Background
Luft, Rene Wilfred was born on September 21, 1943 in Santiago, Chile. Son of David and Malwina Luft. came to the United States, 1968.
Luft, Rene Wilfred was born on September 21, 1943 in Santiago, Chile. Son of David and Malwina Luft. came to the United States, 1968.
Civil Engineering, University Chile, 1967. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971.
Assistant professor сivil engineering, U. Chile, 1967-1968;
research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971;
visiting lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1984;
staff engineer, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts, 1971-1974;
senior staff engineer, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts, 1975-1978;
associate, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts, 1978-1983;
senior associate, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts, 1984-1990;
principal, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., San Francisco, 1990-1991;
head design division, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc., 1991-1995. Secretary seismic advising committee Massachusetts Building Code Commission, 1978-1980, chairman, 1981-1982. Member Boston seismic instrumentation committee United States Geological Survey.
Member slabs on ground committee Post-Tensioning Institute, since 1994, also chairman structural subcommittee.
Member building seismic safety council Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 1983-1991. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (outstanding award for paper 1995), Boston Society Civil Engineers (chairman seismic design advisory committee 1981-1986, Clemens Herschel award for technical paper 1980, president's award for leadership in earthquake engineering 1984), American Concrete Institute, Earthquake Engineering Resch. Institute, Structural Engineers Association California (chairman research committee since 2001), National Society of Professional Engineers (Young Engineer of Year, 1979), Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Monica Acevedo, August 24, 1970. Children: Deborah Elaine, Daniel Eduardo, Allegra Filomena. Married Laura J. Gigante, July 11, 1998.