Jacobo  Bielak  received  his  Civil  Engineer’s  degree  from  the  National  University  of  Mexico  (UNAM),  MS  from  Rice  
University, and PhD from Caltech. He joined Carnegie Mellon University in 1978, where he is the Hamerschlag University 
Professor.  His  research  is  in  the  areas  of  earthquake  engineering  and  engineering  seismology  and  structural  health  
monitoring. Recognition for his work includes the Gordon Bell Prize for Special Accomplishment Based on Innovation. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  National  Academy  of  Engineering,  a  Distinguished  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  
Engineers, and a Fellow of the U.S. National Association form Computational Mechanics.