Anil K. Chopra Confirmed to Speak at Panama's Engineering Congress

News Release Panama Canal Authority February 3, 2012

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Panama City, Panama, January 30, 2012
- University of
California, Berkeley Professor Anil K. Chopra has been confirmed as one
of the notable presenters to speak at the “Panama Canal 2012 International
Engineering and Infrastructure Congress." The first-ever Congress, organized by
the Panama Canal Authority, will be held April 18 – 20 in Panama
City.
 
This Congress will convene more than
40 experts from 10 countries, who will discuss large scale projects and future
trends in the maritime industry. Chopra will share, during the first session, an
earthquake analysis and well as design and safety evaluations of concrete
gravity dams. 
 
“We are excited to have Anil Chopra
join the dynamic panel of speakers at our Engineering and Infrastructure
Congress this April,” said Alberto Alemán Z., Panama Canal Authority CEO. “His
insight will be very beneficial to attendees with backgrounds in geotechnical,
electrical, structural and civil engineering.”
 
Chopra's research activities have
included studies of structural dynamics, various problems in earthquake analysis
and design of buildings, dynamic soil-structure interaction, dynamic
fluid-structure interaction, and earthquake analysis and design of concrete
dams. As a professor of civil engineering and former American Society of Civil
Engineers chairman, he has published several papers on this work as well.
International Water, Power & Dam Construction listed him among the 60 most
influential individuals over the past 60 years (2009), and again among the 20
such individuals over the past ten years (2011).
 
During the International Engineering
Congress, other design and project management experiences will be shared such as
the hydroelectric project of Tocoma in Venezuela, the failure of New Orleans
levees during Hurricane Katrina, the main dredging projects in the world; and
foundations for the tallest buildings in the world.
 
For more information on the Panama
Canal 2012 International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress visit:
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