Gonzalo Andrés Montalva Alvarado

 Universidad de Concepción, Depto. de Ingeniería Civil, Casilla 160-C, Correo 3, Concepción • gmontalva@udec.cl

Education

Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Washington State University, Expected May, 2010

Dissertation: Stochastic Site Response

Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, December 2004.

Dissertation: Dynamic Earth Pressures Acting on Buried Structures by a DEM Method

Civil Engineer, Major in Structural Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, December 2004.

B.S.C.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, July 2000.

High School, American College, Iquique, Chile. 1990-1994

Exchange student with AFS at Kelston Boys High School, Auckland, New Zealand (1993).

Professional Experience

December 2007 - present, Research Assistant, Washington State University.

August 2006 - December 2007, Teaching Assistant, Washington State University.

August 2003 - present, Civil Engineering Instructor, Geotechnical area, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

August 2003 - present, Independent Engineering Consultant.

October 2002 - Agosto 2003, E. C. Rowe & Asociates Ltda., Geotechnical Project Engineer.

February 2001, Gatica & Jiménez Civil Engineers, Project Engineer (internship).

Research Interests

• Geotechnical earthquake engineering

• Site response analysis and its effect on PSHA

• Experimental and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering.

• Performance-based design of geotechnical structures

• Constitutive models

• Mining geotechnical engineering (optimization of lixiviation processes)

• Soil-structure interaction.

Teaching Experience

Washington State University

CE 317 Geotechnical Engineering (summer 2007 & fall 2008)

Universidad de Concepción (August 2003 - August 2006)

544404 Foundations

544226 Soil Mechanics I

544229 Soil Mechanics II

544224 Soil Dynamics

EAT (technical assistant school) at School of Engineering (PUC)

Geology and Soil Mechanics (spring & fall 2002)

Teaching assistant

Soil & Site Improvement (2006 y 2007)

Geotechnical Engineering (2006 – 2007)

Geotechnical Engineering Lab (2007)

Advanced Soil Mechanics (2002)

Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (1999 a 2002)

Honors

• John Orsborn 2007-2008 Outstanding Graduate Student.

• Doctoral scholarship CONICYT 2006-2007, 2007-2008 BIRF – chilean government agreement (given to only 26 applicants of all areas nation wide).

• Fall 2008, Washington State University Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Fellowship

Refereed Journal Publications

“COMPARACIÓN Y PROPOSICIÓN DE MÉTODOS PARA DETERMINAR LA CONDUCTIVIDAD HIDRÁULICA EN ARENAS LIMOSAS” A. Montecinos, G. A. Montalva y J. Vargas. Ingeniería Hidráulica en México, vol. XXIII, núm. 2, pp. 149-155, abril-junio de 2008 (ISI)

“ASPECTOS GEOTÉCNICOS DEL SISMO DE PISCO, PERÚ del 15 DE AGOSTO DEL 2007” A. Rodríguez-Marek, J. Alva Hurtado, B. Cox, J. Meneses, G.A. Montalva, V. Moreno, M. Olcese, R. Sancio, J. Wartman. Revista Int. de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil. Vol. 7(2-3), 2007.

Submitted

“PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN NON-LINEAR SITE AMPLIFICATION” Reyes, D. K., G. A. Montalva, A. Rodriguez-Marek and A. Lizcano, Submitted Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. (ISI)

“SITE RESPONSE AT GROUND MOTION STATIONS THAT RECORDED THE 2001 SOUTHERN PERÚ EARTHQUAKE ” A. Rodríguez-Marek, J. Wartman, J. Bay, R. Boroschek, K.S. Park, G.A. Montalva. Submitted to Earthquake Spectra (ISI)

In Preparation

“USE OF STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS TO QUANTIFY RELATIVE MERITS OF SITE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS” G.A. Montalva, A. Rodriguez-Marek.

“PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN 1D SITE RESPONSE” A. Rodriguez-Marek, G.A. Montalva. To be submitted to the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. (ISI)

Conference Papers

“PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN SITE RESPONSE ANALYSES” Montalva G.A. and A. Rodríguez-Marek, Abstract Accepted to XVII International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt 5-9 October 2009.

“INVARIANT GENERALIZATION OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL HYPERBOLIC MODEL” Montalva G. A., E. Salgado, M. Valenzuela, VI Chilean Geotechnical Congress, November 2007 (In Spanish).

“SEISMIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSOIL ON THE CONCEPCIÓN – TALCAHUANO ZONE, APPLICATIONS TO NCh 433” Valenzuela M., R. Bonilla, A. Neumann, G.A. Montalva, VI Chilean Geotechnical Congress, November 2007. (In Spanish)

“THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ABSORBENT MEDIA (PML) FOR ELASTIC WAVES” A. Hernández Madrid, F. Cerda Carrizo y G. Montalva Alvarado, VI Computational Mechanics Conference, Santiago-Chile August de 2007.

“DYNAMIC EARTH PRESSURES ACTING ON BURIED STRUCTURES” G. A. Montalva & M. Van Sint Jan, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, B.H.V. Topping (Editor), Civil-Comp Press, Rome, August 2005.

“DYNAMIC EARTH PRESSURES ACTING ON BURIED STRUCTURES BY A DEM METHOD”, Gonzalo Montalva A. and Michel Van Sint Jan. F., V Chilean Geotechnical Congress, Nov. 2004.

“COMPORTAMIENTO DE ESCORIAS DE ACERÍA COMO BASE DE PAVIMENTOS. ANÁLISIS DE UN CASO”, Mario Valenzuela & Gonzalo Montalva, V Chilean Geotechnical Congress, November 2004 (In Spanish).

Funded Research

DIUC  (code 205.091.041-1.0) “Superstructure effects on the induced earth pressures during earthquakes” (PI). Project currently suspended until finish of PhD program.

Training

Other Skills

Service

Scientific committee member, IX Chilean Conference of Seismology and earthquake Engineering, November 2005.

Scientific committee member, V Chilean Geotechnical Congress, November 2004.

Other Relevant Academic Accomplishments

Students work:

• Best Research paper “METODOLOGÍA PARA EL ANÁLISIS DEL POTENCIAL DE LICUEFACCIÓN INCORPORANDO LA VARIABILIDAD DE LAS SOLICITACIONES SÍSMICAS Y RESISTENCIA DINÁMICA DEL SUELO” Betanzo R.E., A.A. Hernández, G.A. Montalva, III Congreso Latinoamericano de Estudiantes de Ingeniería Civil, Isla Margarita, Venezuela, Septiembre 2006.

• Premio Edgar Pino a la mejor memoria del año 2004 “ANALISIS DE ESTABILIDAD DE PILAS DE LIXIVIACION MINA RADOMIRO TOMIC”. Alumno: Felipe Durán; Profesor patrocinante: G.A. Montalva

Successfully lead, among the 5 best in the country (USA), the Washington State University team to the ASCE Geo-Challenges in Denver, 2007 and New Orleans, 2008.

Some consulting projects

Clients in Italic

• “Slope Stability Analysis of Dique 1 y 2, La Solución mine” (2007), LIMS Ingenieros Consultores Bolivia. With Dr. Adrián Rodríguez-Marek.

• “Static and Dynamic Geotechnical Characterization for Planta San Bartolomé” (2007), LIMS Ingenieros Consultores Bolivia. With Dr. Adrián Rodríguez-Marek.

• “Geotecnical Study for Fonoaudiology UdeC” (2006), UdeC. With Ing. Mario Valenzuela.

• “Geotecnical Study for private house in Chicureo (expansive clays)” (2006), Francisco J. Fuentes

• “Geotecnical Study for the instalation of Boiler # 2, Mulchen plant” (2005), Forestal Mininco. With Ing. Mario Valenzuela.

• “Channel # 2 Recovery in sector F of the patrol wall. El Manzano penitentiary complex”, (2005) Constructora Las Acacias S.A. With Ing. Mario Valenzuela.

• “Evaluación del potencial de hinchamiento de las escorias de acería utilizadas como base granular en los pavimentos de la bodega de productos terminados” (2004), Ewos Chile. With Ing. Mario Valenzuela.

• “Stability analyses and design of abutment reinforcment for La Mochita bridge” (2003), Icafal. With Ing. Mario Valenzuela.

• “BSK for Los Pelambres mine Foundation Design for Pebbles Mill building” (2003), BSK (Bechtel-Sigdo Koppers). With Rowe & Asociates.

• “Tailings Channel Improvement” (2003), Compañía Minera Los Pelambres, With Rowe & Asociates.

• “Debris and Tailings Managment” (2002-2003), Compañía Minera Zaldivar, With Rowe & Asociates.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

References