Marcial Blondet PhD
Catholic University of Peru
professor of civil engineering
Marcial Blondet PhD
Marcial Blondet is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Catholic University of Peru. He obtained Master's and PhD degrees in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Blondet is a specialist in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics and has ample experience in the experimental study of the seismic behaviour of structures. His main research interests are the development of low-cost solutions to mitigate the seismic risk of informal earthen and masonry dwellings, the conservation of earthen historical monuments in seismic areas, and the use of energy dissipation and base isolation systems for the seismic protection of buildings.
He belongs to the research groups GERDIS (Disaster Risk Management Group in Social Infrastructure and Low-Cost Housing), GRIDHAL (Research Group on Human Development and Expansion of Freedoms), and the Terra Center. He has advised the thesis work of numerous undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.
