Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá Colombia
Tel: 57-1-3324312 (ext 3690); Fax: 57-1-3324313
email: msanchez@uniandes.edu.co
Dr. Sánchez-Silva main area of research is structural reliability and risk analysis. His work is directed mainly towards risk assessment and management of physical infrastructure related problems. His work includes stochastic modeling and optimization. His research also includes problems where the socioeconomic context and the environment play a significant role, and consequently, traditional risk analysis models can only be used partially.
Engineering Risk analysis
Structural deterioration
Optimization-base design
Uncertainty and optimization in CE
Structural reliability
Reliability and risk assessemnt
Solid mechanics (Statics and Strength of mat.)
Probability and statistics
