Marco Savoia is Full Professor of Structural Engineering at DICAM,
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna (IT) since
2000, where he is teaching the course of Structural Engineering and
Design of Structures, and he is carrying out his teaching and
scientific activities. He obtained his PhD at the University of
Bologna. He covered before the position of Assistant Professor at
the University of Bologna (1992-1998) and Associate Professor at
the University of Parma (1998-2000).
He has been Visiting Professor at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute (1990, 1997), the Texas A&M University (1993), the
University of Virginia (1997), Florida Atlantic University (2003,
2004). He gave a number of seminars and courses in foreign
universities on computational methods for composite structures and
structural reliability.
He is author of about 250 scientific papers, more than 50 in
international journals with referees. In the last ten years he is
active in the research field of structures made or reinforced with
composite materials, a topic where he has been reviewer of papers
submitted for possible publication for about ten international
journals. He has been member of the Scientific Committee of
ICCST-1, ICCST-2, BBFS 2005, FramCos 2007 International
Conferences, and Aimeta Conference in 2009. He organized the ANIDIS
Conference of Seismic Engineering in Bologna in 2009 . He has been
reviewer of more than 80 papers submitted to about 20 different
international journals. He has been reviewer of some research
proposals submitted to national and international organizations,
such as NSF (National Science Foundation, U.S.A.) and FRD (South
Africa).
Since 2004 to 2008, he has been member of the Scientific Commitee
of the Center of Excellence on "Composites for innovative
applications in civil engineering" of the Federico II University in
Bologna, founded by Miur.
In 2006 he has been invited to be a member of the Academy of
Science of Bologna.
He has been expert member of the C.N.R. (National Council of
Research) National Commission for Codes for Reinforced Concrete
Structures and that for Strengthening of Structures with innovative
materials. In 2004 and 2005, he was responsible of two tasks in
preparation of CNR Guide Lines on Strengthening with composite
materials (DT200/2004) and on Fiber-Reinforced Concretes FRC
(DT204/2006). From 2008, he is full member of that Commission. In
2004-05, he has been a member of National Council of Public
Works.
Since 2001 to 2010, he is the Coordinator of the Structural Tests
Lab of DISTART - University of Bologna. In 2010 he is elected as the
Director of the Centre for Industrial Research Edilizia &
costruzioni of the University of Bologna. In 2022 he is elected again to be the Director of the CIRI Edilizia e Costruzioni
In 2007 he has been elected Coordinator of the Education program in
Civil Engineering of the University of Bologna. He is coordinating
the new study programs according to DM270/2004 and he proposed the
activation of a new International Master course in Civil
Engineering since 2009.
