Sofia Maria Carrato Diniz

Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. PhD in Civil/ Structural Engineering - University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (1994); MSc in Nuclear Engineering - UFMG (1988); BSc in Civil/ Structural Engineering - UFMG (1979). Visiting professor at University of Pittsburgh, USA (1999-2000) and Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (07/1999). Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), charter member of Structural Engineering Institute (SEI-ASCE) and Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI-ASCE), Member of the Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structural Systems (SEI-ASCE), Chair of Task Group 1: Life-Cycle Performance of Structural Systems under Uncertainty of the Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, member of Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON), member of Conselho Técnico de atividades (CTA) of IBRACON, member of IASSAR (International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability), IALCCE (International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering), and IABMAS (International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety). ABNT expert for the committees ISO/TC 71 (Concrete, Reinforced concrete and Pre-stressed concrete) and ISO/TC 98 (Bases for Design of Structures) . Past chair of the committee ACI 348-Structural Safety (2004-2010), member of ACI Fellows Nomination Committee (2009-2012), voting member of ACI Marketing Committee (2007-2010), voting member of ACI committees ACI 318-08R (2007), and Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research (2006-2008), chair Safety of Buildings committee- Structural Engineering Institute (SEI-ASCE) and member of Technical Administrative Committee Structural Safety Reliability (2003-2007). Research interests: reinforced concrete structures, structural reliability, building codes, probabilistic methods and high-performance materials.

Professora Titular (Aposentada) da EE-UFMG (progressão aprovada em 10/2016 com média geral 95,0/100). Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Engenharia de Estruturas, DEEs-UFMG (2019 - ). Aprovada em segundo lugar (94,0/100), concurso para Professor Titular, DEEs-UFMG, 05/2010. Aprovada em segundo lugar (maior média geral, 92,6/100), concurso para Professor Titular, DEEs-UFMG, 03/2006. Guest researcher no National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), EUA, 05/2001-10/2002; PhD em Engenharia Civil/ Engenharia Estrutural - University of Colorado at Boulder, EUA (1994); mestrado em Ciências e Técnicas Nucleares - UFMG (1988); graduada em Engenharia Civil - UFMG (1979). Visiting professor na University of Pittsburgh, EUA (1999-2000) e no Musashi Institute of Technology, Tóquio, Japão (07/1999). É Fellow do American Concrete Institute (ACI), Member da American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), membro do Executive Board da IALCCE (International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering), charter member do Structural Engineering Institute (SEI-ASCE) e do Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI-ASCE), membro do Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON), membro da IASSAR (International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability), da IABMAS (International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety). É associada da ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) e expert credenciada pela ABNT junto aos comitês ISO/TC 71 (Concrete, Reinforced concrete and Pre-stressed concrete) e ISO/TC 98 (Bases for Design of Structures). Foi Member do Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structural Systems (SEI-ASCE), Chair do Task Group 1: Life-Cycle Performance of Structural Systems under Uncertainty (SEI-ASCE, 2017-2022), chair do comitê ACI 348-Structural Safety (2004-2010), member do Fellows Nomination Committee do ACI (2009-2012), voting member do Marketing Committee do ACI (2007-2010), voting member do comitê ACI 318-08R (2007), voting member do comitê Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research do ACI (2006-2008), chair do comitê Safety of Buildings (SEI-ASCE), member do Technical Administrative Committee Structural Safety Reliability (2003-2007) e membro do Conselho Técnico de atividades (CTA) do IBRACON. Foi líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Métodos Numéricos e Computacionais, No. UFMG.0182, CNPq, DEES-UFMG (08/1995-11/1999) e também Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Estruturas em Concreto Armado e Protendido, No. UFMG.0187, CNPq, DEES-UFMG (01/1998-11/1999). Publicou artigos em periódicos de renome internacional (Engineering Structures, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), etc) e em eventos internacionais de destaque. Membro do Editorial Board da Structure Infrastructure Engineering (Taylor and Francis). Revisora do ACI Materials Journal, ACI Structural Journal, Structural Safety, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), Engineering Structures (Elsevier), Structure Infrastructure Engineering, dentre outros. Membro de comitês científicos de várias conferências nacionais e internacionais; palestrante convidada em vários eventos e instituições nacionais e internacionais. Participou em diversos eventos nas Américas, Europa, Ásia e Austrália. Tem experiência em Engenharia Civil, com ênfase em Estruturas de Concreto, Normalização, Confiabilidade estrutural, Métodos probabilísticos, Materiais de alto desempenho, Engenharia de vento.