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Poster #65 - Rafik Taleb

University of Blida 1, Algeria

Biography

Rafik Taleb, DEng, is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Blida 1, Algeria, and is head of the structural dynamics research team at Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Geomaterials, University of Blida 1. He majored in civil engineering at University of Blida, Algeria (2000), and earned an MSc in civil engineering from the University of Clermont-Ferrand II, France (2005). He earned a master’s in earthquake disaster management from GRIPS, Japan (2009) and a DEng in environmental science and technology from Tokyo Institute of Technology as a MEXT Scholarship student. Prior to joining the University of Blida 1, he served as research assistant at the National Earthquake Engineering Center, Algeria. Dr. Taleb has written numerous publications and research reports related to structure earthquakeresistant design, experimental evaluation of the seismic performance of reinforced concrete members, structural dynamics and numerical simulation, and he is participating in the ongoing revision of the Algerian seismic design code for buildings.