SP School Structural Safety

3 to 16 May 2025, 2025
São Carlos, SP, Brasil,
São Carlos School of Engineering
University of São Paulo

Abstract

This advanced science school will address the main challenges related to Structural Safety and Infrastructure Resilience in a climate change context, as well as the tools required to address them. Climate change is already producing more frequent and more intense weather-related events, which have an impact on structural loads and their mean return rates. Increasing infrastructure resilience in this context is fundamental to reduce the impact of climate change on social wellbeing. Climate change is also pressing the production of cement with reduced CO2 emissions: yet, the durability of reinforced concrete made with these cements is still unknown. A potential reduction in the expected lifetime of such structures may completely offset the environmental gains in using reduced clinker cement. The compounding effect of more intense storms with unknown lifetime of reinforced concrete structures may be disastrous to the built environment. The above issues can be addressed by Structural Reliability (SR) methods, Performance Based Engineering (PBE) and risk-based optimization. SR methods have been used by the profession to quantify the uncertainties in loads, material strengths and engineering models, leading to objective measures of structural safety. PBE is a modern approach to address the uncertainty in stochastic process loads such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes and waves. Risk-based optimization addresses the compromise solutions between structural safety and costs/emissions, considering lifecycle costs such as construction, inspection and maintenance, as well as expected costs of failure.

School topics

Resilience, Performance-Based Engineering, Sustainability in Design, Structural Optimization, Reliability-based Optimization and Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics.

The school will create an atmosphere for high-level apprenticeship and spin-off solutions to a pressing global problem, enabling us to reach emission reductions of the Paris Agreement.

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International Lecturers

Brazilian Lecturers

About Our Community

University

Founded in 1934, University of São Paulo is the largest institution of higher education and research in Brazil

Campus

The São Carlos Campus is renowned for its excellence in Exact and Technological Sciences.

City

Located 230 km away from the capital, São Carlos is a medium city in the east-central portion of the state of São Paulo

Location

Organizing Committee

André T. Beck, University of São Paulo

Chair

Edmilson Luchesi

Communications Office EESC-USP

Eduardo Toledo de Lima Junior

Federal University of Alagoas

Eduardo M. B. Campello

Polytechnical School of the University of São Paulo

Henrique Machado Kroetz

Federal University of Paraná

Mauro Real

Federal University of Rio Grande

Wellison José de Santana Gomes

Federal University of Santa Catarina

Newton Santinoni

Culture and Extension Committee EESC-USP

Academic Committee

André T. Beck

Chair, University of São Paulo (USP)

André Jacomel Torii

Latin American Integration University (UNILA)

Bruce Ellingwood

Colorado State University, USA

Gustavo Siqueira

State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Henrique Machado Kroetz

Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

Columbia University, USA

Jochen Köhler

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Leandro F. F. Miguel

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Mark G. Stewart

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Michael Faber

Aalborg University, Denmark

Rafael H. Lopez

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Seymour M. J. Spence

University of Michigan, USA

Túlio N. Bittencourt

University of São Paulo (USP)

Vanderley M. John

University of São Paulo (USP)

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Application Form

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Participation is strictly by invitation only! To qualify for an invitation, fill the application form below.

Ninety to one hundred students from all over the world will be invited, based on an evaluation which will consider PhD or research topic, supervisor, academic records and Curriculum Vitae. 

PhD students in Civil and Structural Engineering and related fields are our primary target. Master students, undergrads and postdocs will also be considered but with lower priority. Preference will be given to students whose research project more closely aligns with the thematic line of the SP School on Structural Safety. We will strive to achieve wide geographical and gender representativeness.

Travel and related expenses (accommodation, insurance, meals) will be covered by FAPESP, through grant number 2024/06706-7.

All selected participants are expected to present a poster of their ongoing research project.

APPLICATION (DEADLINE 19/11/2024):

Fill in the application form below by Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 12:00 hs Brazilian time (GMT-3):

Please be ready to submit the following information in PDF files:

  1. Title and abstract (tentative) of your PhD thesis or equivalent (optional, one page);
  2. Application Letter, justifying why this School of Advanced Science on Structural Safety is important for your research project (one page);
  3. Recommendation letter from your supervisor, if applicable (one page);
  4. Academic records (undergraduate, masters or PhD, the higher applicable);
  5. Resumé or Curriculum Vitae. Brazilians, please use Lattes PDF;
  6. Copy of your passport Name and Number page (this is requested for purchase of travel tickets, in case your application is successful). Brazilians, please use RG and/or CPF.