Ricardo Taborda
Dean, School Of Applied Sciences And Engineering at Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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Top SchoolRicardo Taborda is an academic leader and earthquake engineering researcher with 12+ years of experience directing engineering education and research, currently serving as Dean of the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Universidad EAFIT. He has overseen a faculty of 130 full-time professors and previously led the School of Engineering, pairing strategic academic administration with deep technical expertise in engineering seismology and computational seismology. His background includes research and engineering roles at Carnegie Mellon, University of Memphis, USC and UNAM, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, reflecting a career that bridges rigorous research and practical engineering. Known for building collaborative research organizations, he brings hands-on scientific computing skills to large-scale seismic modeling and interdisciplinary projects in Colombia and internationally.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Structural Mechanics, M.Sc., Structural Mechanics at University of Southern CaliforniaB.Sc., Civil Engineering, B.Sc., Civil Engineering at Universidad EAFITM.Sc., Ingenieria Estructural, M.Sc., Ingenieria Estructural at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoPh.D., Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Civil Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (11)
octree7
earthquake6
simulator5
quake5
simulation5
python4
binary-tree3
angle2
velocity1
bond1
geometry1
Github contributions (5)
ricardotaborda/hercules
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 26 pushes, 14 branches in 2 years 4 months
pythonearthquakesimulationsimulatorquake
ricardotaborda/tex-references
Jan 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:74 pushes in 3 years 6 months
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