• BSc. Civil Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, 1989
• MSc. Civil Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, 1992
• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Bristol University, UK, 1996

Dr. Sánchez-Silva main area of research is structural reliability and risk analysis. His work is directed mainly towards risk assessment and management of physical infrastructure related problems. His work includes stochastic modeling and optimization. His research also includes problems where the socioeconomic context and the environment play a significant role, and consequently, traditional risk analysis models can only be used partially.

• Engineering Risk analysis
• Structural deterioration
• Optimization-based design
• Uncertainty and optimization in CE
• Structural reliability
• Reliability and risk assessemnt
• Solid mechanics (Statics and Strength of mat.)
• Probability and statistics