Current position: Assistant professor of Structural
Mechanics, University of Bologna, since March 2011.
EDUCATION
2004 PhD in Mechanics of Structures, University of
Bologna.
2001 Qualification as engineer and enrolment at the Professional
Engineer Society of Bologna.
2000 Laurea (M.S.) in Civil Engineering, (Structures) University of
Bologna with full marks.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2010 - 2011 Contract researcher at DICAM Department, University of
Bologna (Mechanics Model of historical structures subjected to
environmental actions)
2007 - 2010 post-doc at the University of Bologna (Phase transition
in steel heat treatments).
2003 - 2007 Contract researcher at DISTART Department, University
of Bologna (Multiscale approach in the study of structural
damage)
2005 Visiting Post-doc at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geoscience, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands.
2002 - 2003 Visiting PhD student at the Department of Mechanical
Engineering of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2016/2017 Professor of the course of Strength of Material in Design
2011 - 2016 Professor of the course of Strength of Material in Architecture, University of Bologna.
2011 - 2012 Professor of the course of Theory of structures and of
the course of Experimentation and Reability of Material, Faculty of
Architecture, University of Bologna.
2009 - 2010 Contract professor for the courses of Theory of
Structures,
2008 - 2009 Contract professor of Structures and Statics in
Architecture, University of Bologna
COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS
Participation to European Projects:
KISADAMA Kinetics of salt crystallization and mechanical damage
in historic masonry- JPI Call on Cultural Heritage 2013, (2013-2016) (WP5
leader)
SMooHS - Smart Monitoring of Historic Structures, 7FP
ENVIRONMENT, dec 2008 - dec 2011.
3ENCULT Efficient Energy for Eu Cultural Heritage, 7FP,
oct 2010- march 2014.
Partecipation to numerous National Projects and grants with
SME
- PRIN 2007 Reliability of the computational mechanics analysis of
structures
- PRIN 2005 From the survey to the structural analysis of roman
constructions in the Vesuvian area.
- Strategic Projects, University of Bologna, 2006 - Mathematical
models for phase transition
- PRIN 2004 Cultural Heritage: modelling and identification of
damage and risk.
- Interdisciplinary Research project 2002, University of Bologna -
Multidisciplinary methodologies for the survey the analysis and the
preservation of archaeological structures in Pompei.
ACTIVITY IN EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial board of the following Journals:
-Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, (JMSR) http://gavinpublishers.com/portfolio/journal-of-material-science/
- International Journal of Constructive Research in Civil Engineering, ISSN No.(online): 2454-8693; DOI Prefix : 10.20431 http://www.arcjournals.org/international-journal-of-constructive-research-in-civil-engineering
- Journal of Material Science and Chemical Engineering ISSN Print: 2327-6045 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/msce ).
- London journals Press https://journalspress.com.
- SciFed Materials Research Letter.
ACTIVITY AS REVIEWER
Reviewer of International journals as:
Computer Methods for Applied Mechanics and Engineering,
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, ASCE
Journal of Structural Engineering, ASME Journal of Applied
Mechanics, Finite elements in Analysis and Design, Meccanica,
Mechanics Research Communications, World Journal of Mechanics,
Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Material Science.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2005 Marco Polo Scholarship of the University of Bologna for a
research period at the TU Delft, Delft, The Netherland.
2003 Marco Polo Scholarship of the University of Bologna for a
research period at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
USA.
2002 Scholarship of Compaq S.r.l.
2001 Award for master thesis Consorzio Spinner for Research and
development, innovation and technological transfer.
1997-1999 Scholarship for students for academic and sporting
achievements.
