23/09/2014

Pedro Casariego Takes Part in EUROSTEEL 2014 Conference

Pedro Casariego, who lectures on Structures at the UIC’s ESARQ School of Architecture, took part in the seventh edition of the EUROSTEEL conference. The event was held in Naples, Italy, from Wednesday to Friday, 10-12 September 2014. Casariego contributed to the section on cold-formed steel with the presentation of his project, Experimental Tests on Trapezoidal Steel Sheeting: An Investigation into the Effect of Transverse Corrugations, which he wrote in collaboration with the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB).

The EUROSTEEL conference is the largest European forum on steel and mixed structures. The seventh edition of this popular event was organized by the Department of Structural Engineering and Architecture at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.

The aim of the conference is to offer participants an opportunity to discuss a broad range of subjects related to steel and steel structures. It enjoys the support of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) and on this occasion welcomed hundreds of visitors from more than 18 different countries around the world.

The 2014 edition of the EUROSTEEL conference provided evidence of the growing international interest that is reinvigorating the steel industry. It also represents a continuation of the success of earlier editions, which were held in the cities of Athens, Prague, Coimbra, Maastricht, Graz and Budapest. The previous conference, which was held in Hungary in 2011, attracted more than 500 people with professional links to the steel industry.

EUROSTEEL represents a superb opportunity for scientists, researchers, engineers, architects, constructors and other professionals who work with steel because participants are able to discuss the latest achievements in the field and present the new ideas and solutions steel has to offer.