María Eugenia MaranteMaría Eugenia Marante is a Professor of Structural Engineering at Lisandro Alvarado University, Venezuela. She majored in Structural Mechanics at the University of Los Andes, Venezuela, attended Rutgers University, New Jersey, as an exchange student,and received a Doctoral degree in Applied Science from the University of Los Andes in 2004. Her research interests include modeling and simulation of the behavior of solids and structures, numerical methods in engineering, damage theory and its applications in earthquake engineering problems. Maria Eugenia Marante co-directs Structural Mechanics Laboratory (LME) at Lisandro Alvarado University, Venezuela, an environment for experimental research in the above-mentioned areas, and is involved in several research projects. Read More Read Less