Research

See Google Scholar for more publications.

Observed Ground Motions that Exceeded Design Response Spectra in the Western United States

Victor H. Calderon, Jack W. Baker
Submitted (in review), 2025
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The project identifies and analyzes ground motions in the Western U.S. that exceeded modern seismic design response spectra.

Feasibility Study for the Seismic Isolation of a Low-Cost Housing Building with Limited Ductility Shear Walls (Spanish)

Victor H. Calderon, Marcial Blondet, Alejandro Muñoz
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2021
thesis repository

We quantified the added cost of implementing seismic isolation in an eight-story, reinforced concrete thin-wall affordable housing building in a high seismic hazard zone of Lima, Peru.

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Other Projects (Technical Reports/Talks)

• Structural Concrete Design with Mine Tailings, advised by Enrique Pasquel (ACI Board of Directors), 2022.
• Rocking Isolation for Low-Cost Housing in Lima, An Initial Approach, advised by Prof. Marcial Blondet, 2021.

Special thanks to all mentors and collaborators who have inspired and supported my work!

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Research Interests

Within risk analysis, physics-informed AI methods, and reinforcement learning, I am especially interested in:

Infrastructure network resilience: stochastic methodologies to quantify multi-hazard risks affecting critical infrastructure systems and communities.

AI in Engineering: data-driven AI models for system response prediction, feature identification, design optimization, and post-event assessments.

Network science for infrastructure: Modeling interdependent networks (power, transport, buildings) to better understand cascading failures and to develop effective resilience strategies.

I’m also passionate about open science, public policy, and integrating advanced computational methods into practical engineering workflows.

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Teaching

• Course Assistant, Stanford University
  Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, 2025
• Teaching Assistant, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
  Strength of Materials I, Structural Analysis I, Seismic Resistant Design, Reinforced Concrete I, Mechanics for Engineering, 2019–2023