Daniel Sancho

University of Costa Rica ranked among the 500 best universities in the world. it was #16 in Latin America and #1 in the country. http://www.webometrics.info/en/detalles/ucr.ac.cr Career's programme can be downloaded at: http://www.eic.ucr.ac.cr/civilweb/images/plan_estudios_2014.pdf Students attending Civil Engineering UCR must approve general courses in humanities (language, history and intercultural relationships), mathematics (differential and integral calculus, Matrix Algebra', etc) , physics, chemistry, geology, topography, general economics and after that different civil specialities, including, drawing and drawings reading, solids and fluids mechanics, building materials, roads' design, structural and seismic, sanitary, hydraulics, environmental, site planning, construction, administration and transportation courses. The whole studying program extends for 5 years (10 semesters) on full-time studying basis. Daniel obtained a scholarship for high media grades and took the opportunity to assist teaching basic physics and Solids' Mechanic courses for undergraduates. In order to obtain the degree, all students must develop a formal investigation and submit a thesis, that must be exposed and defended in front of an experts' panel. Daniel's thesis theme was: "Construction problems in Buildings' Structural reconditioning: Three case Studies", where he emphasized in the works performed on the Country's Central Bank structure, part of the centenary San Rafael Hospital building and a 5-storey office building that was turned into a hotel (Parque del Lago http://www.parquedellago.com/) after a series of seismic events at the late 1980's and bigin of 1990's. Daniel's thesis work received a recommendation for publishing.