Christelle GEARA

Instructor

School of Engineering of Beirut – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 christelle.geara1@usj.edu.lb

Civil engineer holder of a PhD in civil engineering from ESIB-USJ and Université Clermont Auvergne. I have a long experience as a teacher at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut and have worked as a structural engineer in a well-known design office. My expertise covers structural mechanics, soil mechanics and technical building control.

Education

Degree	University	Country	Year
PHD in civil engineerirng	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2022
Structures and soil mecanics	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2016
Bachelor of engineering in civil engineering	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2015

Teaching at USJ

REVIT MEP

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience	Organisation	Start date	End date
Structural Engineer	BERM	02/11/2015	30/11/2017

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

- Structural Health Monitoring- Maintenance Planning Optimization- Hybrid inspection-monitoring approaches- Optimization methods, Genetic Algorithms, Bayesian inference techniques.

Publications and communications

- Hybrid inspection-monitoring approach for optimal maintenance planning- Structural health monitoring optimization for similar structures using a hierarchical Bayesian SAFE_USJ_update- A predator-prey optimization for structural health monitoring problems- Bayesian updating for uncertain condition state using permanent monitoring sequential inspections- Optimisation de la surveillance de la santé structurale par un modèle hôte-parasite- Degradation assessment of bridge components using Structural Health Monitoring