Luis Alberto Toranzo-Dianderas PhD, SE

Dr. Luis Toranzo, a Principal with the Los Angeles Structural Division of KPFF, specializes in advanced structural analyses and performance based seismic design/retrofit of structures. He has over 31 years of professional practice and seismic research experience and has conducted over 100 seismic evaluations and retrofit designs of existing structures utilizing various methodologies such as ASCE 41, FEMA 356, HAZUS, and others, as well as client specific performance evaluations. He is highly respected in the structural engineering community. He has published many papers on seismic performance and advanced analysis methodologies and lectured for seven years at UCLA teaching performance based design at the graduate level.