Reliability Engineering and Resilience (RER) - Editorial Board

Radu Văcăreanu graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Gheorghe Asachi Iaşi (currently Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi) in 1991 as head of the promotion. Between 1991-1992 he worked at AROCONSTRUCT and INCERC Bucharest, Seismic Engineering. Since 1992 he has become a teacher at the Bucharest Institute of Construction (currently the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest, UTCB). In 1999 he defended his doctoral thesis under the leadership of Mr. Eng. Horea Sandi. He subsequently received training in Japan for seismic engineering.

During 2002-2008 he was director of the National Center for Seismic Risk Reduction, an institution that implemented the "JICA Project for Technical Co-ordination for Seismic Risk Reduction in Buildings and Structures in Romania". He is a national delegate to the "International Association for Earthquake Engineering" and vice-president of the "National Commission for Seismic Engineering" organized by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration. His research is mostly positioned in the field of risk assessment, fragility / vulnerability and seismic risk. Radu Văcăreanu has published numerous articles in international journals with reviewers, books / chapter chapters and articles in the volumes of international conferences.

Radu Văcăreanu is a member of the Editorial Committee of "Earthquakes and Structures. An International Journal ", guest editor of the" Bulletin of the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, "a member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and Seismological Society of America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Earthquake Spectra, Earthquakes and Structures. An International Journal "and" Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration ". In November 2014, Radu Văcăreanu supported at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University in Iasi the empowerment thesis "Probabilistic Risk, Fragility and Seismic Risk Analysis for Romania. Developments and Perspectives ", obtaining the attestation certificate and the quality of a PhD in civil engineering.http://ccers.utcb.ro/ ) from UTCB.