Andrei Torres

Background

About Andrei Torres

Background: Andrei graduated in 2001 for his BEng in Civil Engineering (Hons) from the National University of Colombia. After working for four years on civil engineering projects planning and management, he joined a postgraduate program at District University of Bogotá (Colombia) in 2005 and specialized in the use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. In 2008, he obtained his MSc in Geoinformation and Earth Observation Sciences - Engineering Geology from the ITC - University of Twente (The Netherlands) with a research on "Geometric characterization of rock mass discontinuities using terrestrial laser scanner and ground penetrating radar ". Nowadays Andrei has over 10 years work experience on consulting and research related to natural hazard and risk assessment, slope stability, ground investigation and mineral exploration for both government agencies and private consulting industry. Specialties: Use of spatial information and remote sensing data for geological and geotechnical applications, hazard and risk assessment, slope stability analysis, soil mechanics, rock mechanics, mineral exploration, GIS modeling, database design, geostatistics, project management. Research: GIS and remote sensing for rock mechanics applications, seismic hazard and risk assessment, landslide hazard and risk assessment, multi-hazard risk assessment.