Gaston Fermandois-Cornejo | Smart Structures Technology Laboratory

Gaston Fermandois-Cornejo

PhD Student

2151 Newmark Civil Enginning Laboratory
205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61820
Email: fermand2@illinois.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gfermandois
Website: www.gfermandois.wordpress.com

Education

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

Master of Science, Civil Engineering

December 2009

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

December 2004

Research Interests

Real-Time Hybrid Simulation

Investigation of model-based compensation techniques for multi-axial real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) testing of large-scale physical substructures

Improved Shake Table Control

Investigation of shake table control using model-based compensation with multi-metric feedback inspired by RTHS methods

Structural Control

Investigation of active and semi-active control of civil infrastructures subjected to extreme loading events using robust and adaptive control algorithms

Publications

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Select Awards and Honors

2nd Prize Student Competition, 8th Asia-Pacific Summer School in Smart Structures

2014

NSF APSS Fellowship for Summer Study in Taiwan, Taipei

2014

Becas Chile Scholarship, CONICYT, Chile

2013-2017

Fulbright Foreign Fellowship, U.S. Department of State

2013-2017

Faculty Development Scholarship, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

2013-2017

Postgraduate Fellowship, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

2005-2006

Academic Excellence Award, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

1999