Jose Manuel Torres Espino

Jose Manuel Torres Espino received his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Lima in Peru.

He is currently a PhD student at the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning at the University of Sassari. His research project focuses on modeling innovative microstructured materials with discrete and continuous approaches.

In 2021 he was involved in a research project about numerical modeling of damage in masonry, through a cooperation between Italy and Peru. As a result, he gave a webinar presentation as a co-presenter and made a respective scientific publication in 2022 with other collaborators together.

He was part of the Mobility Program at the Department of Civil, Construction-Architecture and Environmental Engineering of the University of L'Aquila in the first semester of 2022/2023. He took courses in Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Plates and Shells.

During his period at the University of Lima, he carried out outstanding projects on Construction Technology, Numerical Methods and Hydraulics in events organized by the university. In addition to showing interest in courses on Structural Analysis, Earthquake Resistant Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Reinforced Concrete.