004-2005
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Engineering Institute (UNAM), Seismology Division fellowship
National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Based on
academic performance.
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2002-2003
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PROFESSIONAL
LICENSE
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Engineer-In-Training (EIT),
Certificate# upon request
In preparation to take the Professional Engineering (PE) test within
two years.
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2011
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STUDENT
AFILIATIONS
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ü
Member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Student chapter
at UNAM, 2001-2002.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
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3D Modeling:
AutoCAD®,
Google Sketchup®
Structural Analysis:
SAP2000®
§ 2D
and 3D frame, shell, solid elements modeling
§ Bridge
Wizard
§ Section
Designer for specialized sections
§ Modal
analysis
§ Response
spectrum analysis
§ Linear
dynamic time history analysis
§ Bridge
Moving load analysis
§ Solid
stress analysis
§ Steel
and concrete frame design
OpenSees®
§ 2D
and 3D frame elements modeling
§ Linear
dynamic time history analysis
§ Non-Linear
dynamic time history analysis of bridges
RAM Steel®
§ Design
of composite steel gravity beam elements
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ETABS®
§ 2D
and 3D frame, shell elements modeling
§ Section
Designer for specialized sections
§ Modal
analysis
§ Response
spectrum analysis
§ Linear
dynamic time history analysis
§ Steel
and concrete frame design - American and international codes
ANSYS®
§ 2D
and 3D frame, shell, solid elements modeling
§ Modal
Analysis
§ Stress
Analysis
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Programming Language:
MatLab®,
Visual Basic®
Graphic Design:
Adobe
Fireworks®, Photoshop®
OTHER INTERESTS
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ü Computer
skills: Webdesign using Adobe® Creative Suite, 3D Animation with Autodesk Maya®
ü Literature
genres: Science fiction, epic, drama and History
ü Sports:
UCI soccer club member, mountain biking, snowboarding, ice skating, motocross,
BMX
ü Miscellaneous:
I love film making, networking, video games, and music
REFERENCES
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Education is what
remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert
Einstein
He who is fixed to a
star does not change his mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
