Alejandro Giraldo Soto
Alejandro Giraldo Soto
Staff of Professorship for Structural Engineering
ETH Zürich
Additional information
Research area
- Bridge design
- Steel-concrete composite construction
- Shear behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete
- Digital fabrication (NCCR-dfab)
Position:
- Senior Assistant, Chair for Structural Concrete and Bridge Design, Institute of Structural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
- Senior Researcher of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication
Professional and academic experience:
- Since 2018 – Senior Assistant (2022). Chair for Concrete Structures and Bridge Design, Institute of Structural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Switzerland)
- 2018/2021 – Project manager. dsp Ingenieure & Planer AG, Uster, engineering company (Switzerland)
- 2014/2018 – Structural engineer. Meichtry & Widmer AG, engineering company (Switzerland)
- 2012/2013 – Temporary lecturer. Chair for Airport Concrete Structures at the Technical School of Aeronautics of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)
- 2010/2018 – Technical adviser. Fontis GS Group S.L., engineering company (Spain)
- 2010/2017 – Researcher. The Structural Concrete Group of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)
- 2010/2013 – Structural engineer (external). Fhecor Ingenieros Consultores S.L., engineering company (Spain)
- 2008/2009 – Construction site supervisor. Apia XXI S.A., engineering company (Spain)
- 2006/2008 – Production manager. Conavinsa S.A. – Prainsa Group, construction company (Spain)
- 2005/2006 – Assistant Construction Manager. Ferrovial Agroman S.A., construction company (Spain)
- 2004/2005 – Structural engineer. Sertec Ingeniería S.L., engineering company (Spain)
Education:
- 2017 – Doctoral degree in Engineering of Structures, Foundations and Materials. Polytechnic University of Madrid
- 2011 – Master's degree in Engineering of Structures, Foundations and Materials. Polytechnic University of Madrid
- 2009 – "Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos" with specialization in structures and foundations. Polytechnic University of Madrid
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2019 | fib Task Group 2.6: Composite steel-concrete construction |
| 2018 | International Federation of Structural Concrete (fib) |
| 2018 | Scientific and Technical Association of Structural Concrete (ACHE), Spain |
| 2011 | Spanish Mirror Group of the CEN/TC 250 Horizontal Group Bridges (HG-B), depending on AEN/CTN-140 "Structural Eurocodes" |