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Investigación

Diseño y Análisis Estructural de Edificaciones de Madera
Ingeniería Sísmica y de Vientos
Desarrollo de Sistemas Híbridos Madera-Hormigón/Acero
Resiliencia Comunitaria Frente a Múltiples Amenazas
Aplicación de Tecnologías Avanzadas para Simulaciones Estructurales

Proyectos

Corfo 25BP-306139 “Seismic design basis for an industrialized mid-rise CLT construction system to increase the techno-economic competitiveness of residential projects in Chile.”, 2025 - 2027

  • Principal Investigator: José Luis Almazán.
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Diego Valdivieso Cascante.
  • Department of Construction Engineering and Management; Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

UCL’s Global Engagement Funds (GEF) 2025/26. “UCL-PUC Research Partnership on Functional Recovery of Timber Buildings under Multiple Hazards ”, 2025 - 2026

  • Principal Investigator: Pouria Kourehpaz.
  • Co-Principal Investigators: Carmine Galasso (University College London), and Diego Valdivieso Cascante and Diego Lopez-Garcia (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

PUC OPEN SEED FUND 2025. “Toward Functional Recovery of Timber Buildings under Multi-Hazard Scenarios”, 2025 - 2026

  • Principal Investigator: Diego Valdivieso Cascante.
  • Co-Principal Investigators: Pouria Kourehpaz and Carmine Galasso (University College London), and Diego Lopez-Garcia (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).
  • Department of Construction Engineering and Management; Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

FONDEDOC UC. “Innovation in Wood Structure Education: Implementation of Educational Kits Based on 'Learning by Doing'”, 2025

  • Principal Investigator: Diego Valdivieso Cascante.
  • Department of Construction Engineering and Management; Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

FONIDU UC. “Development of Competencies for Timber Construction through Gamification and Active Learning Methodologies: Towards a National Intersectoral Education Plan in Chile”, 2025 - 2026

  • Principal Investigator: Diego Valdivieso Cascante.
  • Department of Construction Engineering and Management; Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

FONDECYT 1241340. “Numerical and experimental study of mid-rise industrialized timber modular structures equipped with seismic isolation devices: proposal for PBD in regions of high seismic risk”, 2024 - present.

  • Principal Investigator: José Luis Almazán.
  • Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

Horizon Europe 101147385 - “Mitigating environmental disruptive events using people-centric predictive digital technologies to improve disaster and climate resilience (minority report)”, 2024 - 2027

  • University College London
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Quantify the physical damage to building inventories in the demonstration cities of Ireland, Greece, and New Zealand, while assessing the regional-scale vulnerability of these communities.

Project CORFO 23CTEC-250096: "Consortium for the Productive and Sustainable Urban Development in Wood", 2024 - present.

  • CENAMAD and Territoria Real Estate
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Coordinate, design, and conduct connection-level and assembly-level test campaigns, and perform numerical simulations to evaluate the response of timber-based diaphragms in hybrid multistory buildings. Assess the performance of the diaphragms and determine seismic performance factors.

NSF Award # 1901808 “Building Capacity for Safer Post-disaster Shelter: Leveraging Local Understanding and Advanced Engineering Assessments”, 2022 - 2024

  • Principal Investigators: Amy Javernick-Will, Abbie Liel, & Matthew Koschmann
  • Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Conduct connection-level test campaign, and perform numerical wind simulation for evaluating the response of wood houses in Puerto Rico. Evaluate the performance of the structures and develop mitigation measures for improving their future performance. Conduct in-field observation after Hurricane Fiona in 2022 and training to communities in 2023.

Project 21SN-182547: "Integrated Industrialized Structural System for the Optimization of Wood Buildings", 2022 - 2023.

  • Principal Investigators: Pablo Guindos Bretones & José Luis Almazán.
  • Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. With the support of Adyacente S.A. (engineering firm in Chile).
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Apply for funding, and communicate with the company to get its support. Design, coordinate, and conduct the shake table test campaign associated with the project. Also, perform the numerical simulation using the OpenSeesPy library. Develop two journal articles from the results. Report the result to the funding entity.

“Multi-layer shear wall for enhancing the seismic performance of timber multi-story buildings”, 2021 - 2022.

  • Principal Investigator: Diego López-García.
  • Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. With the support of Tecnofast (wood-frame manufacturer), E2E (wood-frame manufacturer), and Simpson Strong-Tie (connector manufacturer) companies.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Apply for funding, and communicate with the companies to get their support. Design, coordinate, and conduct the test campaign associated with the project. Also, perform the numerical simulation using MCASHEW software and write two journal articles from the results. Report the result to the funding entity.

“3D coupling of lateral force resisting systems for enhancing the seismic performance of timber multi-story buildings”, 2020 - 2022.

  • Principal Investigator: Pablo Guindos Bretones.
  • Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. With the support of Tecnofast (wood-frame manufacturer), and Simpson Strong-Tie (connector manufacturer) companies.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Apply for funding, and communicate with the companies to get their support. Design, coordinate, and conduct the test campaign associated with the project. Also, perform the numerical simulation using the OpenSeesPy library. Develop one journal article from the results. Report the result to the funding entity.

Corfo 15BPE 47270 “Seismic-Resistant Engineering for Structural Design of Mid-Rise Buildings in Cross-Laminated Timber using Radiata Pine Grown in Chile.”, 2018.

  • Principal Investigator: Paulina González Soto.
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Identified and determined, through non-linear time history analysis, the parameters that allow the structural design of a mid-rise CLT building.

Corfo 12BPC2-13553 “Engineering Studies to Introduce a Fast Construction System for Mid-Rise Buildings in Chile, Using Cross-Laminated Timber Elements.”, 2015.

  • Principal Investigator: Paulina González Soto.
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
  • Valdivieso’s Role: Compared three structural design methodologies for CLT against experimental results and proposed a method for CLT design in Chile.