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MSc. Fabiana Viscarra

Career Manager 
Education: BSc in Civil Engineering, Universidad Privada Boliviana. MSc. in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas de España. MSc. in Earth Resources Management, University of Ghent - Free University of Brussels.
Position: Head of Civil Engineering Career
Subject(s): Soil Mechanics I, Soil Mechanics II, Geographic Information Systems.
Career: Worked as head of the Soils and Materials Laboratory of the Secretariat of Integral Risk Management of the city of La Paz, consulting engineer for various national and international entities: United Nations, Servicons-Geotecnia, Technical and Scientific Engineering ITEC, Conam S.R.L. Developed functions as Head of studies and tests in Technical Engineering and Constructions Incotec S.A., where he managed several geotechnical studies in the east of the country, participating in the elaboration of the geotechnical campaign of the Bolivian experimental field of piles, endorsed by the ISSMGE (Bolivian Experimental Site for Testing Piles B.E.S.T.). Lecturer at the Bolivian Private University since 2012.

 


Jorge Rosas Rodríguez, Ph. D.

Education: Degree in Civil Engineering, from the Technical University of Oruro, Bolivia.
PhD in Structural and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cantabria, Spain.
Position: Full-time professor
Subject(s): Structural Analysis I, Structural Analysis II, Foundation Engineering, Prestressed Concrete, Bridges. 
Track record: More than 25 years of professional practice as Civil Engineer and Specialist in Structures and Bridges working in both national and international entities. He has developed multiple feasibility studies, comprehensive technical studies, technical, economic, social, environmental and final design studies for road and bridge projects.
Researcher and author of several scientific articles published in national and international magazines, referred to the design of reinforced concrete beams for bridges, application of numerical models to the study of the behavior of shear walls, reinforcement of concrete with fibers.


Francisco Aguirre, Ph. D.

Education: Civil Engineer from Fundação Educacional da Região de Blumenau - Brazil. Specialist in Structures from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Master in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense. Doctor of Science from Universidade de Sao Paulo.
Position: Part-time professor
Subject(s): Reinforced Concrete I, Reinforced Concrete II, Metallic Structures.
Background: Former manager of the company A&T Ingeniería - Bolivia. Developed activities as Specialist Engineer and Consultant for several national and Brazilian companies such as APIMEC - Bolivia, Planave Engenharia - Petrobras, Themag Engenharia - Petrobras, Stahlkonsult Assesoria e Projetos Ltda., Téknica Engenharia e Construções Metálicas, Rodacki Engenharia Ltda.
Professor at UPB since 1997, where he carried out several research projects related to concrete maturity estimation, shear stress verification models in concrete elements, dosing and study of new approaches for high strength concrete confined columns.


Mgr. Luis Lazarte Villarroel

Education: Degree in Civil Engineering - Universidad Mayor de San Andrés - Bolivia. Specialist in Land Roads - Universidad del Cauca - Colombia.   
Position: Part-time professor
Subject(s): Topography, Roads II and Traffic Engineering.
Career: General Manager at L&L Ingeniería Civil SRL, Consultant with vast experience in road projects, irrigation systems and bridges. Supervisor and Prosecutor of road projects. Technical manager, director and project designer in Road Projects and Road Distributors for the Departments of Cochabamba and La Paz, in CONCIVILES SRL. Consultant for GTZ for the Master Plan of Roads and Transportation for the City of Cochabamba. Specialist of the Development Plan for the Tropic of Cochabamba. Timetable teacher at Universidad Mayor de San Simón, in the following subjects: Construction Management and Evaluations, Roads I, Traffic Engineering.


Oliver Saavedra Valeriano, Ph.D.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering Universidad Privada Boliviana.
Master in Hydrogeology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.
PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Position: Director of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Center (CIICA).
Subject: Hydrology
Career: Since November 2015, he has been conducting research in surface hydrology, groundwater and basic sanitation at the CIICA center. Six years of experience as an associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology conducting research in advanced hydrology and geographic information systems in water resources. Two years of experience as an adjunct professor at the Egyptian-Japanese University of Science and Technology, conducting research in the Nile River Basin. Lecturer in hydrology in prestigious graduate programs, specialist consultant in several projects at the national level.


PH. D. Carla Quiroga

Postdoctorate in Engineering (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain).
Ph. D. in Engineering (University of Lund, Sweden). Diploma in Environmental Protection, (Swedish International Development Agency, Bolivia and Sweden).
Diploma in Environmental Protection, (North Carolina State University, USA). Diploma in Environmental Management, (Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V., Chile and Germany).  Degree in Chemical Engineering (Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia).
Specialty: Food Technology: Effect of carbohydrate-protein interactions on the physicochemical and rheological properties of foods. Environmental Management and Prevention and Treatment of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Pollutants in the Industrial Sector.
Analytical Methods and Techniques: Microscopy (Atomic Force Microscopy - AFM, Electron Transfer - TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy - SEM), Calorimetry (Differential Scanning Calorimetry - DSC), Spectroscopy (Fourier Transform Infrared - FTIR), X-ray Diffractometry (Small Angles - SAX and Wide Angles - WAX), Rheology.


Ing. Juan Carlos Mendizabal Vega

Education:  B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo - Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Position: Full-time lecturer

Subject(s): Wooden Structures, Construction Materials, Reinforced Concrete I.

Career: Outstanding professional with field of action in governmental and private entities; developed activities in the Direction of Planning, Urbanism, allusive to execution and revision of projects within the Mayor's Office of the city of Cochabamba. Expert in design, supervision of structures and construction materials in private companies. He has been teaching at UPB since 1995.


Ing. César Vaca Carrasco

Education: Degree in Civil Engineering, Technical University of Oruro. 
He developed several specialty courses as a fellow of the World Health Organization PAHO-WHO, in the areas of: Water Development,
Sanitary Engineering, Groundwater Development and Aquifer Management; at the National University of Colombia, University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and at the Pan-American Center of Sanitary Engineering CEPIS in Lima - Peru.
Position: Professor. Independent consultant. 
Subject(s): Treatment Plants.

Career: Served as technical manager, director, designer and specialist in important private and governmental companies such as Ministry of Public Health and Public Health, Ministry of Health, SEMAPA, Misicuni Company, Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO, P.C.A. Ingenieros Consultores, Consultores Asociados Multidisciplinarios CONAM S.R.L, United Nations, GITEC Consult GMBH, Mendizábal Asociados Consultores S. A., among others.  Distinguished member of the Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering, AIDIS, appointed at the International Congress of Sanitary Engineering held in Guayaquil - Ecuador in October 2018. Vice President of the Bolivian Association of Sanitary Engineering at national level since 2016 to date. President of the Bolivian Association of Sanitary Engineering ABIS- Cochabamba from 2012 to 2016. Recognized by the Society of Engineers of Bolivia for institutional cooperation in October 2013.


Cecilia Saldias Zambrana, Ph.D.

Education: PhD in Applied Biological Sciences: Soil and Water Resources Management from the University of Ghent (Belgium). Master in International Water and Soil Management from Wageningen University (The Netherlands), specializing in irrigation and integrated water resources management. Civil Engineer from Universidad Mayor de San Simón, trained in the area of sanitary and hydraulic engineering. 
Position: Full-time professor
Subject(s): Sanitary Engineering I, Sanitary Engineering II.
Track record: Experience in interdisciplinary academic research on the reuse of wastewater for agricultural purposes from the technical and socioeconomic dimensions. Experience as a consultant in national and international institutions (ENDE, World Bank, SEI, GIZ) through consultancies related to water quality, wastewater reuse and water resources management. She has academic production in international indexed scientific journals and participation as speaker in international congresses. Work experience in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, India and South Africa.


Ing. Alejandra Orellana Sempértegui

Education: Civil Engineer
Position: Hourly teacher, Project Technician in ING-BOL Consultores
Subject(s): Fluid Mechanics I and Fluid Mechanics II. Hydraulic Works.
Track record: 10 years of professional experience in the elaboration and design of drinking water, sewage, irrigation systems and integrated watershed management projects, elaboration of hydrological and hydraulic studies. Elaboration and execution of sustainability, community development (DESCOM) and institutional strengthening (FI) plans. Undergraduate teaching.


Mgr. Christian Rojas Torrico

Education: Degree in Civil Engineering, Universidad Mayor de San Simón. Cochabamba.
Master in Road Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Oruro.

Position: Professor. Regional Head of Concrete and Aggregates at SOBOCE S.A. and Director of Mecanicista Ltda. Road Engineering Studies

Subject(s): Pavement reinforcement.
Career: Began his career participating in the construction of several roads of the Fundamental Road Network, as part of the former National Road Service. Responsible for Quality Control teams of important road sections in the Oruro - Pisiga and Santa Cruz - Puerto Suárez road corridors. Participated with IBCH in several working groups of the former National Road Service, to improve construction practices, work controls, and technical specifications for the construction of rigid pavements in Bolivia. He was part of the technical team of PCA Ingenieros Consultores S.A., as a specialist in concrete pavement design and advisor of Technical Supervisions, achieving the approval of the use of "semi-short slabs" design by ABC. 

 

Founding partner of Mecanicista Ltda., a company specialized in pavement engineering, for which he has worked as a specialist in design, structural evaluation, and functional evaluation of pavements, with more than 18 years of experience in construction projects, auscultation and rehabilitation of roads of the Fundamental Road Network and airports in the country. Currently, he is part of the research project led by IBCH for the development of an Empirical-Mechanistic Design Method for concrete pavements in Bolivia, which aims to implement a new pavement design software (DIPAV-ME) to improve the calculation of semi-short slabs under various climatic conditions. Invited professor to the Master's Degree in Road and Bridge Engineering (MICP) of the Universidad Privada Boliviana in its 2014, 2017 and 2019 versions, teaching the subject "Control, Evaluation and Technology of Concrete and Asphalt" in the cities of La Paz and Cochabamba.


Arq. Jedry Yañez Canido

Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Autodesk Certified Instructor - ACI.
Position: Teacher. Project Manager - ITRESIM Consulting S.A.
Subject(s): Computer Aided Design II.
Track record: 10 years of professional experience in design and construction, BIM Manager with 6 years of experience in national and international project management, Autodesk Certified Instructor since 2013, independent instructor in technological solutions for construction. Undergraduate and postgraduate university lecturer


MSc. Andrés Vallejos Balladares

Education: Civil Engineering, Universidad Privada Boliviana.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, TU Deflt University - The Netherlands.
Specialization courses in Italy, Mexico and Japan.
Current Position: Structural Engineer at the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy.
Subjects: Mechanics of Materials I
Career: Project Consultant at Bolivian Engineering Consulting S.R.L., Invited Researcher at the Center for Civil and Environmental Engineering Research CIICA.


Hernan Orellana, Ph.D.

Education: Civil Engineer, PhD in Hydraulics and Energy awarded by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos de España. Master in General and Applied Hydrology awarded by CEDEX. Diploma in Applied Sciences. Diploma in Training for University Teaching.
Position: Professor. General Manager ING-BOL Consultores y Constructores.
Subject(s): Hydraulic Works II.
Career: Plant Consulting Engineer in several public and private companies. Technical Manager of the Consulting and Construction Company OTEPRO SRL. Project Coordinator and later Program Officer. Save the Children Canada
Head of sub-program. Integrated Watershed Management. PROMIC. Project Coordinator TECMA-SPAIN. Road Administrator Section 23. National Road Service. General Manager ING-BOL Consultores y Constructores. Senior Technical Services Officer. Autonomous Municipal Government of Cochabamba. Project Manager. Doble Vía al Valle Alto, INYPSA.


Hermógenes Rosas Rodríguez, Ph.D.

Education: Universidad Técnica de Oruro - Bolivia, Civil Engineer, 02/1994.
University of Cantabria - Spain, Master's Degree in Structural Engineering, 08/1955
Instituto de Investigaciones Ecológicas - Spain, Master in Environmental Impact Assessment, 09/2001
Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña - Spain, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, 07/20011Position: W.H. CONSULTORES S.R.L., General Manager and part-time teacher.
Subject(s): Mechanics of Materials II.
Career: W.H. CONSULTORES S.R.L., current General Manager in charge of human resources administration, preparation of technical and economic proposals, project administration and project management in consultancies in the area of Roads, Bridges, Irrigation Systems and Basic Sanitation. Long professional career as a specialist in private and public companies such as: ADMINISTRADORA BOLIVIANA DE CARRETERAS, Socio-environmental Manager (2009), ASOCIACIÓN ACCIDENTAL ALPES - GEODELTA CONSULTORES S.R.L., Project Manager "Technical Economic Feasibility Study Environmental Impact and Preliminary Design of the Definitive Alternative of the Ravelo-Llallagua Highway", HIDROSERVICE - CONNAL - LAHMEYER, Bridge Supervisor for the Cota Pata - Santa Bárbara Highway Project, GRIMAUX - COMSER - IATASA, Supervisor of Bridges and Double Surface Treatment (TSD), Camiri - Palmar Grande Road Project, UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA BOLIVIANA, Head of Civil Engineering Career (2001 to 2008) and Professor of the subjects of: Mechanics of Materials I and II, Environmental Engineering, Special Structures, Organization of Works and Construction Processes and Metallic Structures.


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FACULTY ACADEMIC DEGREE SUBJECT
DE LA TORRE AVILA CARLOS MASTER'S DEGREE LINEAR ALGEBRA
RELOS PACO SANTIAGO DETERLINO MASTER'S DEGREE LINEAR ALGEBRA
ZURITA ORELLANA RIMER MAURICIO DOCTORATE LINEAR ALGEBRA
CUENCA ARNEZ MIRIAM MASTER'S DEGREE ENGLISH BEGINNERS
PAZ SOLDAN GARCIA LUIS ALBERTO MASTER'S DEGREE CHEMISTRY I
ELIZABETH TORREZ SANTA CRUZ DOCTORATE CHEMISTRY I
FERNANDEZ LEON JUAN ANTONIO MASTER'S DEGREE PHYSICS I
ORMACHEA MUÑOZ OMAR ALBERTO DOCTORATE PHYSICS I
SOLIZ TORRICO JORGE ALBERTO DOCTORADO PHYSICS I
RELOS PACO SANTIAGO MASTER'S DEGREE MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING I
ZURITA ORELLANA RIMER DOCTORATE MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING I
CUENCA ARNEZ MIRIAM MASTER'S DEGREE ENGLISH INTERMEDIATE
YAÑEZ CANIDO JEDRY BACHELOR'S DEGREE COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN II
SILES ROCHA SHEILA LILIAM MASTER'S DEGREE ENGLISH HIGH INTERMEDIATE
HARO SILVIA MASTER'S DEGREE ENGLISH ADVANCED
ROJAS SALINAS HUGO DOCTORATE PHYSICS II
SORUCO RODRIGUEZ WALDIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE GEOLOGY AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
CABRERA CABERO ANDRES CESAR MASTER'S DEGREE MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING II
DE LA TORRE AVILA CARLOS FRANCISCO MASTER'S DEGREE MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING II
SEJAS VISCARRA DIEGO BACHELOR'S DEGREE MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING II
FERNANDEZ LEON JUAN ANTONIO MASTER'S DEGREE PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
SORUCO SOLIS ROBERTO MASTER'S DEGREE PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
VISCARRA AGREDA FABIANA MASTER'S DEGREE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LAZARTE VILLARROEL LUIS MASTER'S DEGREE TOPOGRAPHY
RELOS PACO SANTIAGO MASTER'S DEGREE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MENDIZABAL VEGA JUAN CARLOS BACHELOR'S DEGREE BUILDING MATERIALS
MENDIZABAL VEGA JUAN CARLOS BACHELOR'S DEGREE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS I
ZURITA GROVER DOCTORATE RIGID BODY MECHANICS
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO DOCTORATE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I
SAAVEDRA VALERIANO OLIVER DOCTORATE HYDROLOGY
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO MASTER'S DEGREE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS II
VISCARRA AGREDA FABIANA MASTER'S DEGREE SOIL MECHANICS I
ROJAS SALINAS HUGO DOCTORATE NUMERICAL METHODS
ROJAS SALINAS HUGO NORBERTO DOCTORATE NUMERICAL METHODS
ORELLANA SEMPERTEGUI ALEJANDRA BACHELOR'S DEGREE THERMODYNAMICS AND FLUID MECHANICS I
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO DOCTORATE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
YAÑEZ CANIDO JEDRY BACHELOR'S DEGREE COSTS AND BUDGETS
AGUIRRE TORRICO FRANCISCO DOCTORATE METAL AND WOOD STRUCTURES
AGUIRRE TORRICO FRANCISCO DOCTORATE REINFORCED CONCRETE I
ORELLANA SEMPERTEGUI ALEJANDRA BACHELOR'S DEGREE FLUID MECHANICS II
VISCARRA AGREDA FABIANA MASTER'S DEGREE SOIL MECHANICS II
SANCHEZ AGUILAR PEDRO BACHELOR'S DEGREE CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES
SEVERICH BUSTAMANTE MARIO ENRIQUE MASTER'S DEGREE ROADS I
LAZARTE VILLARROEL LUIS MASTER'S DEGREE ROADS II
AGUIRRE TORRICO FRANCISCO DOCTORATE REINFORCED CONCRETE II
QUIROGA LEDEZMA CARMEN CARLA DOCTORATE ENVIRONMENT AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
ORELLANA SEMPERTEGUI ALEJANDRA BACHELOR'S DEGREE SANITARY ENGINEERING I
DA SILVA OVANDO AGATHA CLARICE DOCTORATE RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
LEDEZMA PERIZZA MAURICIO MASTER'S DEGREE HYDRAULIC WORKS I
SANCHEZ AGUILAR PEDRO BACHELOR'S DEGREE ORGANIZATION OF WORKS
ANDRADE MARKO UZIEDA MASTER'S DEGREE ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO DOCTORATE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
SALDIAS ZAMBRANA CECILIA DOCTORATE SANITARY ENGINEERING II
ANDRADE MARKO UZIEDA MASTER'S DEGREE SPECIAL STRUCTURES
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO DOCTORATE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
LAZARTE VILLARROEL LUIS MASTER'S DEGREE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
ROSAS RODRIGUEZ JORGE GONZALO DOCTORATE BRIDGES
MORENO PONCE DE LEON VERONICA MASTER'S DEGREE DEGREE PROJECT I
VACA CARRASCO CÉSAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE TREATMENT PLANTS
ORELLANA ESCALERA JOSE HERNAN DOCTORATE HYDRAULIC WORKS II
CHRISTIAN ROJAS TORRICO MASTER'S DEGREE PAVEMENT REINFORCEMENT