Mihail Iancovici

Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Research Units

Member In the research unit:

Disciplines, scientific fields, research areas

  • Engineering Sciences & Technology
    • Civil, Surveying & Architectural engineering
      • Civil engineering
      • Structural Engineering
    • Computer and telecommunications engineering
      • Computational methods in engineering

Keywords

  • Structural analysis
  • Structural Dynamics
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Wind Engineering
  • Structural response control
  • Seismic hazard analysis
  • Structural reliability
  • Structural damage and loss estimation
  • Computer-aided Structural Analysis and Design for Earthquake and Wind Loads
  • Tall buildings
  • Experimental testing
  • Vibration monitoring
  • Software developer
  • risk analysis
  • resilience-based structural engineering
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Bio

A. EDUCATION
2005: Ph.D., Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
Ph.D. thesis: The structural performance evaluation of RC buildings. An energy balance- based characterization of degrading processes.
2000-2001: Training and research in Earthquake Engineering field, Post-graduate diploma, Building Research Institute (BRI)/ International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Tsukuba, Japan
Graduation report: The assessment of RC building seismic performance based on elements performance
1996-1997: MsC Program on Advanced Methods in Structural Analysis, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
MsC Thesis: The influence of axial deformation of members on the dynamic response of multistory frames
1991- 1996: BS, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania

B. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020- present: Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
2017- 2022: Member of the Board of the International Association of Wind Engineering (IAWE) 2017- 2023: President, Romanian Association for Wind Engineering (ARIV)
2015-present: Associate Professor, Department of Structural Mechanics, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania; Courses delivered: Structural Analysis, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Design of Buildings, Applications of Random Processess in Structural Engineering
2013-present: Member, Research Center for Seismic Risk Evaluation (CCERS), Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
2011-2016: Country Representative, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Chicago, IL, USA
2011-2020: Head, Department of Structural Mechanics, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
2008-2009: Director, National Center for Seismic Risk Reduction (CNRRS), Romania
2003-2009: Expert, National Center for Seismic Risk Reduction (CNRRS), Bucharest, Romania (Romania-Japan International Cooperation Agency-JICA joint international project). Fields: Input ground motion modeling, Seismic performance analysis, Structural response control, Reliability analysis
2002-2015: Lecturer, Department of Structural Mechanics, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
2002-2003: Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA. Research in the Wind Engineering field: Wind effects on high-rise buildings, Wind tunnel data processing, Database-assisted Design for High-Rise Buildings (contributor to DAD-HR software development at NIST)
2000-2001: Trainee and researcher, Building Research Institute (BRI)/ International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Tsukuba, Japan
1996-2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Mechanics, UTCB

C. RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Structural analysis, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Wind Engineering, Structural response control, Seismic hazard analysis, Structural reliability, Seismic damage and loss estimation, Computer-aided Structural Analysis and Design for Earthquake and Wind Loads, Tall buildings, Experimental testing, Vibration monitoring
• Software developer and advanced software user
• Member of research teams in the field of Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Wind Engineering
• Consultant for design projects on input ground motion and structural modeling, response analysis and design

Degrees

2005: Ph.D., Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
1996-1997: MsC Program on Advanced Methods in Structural Analysis, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania
1991- 1996: BS, Civil Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering (UTCB), Bucharest, Romania

Trivia about me

Web of Science ResearcherID: AAS-7680-2021
https://www.brainmap.ro/mihail-iancovici

Scopus identifier number: 55246098200
Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55246098200

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4253-5217
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=B0atMEkAAAAJ

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