Dr. XavierEstrella, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Ecuador.
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Education 
- Doctor of Philosophy, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (2019 ‒ 2022).
- Master of Sciences, Financial Engineering, World Quant University, U.S.A. (2023 ‒ Present).
- Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador (2010 ‒ 2015).
- Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Structural Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (2016 ‒ 2020).
- Master of Sciences, Education Quality Management, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain (2018 ‒ 2019).
Experience 
- Postdoctoral Researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland (2021 ‒ Present)
- Development of optimization software for flood-resilient housing design in South Sudan, Africa
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- Mathematical modeling of the reuse potential of construction components in western Switzerland
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- Training, testing, and validation of machine learning models for assisted structural design of timber buildings
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- Research Assistant, Timber National Center (CENAMAD), Santiago, Chile (2017 ‒ 2020)
- Developed a novel numerical formulation for efficient modeling of timber buildings
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- Created an open-source database of earthquake records for safe housing design in South America
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- Conducted risk analysis, dynamic testing, and performance evaluation of timber buildings in earthquake-prone areas
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Professional Development
- Efficient nonlinear modeling of strong wood frame shear walls for mid-rise buildings
X Estrella, P Guindos, JL Almazán, S Malek
Engineering Structures 215, 110670, 32 citations, 2020
- Cyclic behavior of wood-frame shear walls with vertical load and bending moment for mid-rise timber buildings
P Orellana, H Santa María, JL Almazán, X Estrella
Engineering Structures 240, 112298, 25 citations, 2021
- Experimental study of the effects of continuous rod hold-down anchorages on the cyclic response of wood frame shear walls
X Estrella, S Malek, JL Almazán, P Guindos, H Santa María
Engineering Structures 230, 111641, 23 citations, 2021
- Ground motions for FEMA P-695 application in subduction zones
X Estrella, P Guindos, JL Almazán
Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures 16, e237, 20 citations, 2019
- Seismic performance factors for timber buildings with woodframe shear walls
X Estrella, P Guindos, JL Almazán, S Malek, H Santa María, J Montaño, …
Engineering Structures 248, 113185, 16 citations, 2021
- A simplified approach to assess the technical prefeasibility of multistory wood-frame buildings in high seismic zones
S Berwart, X Estrella, J Montaño, H Santa-María, JL Almazán, P Guindos
Engineering Structures 257, 114035, 13 citations, 2022
- Development of an amplified added stiffening and damping system for wood-frame shear walls
J Montaño, R Maury, JL Almazán, X Estrella, P Guindos
Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures 17, e283, 8 citations, 2020