Juan David Tole Lozano

Juan David Tole Lozano has been affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2017 and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Civil Engineering program. He has carried out teaching activities at both the undergraduate and master’s levels in Civil Engineering, delivering courses such as Numerical Methods, Mechanics of Materials, and Steel Structure Design, contributing to the education of engineers in the field of structural analysis and design.

He has conducted several research studies on topics related to the behavior of structural steel, fracture mechanics, fatigue phenomena, and the investigation of correlations between the mechanical and magnetic responses of the material. His master’s thesis, entitled “Correlation of the Magnetic and Mechanical Response in Welded Connections,” received an academic award, standing out as a significant contribution to the experimental characterization of steel.

His main research interests include the analysis of steel under cyclic loading, fatigue failure prediction, and the development of methodologies based on surface magnetic response as an indicator of mechanical behavior. He is also interested in experimental applications focused on structural health monitoring and the non-destructive evaluation of metallic elements.

Over the years, he has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals, including: “Correlation Study between the Surface-Magnetic Response and Sinusoidal Axial-Tensile Strain on a Butt-Weld Connection Performed on ASTM A36 Steel,” contributing to the advancement of knowledge on magneto-mechanical interaction in welded connections.

Regarding his professional experience, he has worked in a company specialized in steel structure design, serving as a structural designer and finite element modeler. Additionally, he holds a full-time faculty position at the Universidad Piloto de Colombia in the structural engineering area, teaching courses such as Concrete Structure Design and Steel Structure Design, further strengthening his academic and professional trajectory in the structural field.