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Jacobo Bielak is Hamerschlag University Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. His research is in the areas of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, and, more recently, also in structural health monitoring. Bielak is a member of the original Applied Technology Council (ATC) committee that drafted the first seismic provisions for soil-structure interaction in the US, based mainly on his work. These provisions are now, in modified form, part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) seismic provisions. Recognition for his work includes the Gordon Bell Prize for Special Accomplishment Based on Innovation. He is a Fellow of the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics, a Distinguished Member of ASCE, and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. He also is a Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and of the Mexican Academy of Engineering. Bielak received his Civil Engineer’s degree from the National University of Mexico (UNAM), MS from Rice University, and PhD from Caltech.