Prof Joan Ramon Casas

Joan Casas, is a professor of bridge engineering and structural management at the School of Civil Engineering of the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Master (1984) and Ph.D.(1988) degrees from Technical University of Catalonia.
Main expertise related to bridge design and management, specially focusing on safety assessment and structural health monitoring of existing bridges.
Author or co-author of 39 books and chapters of books, 180 papers in refereed technical journals and over 350 conference proceedings.
Among other editorial boards, he is Managing editor of the journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Associate editor of the Journal of Bridge Engineering from ASCE and Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in the Built Environment, Bridge Section.
He has received several awards, including the Bill Curtin Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers from UK to the best paper describing innovative
design in civil engineering, the IABMAS-Senior Prize in recognition of outstanding contributions to the application of advanced bridge inspection,
assessment and monitoring techniques and the T.Y. Lin medal in recognition of outstanding contributions to bridge engineering.
Founder member and Secretary General of IABMAS since 1999 and Chair of IABMAS conferences in Barcelona in years 2002 and 2022.