Gustavo A. Araújo R., MS
PhD Student

Bio

I am a PhD student in Civil Engineering working at the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University.

My research interests include nonlinear finite-element modeling, and seismic hazard, fragility and risk analysis of civil structures. Recently, I have been focusing on leveraging GPUs to address computational challenges in high-fidelity dynamic simulations of civil structures. My goal is to adapt GPU-accelerated algorithms from other fields to overcome unique challenges in structural dynamics, benefiting applications like surrogate model training, parameter optimization in FEM, and real-time hybrid simulations.

I received my BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. During my time in Colombia, I worked with Prof. Carlos A. Arteta on research involving reinforced concrete shear wall buildings and masonry-infilled moment-resisting frames.

In 2020, I moved to the United States to pursue an MS in Wood Science at Oregon State University. At OSU, I worked with Profs. Barbara G. Simpson, Andre R. Barbosa, and Arijit Sinha on the experimental testing and numerical modeling of a three-story mass timber building. After moving to Stanford, I continued collaborating with OSU researchers on the shake-table testing of a six-story mass timber building at the NHERI@UCSD facility.

I have been an active member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s Student Leadership Council (EERI SLC) since 2022. The EERI SLC is the major responsible for the organization of the Seismic Design Competition that gathers undergraduate student contestants across the world every year.