Enrique Lopez Droguett
/Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Director of the Center for Reliability Science and Engineering in the Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also Associate Editor for the Journal of Risk and Reliability and serves in the Board of Directors of the International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM). Prof. López Droguett conducts research on Bayesian inference and artificial intelligence supported digital twins and prognostics and health management based on physics informed deep learning for reliability, risk, and safety assessment of structural and mechanical systems. His most recent focus has been on quantum computing for developing predictive solutions for risk and reliability assessment of complex engineering systems. He has led many major studies on these topics for a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, nuclear energy, defense, civil aviation, mining, renewable and hydro energy production, and distribution networks. Prof. López Droguett has authored more than 300 papers in archival journals and conference proceedings.