UFSCar/Drexel University partnenship: visiting professor in the Civil Engineering field

Abstract

The prof. Ahmad Hamid is a senior researcher of international recognition, with great performance in concrete and masonry structures and more recently performance and sustainability in buildings. The plan includes the visit: - Teach two classes in the discipline of the Graduate Program in Structural and Building UFSCar, CIV 262 Special Topics in Structural masonry; - Give lecture to graduate school at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of USP (São Carlos), with the topic "Design and Retrofit of Building Envelope"; - Deliver lecture for researchers and others interested in IPT (São Paulo) with the theme "Sustainable and energy-efficient building envelope in hot climate"; - Provide mini-course in Recife, nationwide, for engineers with the theme "Project Panels Masonry Concrete Blocks Under Lateral Action"; - Interact with the research being carried out in the Group Study and Research in Structural masonry (UFSCar/UNESP/USP), with a possible visit to the campus in Unesp Single Island, giving the research contributions in developing this area. (AU)