Mosqueda, Gilberto

PEER Annual Meeting 2023 Speaker Bio: Gilberto Mosqueda is a professor in the Department Structural Engineering, Director of the Seismic Response Modification Device Test Facility, and Associate Dean for Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. His research has contributed towards the development of hybrid testing methods for large-scale structural models and the application of earthquake protections systems including seismic isolation and damping devices in buildings and bridges. He has led teams of investigators in reconnaissance missions following earthquakes to investigate damage, most recently following the 2017 Puebla-Morelos Earthquake. Professor Mosqueda is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the American Society of Civil Engineering Moisseiff Award, and the Mexico College of Civil Engineering Jose A. Cuevas Award. Updated July, 2023.