Organization profile
Coordinator
Ing. Juan Jiménez Pacheco, PhD.
Lines of Research
1) Monitoring and study of instrumental seismicity in the province and the region.
2) Historical seismology.
3) Structural condition and/or structural health monitoring of essential structures.
4) Seismic hazard and site effect study at different scales.
5) Seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings or built environments.
6) Preventive conservation of the Historic Center of the City, with a focus on disaster risk reduction.
7) Seismic risk management.
8) Seismic design and structural safety.
9) Structural intervention and reinforcement to improve seismic performance.
10) Slope (seismic) stability and landslide control.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Santiago Renan Gonzalez Martinez, PhD
- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil
- Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones
- Facultad de Ingeniería
- Grupo de Investigación: Monitorización de Salud Estructural
- Grupo de Investigación: Procesamiento Digital de Señales y Comunicaciones
- Grupo de Investigación: Red Sísmica del Austro
Person: Academic
Projects
- 1 Active
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Community-Centered Modeling of Housing Related Health Disparities (ComDisp)
Siguencia Avila, M. E. (Director), Ordoñez Castro, G. A. (Co-Director), Zalamea Leon, E. F. (Researcher), Cardenas Haro, X. R. (Researcher), Uyaguari Ali, J. P. (Researcher), Moscoso Vanegas, D. L. (Researcher) & Cruz Naranjo, K. A. (Researcher)
15/08/25 → 15/08/28
Project: Research
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Integrated topology and nonlinear energy dissipation devices optimization of multi-story buildings under stochastic seismic excitation
Zhong, M., Pozo, S., Gomez, F., Carrion, J. E., Demartino, C. & Spencer, B. F., Feb 2026, In: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 69, 2, 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Topology optimization of structures subjected to nonstationary stochastic dynamic excitation
Pozo, S., Gomez, F., Carrion, J. E., Zhong, M. & Spencer, B. F., 1 Mar 2026, In: Engineering Structures. 350, p. 121961 121961.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Base de datos “Frecuencias fundamentales del suelo de la ciudad de Cuenca”: Frecuencias
Calderón Brito, J. M., Bojorque Iñeguez, J. A. & Jimenez Pacheco, J. C., 12 Nov 2025Research output: Intellectual Property Rights › Databases
Activities
- 1 Membership of network
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EERI - UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA STUDENT CHAPTER (External organization)
Jimenez Pacheco, J. C. (Member)
2023 → 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press/Media
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Salud Estructural en Edificios
Gonzalez Martinez, S. R. & Jimenez Pacheco, J. C.
18/06/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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CrearConCiencia - Reportaje Sismicidad histórica en Azuay
Jimenez Pacheco, J. C. & Bojorque Iñeguez, J. A.
16/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media