[ENCI-l] Applications for the ADVANCED MASTERS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS (14th edition)

Wed Jun 24 15:47:54 MDT 2020

Hi Everyone,

This is also for any 4th year Civil Undergraduate Students looking for participants in the next SAHC master’s program.

Please find more information below.

Thanks,

Hello 2020 Civil engineering Grads!

First of all, congratualtions on graduating. That is a huge accomplishment! I am writing to let you know about an amazing opportunity if you are interested in structural engineering. For those that don’t know me, my name is Ben Forrest and I am currently pursing my PhD in civil engineering. Some of you may have met me when I was TA for either ENCI 451 or ENCI 513. I wanted to pass on information about a great opportunity to take a prestigious, one-year master’s program in Europe. Please see information and links in the email below. The program is a thesis-based master’s program called Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC). You can check out their website for more details but the program structure is as follows:

SA1: History of Construction and of Conservation
SA2: Structural Analysis Techniques
SA3: Seismic Behaviour and Structural Dynamics
SA4: Inspection and Diagnosis
SA5: Repairing and Strengthening Techniques
SA6: Restoration and Conservation of Materials
SA7: Integrated Project
SA8: Dissertation/Thesis

For me, this program was life-changing. It was a challenging program that teaches advance structural analysis topics but I also was in a class of 18 students from all over the world (Austria, Iran, England, US, Argentina, Italy, Tanzania, Malaysia, South Korea…). It is quite amazing hearing stories of engineer students from all over the world and we are still chatting and reuiniting to this day. Outside of this diverse experience, I lived abroad for the 11 month program. Seven months in Guimaraes, Portugal and the other four in Barcelona, Spain. I learned to speak Portuguese and Spanish and got to experience the exillerating and diverse cultures in each city. For instance, after a week of arriving in Portugal, I was invited to a wine farm to help with the grape harvest. Me and 30 other students harvested the grapes, crushed them with our feet and ate a feast I remember like yesterday, filled with music and fun. Me and three other friends from the program rented a car and took a roadtrip to Lisbon where we surfed in Penice and tasted the world famous cream pastrie, pasteis to nata. The adventures didn’t stop there, once in Europe, it costs as little as 20 Euro to fly to the major city centers, so on the long weekends I traveled to world destinations such as Paris, Madrid and Prague. The program was especially life-changing to me as I met my wife in Portgual since she was on an exchange program there at the same time.

I want to point out that this is also an opportunity to achieve a master’s program in one year where it normally takes two. Basically, they take two-years of content and crush it into 11 months. This leads to challenging times completing all the content but nothing you all are not already used to having just graduated from civil engineering! I can attest to the value of the program as it was sufficient for my PhD application.

Obviously the experiences differ for everyone, this was a quick blurb about mine but I can tell you that everyone in my class from SAHC had a memorable experience and no one regrets attending. If you have aspirations in structural engineering, believe me this is the program for you. I already know two U of C civ eng alumni students who took the program and I’m excited to hear about their experience. If you are interested, you need to move fast. They are on the last call for the program beginning in September. You will need time to complete the application. If you would like to know more about the program based on my experience, feel free to reach out to me. Best of luck in your future enndeavours and congratulations on graduating!

Sincerely,
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Benjamin Forrest, P.Eng., MSc
PhD Candidate
University of Calgary
Department of Civil Engineering
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
Benjamin.forrest at ucalgary.ca<mailto:Benjamin.forrest at ucalgary.ca>

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Subject: Applications for the ADVANCED MASTERS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS (14th edition)

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Dear Colleague,

Please find below information about the Advanced Master Course in Structural Analysis of Existing Buildings, Monuments and Historical Constructions.

I kindly invite you to disseminate this information to anybody who could be interested in applying.

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APPLICATIONS FOR THE ADVANCED MASTERS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS

After 10 years of European funding, 400 students and 65 countries, applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions are opened up to July 20, 2020. This is the leading international course on conservation of heritage structures, winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage "Europa Nostra", and a unique opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

This Master Course, which is running its 13th Edition, is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic).

The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications.

A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4,000 to 13,000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.

Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as electronic application procedure, on the website www.msc-sahc.org<http://www.msc-sahc.org/>

Visit also the SAHC blog http://blog.msc-sahc.org<http://blog.msc-sahc.org/> and www.linkedin.com/school/sahcmasterscourse/<http://www.linkedin.com/school/sahcmasterscourse/>

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Yours sincerely,

Paulo B. Lourenco

Course Coordinator

Editor of the International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration

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