Alejandro Jiménez Rios

Dr. Alejandro Jiménez Rios

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, UK
orcid
Lecturer in Structural Engineering

Biography

Dr. Alejandro Jiménez Rios was awarded a double Advanced Master's Degree in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from the Czech Technical University of Prague, Czech Republic, and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. At Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics and obtained a PhD in Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. He was the recipient of a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF). He has also held a distinguished ICCROM Fellowship with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). Currently, He works as Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, UK. He is looking for motivated PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers to join his research group and work in projects focused on, but not limited to: Conservation techniques for historic buildings and bridges. Non-destructive inspection methods for heritage structures. Diagnosis and intervention design for aging infrastructure. Monitoring systems for buildings with historical and cultural value. Sustainable and vernacular architecture methods. Structural behaviour and mechanical properties of structures. Performance of earthen structures under various conditions. Development of specialized constitutive models for traditional materials. Digital Twins.

Affiliations

University of Bath

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, UK

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Honors and Awards

honor

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships

European Commission

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships

Experience

University Educator/Researcher

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath

01 Aug 2024 - present

Post Doctoral Researcher

Department of Built Environment, Oslo Metropolitan University

01 Nov 2022 - 01 Aug 2024