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Today in Timișoara, tomorrow...worldwide

International recognition for the Faculty of Civil Engineering from UPT

23 February 2018

 

 

 

 

 

The STESSA International Conference (Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas) was initiated in 1994 at the Politehnica University Timişoara as a recognition of the construction school in Timişoara in general and of the metal construction in particular.

The idea of the conference belonged to Prof.Eng Victor Gioncu Ph.D., from the Politehnica University Timișoara, and the organization was then carried out by the Department of Metal Construction and Mechanics of Constructions. The chairman of the Scientific Committee was Professor Federico Mazzolani of the University of Federico II of Naples, Italy, Doctor Honoris Causa of UPT.

After the first edition, held in Timișoara in 1994, followed by Kyoto / Japan (1997), Montreal / Canada (2000), Napoli / Italy (2003), Yokohama / Japan (2006), Philadelphia / , Santiago de Chile / Chile (2012), Shanghai / China (2018) and Christchurch / New Zealand (2018), the last conference was in February, attended by participants from over 20 countries.

At this last conference, the Politehnica University Timișoara was represented by Acad.Prof.Eng., Dan Dubină Ph.D., and Assoc. Prof. Aurel Stratan Ph.D., members of the International Scientific Committee, respectively Prof.Eng Daniel Dan Ph.d., Vice-Rector, Member of the International Consultative Committee; it is worth mentioning that two other members of the International Scientific Committee, also from UPT, CMMC Department, professors Daniel Grecea and Florea Dinu, could not be present at the event.

On the last day of the conference, the candidatures for the next edition, from 2021, the 10th, STESSA 2021, were presented and evaluated; Acad. Dan Dubină presented and supported the candidacy of Timișoara.

Although there were strong opponents - Salerno University - Italy, University of British Columbia - Vancouver - Canada and the University of Cincinnati - USA - Politehnica University Timişoara was chosen to host the upcoming meeting, counting on the fact that the 10th edition of the conference has an anniversary character, thus recognizing Timişoara's contribution to the launch of this series of conferences, as well as the reputation of the Timişoara School in the thematic area of the conference, both in terms of scientific contributions and active involvement in the development of European standards.

Thus, the 10th edition, STESSA 2021, will be dedicated to the memory of Professor Victor Gioncu, to be organized in the context of 2021, when Timişoara will be European Capital of Culture.

 
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