Enrique Lopez Droguett

Enrique Lopez Droguett

PROFESSOR
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Email: eald@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 794-7239

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Bayesian inference and artificial intelligence supported digital twins and prognostics and health management based on physics informed deep learning for reliability, risk and safety assessment of structural and mechanical systems, quantum computing and quantum machine learning for developing solutions for risk and reliability quantification and energy efficiency of complex systems, particularly those involved in renewable energy production.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., (1999) University of Maryland, College Park
  • M.S., (1997) University of Maryland, College Park
  • M.S., (1995) Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
  • BS, (1992) Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Associate Editor for the Journal of Risk and Reliability
  • Associate Editor for the International Journal of Reliability and Safety
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM)
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of Shock and Vibration
  • Founder and former President of the Brazilian Association for Risk, System Safety and Reliability – ABRISCO
  • 2018 University of Chile Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in Research
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (1998)
  • NASA Letter of Recognition for Technical Excellence (1998)