Moacir Kripka obtained a B.Sc.in Civil Engineering at the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1986, an M.Sc.in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) in 1990, and a D.Sc. in Civil Engineering at the Engineering School of São Carlos of University of São Paulo (EESC/USP) in 1998. He was a visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain in 2018 and has been a Professor at the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, since 1991. He was head of the Department of Civil Engineering (from 1991 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2000), head of the Engineering Graduate Program from 2009 to 2013, and has been Editor of the Journal of Applied and Technological Sciences - CIATEC/UPF, Academic Editor of the Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Advances in Computational Design and the International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research. He has experience in Civil Engineering, focusing on the mechanics of structures, and acting on the following subjects: optimization and structural analysis.