Dr.
Horea Sandi,
Academy
of Technical Sciences of Romania
Bd.
Dacia nr. 26
Sector
1
Bukarest
T.:
+40 21 211 7951
Fax:
+40 21 312 55 31
office@agir.ro, sandi@geodin.ro
The
Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania is an institution where eminent
scientists and practitioners of the various branches of engineering were
accepted for membership. ASTR is organized in ten departments, corresponding to
various engineering branches. Out of these, one can mention, as relevant for the
project, the departments on civil engineering (current vice-chairman: Horea
Sandi) and on mining, oil and geological engineering (current chairman: Dorel
Zugravescu). The activities of ASTR consist mainly of supporting the advancement
of technical sciences, the dissemination of knowledge and qualified advice to
governmental bodies.
GG-ASTR
(chairman: Dorel Zugravescu) was organized under the auspices of the department
on mining, oil and geological engineering and developed, in its field,
activities that correspond to those of the ASTR. The main activities are related
to participation in national and international research projects (to be
mentioned in this latter respect: the coordination of the virtual international
laboratory concerning the Vrancea geodynamically active zone). GG-ASTR is often
building consortia with IGAR (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy;
director: Dorel Zugravescu).
Dr.
eng. (civil engng.) & mathematician Horea Sandi
Horea
Sandi graduated on the University of Bucharest / Faculty of Mathematics /
Mechanics of continua and in the Institute of Civil Engineering / Faculty of
buildings and industrial structures. He became dr. eng. in the frame of the
Institute of Civil Engineering with the Thesis: Contributions to the theory of
structural design.
Latest
activities:
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research on structural mechanics and structural safety, in the frame of the
Building Research Institute, 1958 – 2001:
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research on structural mechanics (especially dynamics), structural safety,
earthquake engineering, engineering seismology, experimental activities (mainly
full scale dynamic analysis), loads on structures, computer analyses of
structures, earthquake protection strategies;
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drafting of standards and codes on principles of structural design, actions on
structures, earthquake resistant design;
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research on engineering seismology in the frame of the Institute of Geodynamics
of the Romanian Academy, since 2001;
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lectures at several universities (course on seismic risk in Italy, 1991); from
1973 to 1989, lectures in the frame of successive regional seminars on
earthquake engineering under the auspices of EAEE (European Association for
Earthquake Engineering); from 1983 to 2002, coordination of working groups of
EAEE; from 1982 to 1986, vice-president of EAEE; participation in UNDP/UNESCO
and UNDP/UNIDO Balkan projects (1981 – 1984, then 1988 – 1990); consultancy
to UNDRO and UNIDO (1983 and 1986); participation in European project ENSeRVES
(1997 – 2001);
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publications: 2 books single – authored, 6 books co – authored, more than
150 articles and papers;
- full member, Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania
(1999), currently vice-chairman of Division of civil engineering.
AST1.
H. Sandi, I. Floricel: Some alternative instrumental measures of ground motion
severity. Proc. 11-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
AST2.
H. Sandi: A format for vulnerability characteristics of damaged
structures. Proc. 11-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
AST3.
H. Sandi, R. V`c`reanu: Parametric analysis of cumulative damage. Proc. 11-th
European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
AST4.
E. S. Georgescu, P. Popescu, H. Sandi, O. Stancu: “Towards a national
earthquake protection program under the conditions of Romania”. {n Vrancea
Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk Mitigation, (ed.: F. Wenzel) Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 241-250.
AST5.
H. Sandi: “Earthquake risk analysis and management. Some peculiarities of the
case of Romania.” In Vrancea Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk
Mitigation, (ed.: F. Wenzel) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1999.
AST6.
H. Sandi: “Some methodological aspects related to vulnerability analysis”.
In Seismic damage to masonry
buildings (ed.: A. Bernardini), Balkema, Rotterdam, 1999.
AST7.
E. S. Georgescu, H. Sandi: Towards earthquake scenarios under the conditions of
Romania. Proc. 12-th World Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, 2000.
AST8.
H. Sandi, I. S. Borcia: Instrumental data versus prospects of microzonation in
Bucharest.Proc. 3-rd Japan – Turkey Workshop on Earthquake Engineering,
Istanbul, 2000.
AST9.
H. Sandi: “Seismic Risk in Romania. Features and Countermeasures.” Prezentat`
la un Seminar sub egida NATO la Istanbul, iunie 2000, publicat` n “Mitigation
and Financing Seismic Risks” (editors: P. Kleindorfer and M. R. Sertel),
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
AST10.
H. Sandi: Obstacles to earthquake risk reduction, encountered in Romania. Proc.
Workshop on "Mitigation of Seismic Risk, Support to Recently Affected
European Countries". Belgirate.
Lago Maggiore, Italia, 2000.
AST11.
H. Sandi: “Education of civil engineers in view of disaster prevention. The
case of earthquakes in Romania”. Introductory lecture at one of the themes of
the International Conference “Challenges to the Civil Engineering Profession
in Europe at the Beginning of the New Millennium”, organized in 2001 in Sinaia
(Romania), under the auspices of the project EUCEET (European Civil Engineering
Education and Training) and of ECCE (European Council of Civil Engineers).
Independent Film, Bucharest, 2002.
AST12.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, I. S. Borcia: “Some features of seismic conditions of
Romania, as derived from instrumental data and from hazard analysis”. Proc.
12-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept. 2002, CD, Elsevier,
2002.
AST13.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, M. Stancu: “Stiffness evolution for some structures
subjected to successive strong earthquakes”. Proc. 12-th European Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept. 2002, CD, Elsevier,2002.
AST14.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, I. S. Borcia: “Hazard analysis for Potenza, Italy. A case
study in the frame of the ENSeRVES project.” Proc. 12-th European Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept. 2002, CD, Elsevier, 2002.
AST15.
H. Sandi: “Evolutionary, versus constant, seismic vulnerability of structures.
Importance and methodological implications”. Proc. International Conf.
Earthquake Loss estimate & Risk reduction. Bucharest, 2002.