Prof. Dr. Leila Cristina Menghetti Valverdes

Leila is a professor doctor of the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Enginering at the Polytechnic School at USP, she is part of the professors and researchers of GISE. She graduated in Civil Engineering (1995) and is Master in Sciences – Structures (1999) through the University of Santa Maria; she is Doctor in Civil Engineering through University of Rio Grande do Sul (2007). She is member-founder of the Latin American Association of Construction Pathology – ALCONPAT Brasil. She has experience in Civil Engineering, with emphasis in Structures, working mostly in the following topics: reinforcement and recovery of concrete structures with composites; carbon, glass, and aramid fiber composites; fatigue resistance; structural monitoring and experimental analysis.