Meet the editor

Dr. Walter Salazar is a structural civil engineer who obtained a doctoral degree in Engineering Seismology from the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2004. Dr. Salazar has been active in site effects and seismic hazard research, producing several peer-reviewed maps for El Salvador, Jamaica, and the Eastern Caribbean. He has published about sixty articles in

peer-reviewed journals, books, and international conferences. In 2011, he received a Distinguished Salvadoran National Award. He is a peer reviewer for several scientific journals. Dr. Salazar is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the Catholic University of El Salvador.
