This webpage compiles the work led by Professor Mauricio Sánchez-Silva within the School of Engineering – Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Professor Sánchez-Silva’s area of expertise is risk analysis and stochastic modelling to support the decision making-process in engineering under uncertain conditions. He works on Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) and approximate measures to estimate potential risks for infrastructure, network systems and industrial facilities. Furthermore, he has experience on estimating risk in complex problems under conditions where information is partial, incomplete and difficult to quantify. Finally, he has been involved in projects where the socioeconomic and environmental contexts play a significant role and, therefore, traditional risk modelling and engineering methods can only be applied partially.
In a recent study published in Environment Systems and Decisions, researchers Mauricio Sánchez-Silva and Jack W. Baker introduce the concept of “Dynamic Infrastructure Systems” (DIS).
In a recent article, PhD student Lina Leon, ain collaboration with PhD. Andrés Virguez and PhD. Lyssa Freese, address the significance of a more equitable representation of the Global South in the field of climate sciences.
Professor Mauricio Sánchez Silva, along with PhD student Nayled Acuña Coll, recently published a scientific article titled “Management of infrastructure systems: the role of systems thinking and flexibility” in the journal Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
Doctoral Thesis Defense "A Framework for the Long-Term Planning of Infrastructure Based on Flexibility" by Samuel Torres Rincon. Thursday, May 30, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in both virtual and in-person modalities.
In-person: Hemiciclo 001, Lleras Hall 001. Uniandes.
Virtual: https://uniandes-edu-co.zoom.us/j/89415417506#success
The course provides strategic training for the legal, technical and financial management of infrastructure projects in Colombia.
Registration open until November 4, 2022.
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DRI Technical Conference 2022: Adaptive Pathways for Resilient Infrastructure.
Technical Conference 2022 will be held in person on 12 -13 October 2022, Delhi, India, to commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction.
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Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Universidad de Los Andes
Carrera 1 Este N. 19A-40
Edificio Mario Laserna, Off. ML630
Bogotá, Colombia
Tel (57-1)3324312; (57-1)3394949 Ext 3690
Email: msanchez@uniandes.edu.co
Flexibility, adaptability and resilience
Decision-making in engineering
Planning and management of infrastructure systems
Stochastic modelling of time-changing systems
Sustainable infrastructure
Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) and reliability