Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2008 | Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics. Advisors: Prof. Erasmo Viola (University of Bologna) and Prof. George Deodatis (Columbia University in the City of New York). |
| 2004 | Degree of the "Collegio Superiore Alma Mater Studiorum" (for details see www.collegio.unibo.it). |
| 2004 | "Laurea" degree with highest honor in Civil Engineering (equivalent to the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees) at the University of Bologna. Advisors: Prof. Erasmo Viola and Prof. Francesco Ubertini. |
| 1998 | High school degree with honor at Liceo Scientifico A. Righi, Cesena (Italy). |
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Appointments, Contracts and Professional Experience
| 08/2011- present | Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University. |
| 08/2009- 08/2011 | Research Associate at the Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University. |
| 07/2009- 07/2010 | Research grant holder at DISTART Department, University of Bologna, "Modeling and analysis of shell structures". |
| 06/2009- 07/2009 | Research contract as post-doctoral consultant with DISTART Department, University of Bologna, for the project "Extension of a graphical user interface for a guided waves in pipelines simulator to the case of generic cross-section guides". |
| 02/2009- 03/2009 | Research contract as post-doctoral consultant with DISTART Department, University of Bologna, for the project "Development of a graphical user interface for a guided waves simulator". |
| 11/2008- 12/2008 | Research contract as post-doctoral consultant with DISTART Department, University of Bologna, for the project "Structural modeling of the mechanical behavior of ceramic materials during the production process". |
| 08/2006- 07/2007 | Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department). |
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Research Interests
| Infrastructure Systems | Lifelines, transportation networks, bridge networks. Life-cycle cost, performance, and reliability assessment and simulation. Optimal maintenance planning at the network level. Resilience-based tools for optimal disaster-management. |
| Probabilistic Analysis | Probabilistic Structural Analysis. Random Processes and Fields, Monte Carlo Simulation. Stochastic Finite Element Methods. Distribution Fitting. Structural Reliability. |
| Structural Identification | Structural and Damage Identification in three-dimensional structures. Data recovery. Genetic Algorithms in Structural Identification. |
| Finite Element Analysis | Computational Structural Mechanics. Structural Modeling and Analysis. Non-linear behavior of innovative ceramic materials. |
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Awards and Honors
| 2012 | Keynote Speaker at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 2012-'13 Academic Year, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, December 20, 2012. |
| 2006 | Winner of the "Albino Nasce'" award for M.Sc. Theses in Structural Mechanics. |
| 2006 | Winner of the "Marco Polo" scholarship for research abroad. |
| 2004 | Ranked first in the contest for the admission to the Ph.D. course in Structural Mechanics (University of Bologna). |
| 2004 | Winner of the "Carlo Felice Jodi" award for M.Sc. Theses in Structural Mechanics. |
| 1998 | Ranked second overall (first of the class of Science and Technology) at the contest for the admission to the Collegio Superiore of the University of Bologna (School of Excellence of the University). The University of Bologna has an annual enrollement of more than 15,000 students; some hundreds try every year to be admitted to its School of Excellence; nineteen were eventually admitted when I entered; I was ranked first in the class of Science and Technology. |
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Member of Professional Associations
| 2014- present | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). http://www.eeri.org |
| 2012- present | Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI). http://www.asce.org/emi |
| 2011- present | Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). www.sustainableinfrastructure.org |
| 2010- present | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). www.asce.org |
| 2010- present | Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). www.seinstitute.org |
| 2009- present | International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE). www.ialcce.org |
| 2009- present | International Association for Bridge Maintenance And Safety (IABMAS). www.iabmas.org |
| 2004- present | License of Professional Engineer in Italy. |
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Scientific Community Service Activities
| 2015- present | Control group member of the Task Group 2: Reliability-Based Structural System Performance Indicators, under the umbrella of the ASCE Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems. |
| 2014- present | Member of the Editorial Board of the international journal
Cogent Engineering. Taylor & Francis. |
| 2013- present | Member of the ASCE Lifeline Systems Interdependence Committee (LSIC), under the umbrella of the ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE). |
| 2013- present | Member of the ASCE Probabilistic Methods Committee. |
| 2013 | Organizer of a mini-symposium and Chairman of two sessions at the 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013), New York City, NY, June 16--20, 2013. |
| 2013- present | Member of the ASCE Technical Sub-Committee on Disaster Resilience of Structures, Infrastructures, and Communities. |
| 2012- present |
Reviewer for the international journal
Smart Structures and Systems. Techno Press. |
| 2011- present |
Reviewer for the international journal
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. Wiley. |
| 2011- present |
Reviewer for the international
Journal of Bridge Engineering. ASCE. |
| 2011- present |
Reviewer for the international journal
Applied Mathematical Modelling - Simulation and Computation for Engineering and Environmental Systems. Elsevier. |
| 2011- 2012 | Member of the International Scientific Committee of the Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2012), Vienna, Austria, October 3-6, 2012. |
| 2011- 2012 | Member of the National Organizing Committee of the Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2012), Lake Como, Italy, July 8-12, 2012. |
| 2011- present |
Reviewer for the international journal
Advances in Civil Engineering. Hindawi Publishing Corp. |
| 2011- 2014 | Member of the ASCE Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems (Task Group 2: Reliability-Based Structural System Performance Indicators). |
| 2011 | Chairman of a session at the
International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management and Fifth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis
(ICVRAM ISUMA 2011), Hyattsville, MD, April 11-13, 2011. |
| 2010 | Chairman of a session at the
Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
(IABMAS 2010), Philadelphia, PA, July 11-15, 2010. |
| 2010 | Member of the International Organizing Committee of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics (CSM 2010), Rhodos, Greece, June 13-16, 2010. |
| 2009- present |
Reviewer for the international journal
Structure and Infrastructure
Engineering - Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance. Taylor & Francis. |
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Most Relevant University Service Activities
| 2013- present | Member of the High Performance Computing Faculty Steering Committee. |
| 2012- present | Academic advisor for Lehigh's "First year student" program. |
| 2011- present | Member of the CEE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. |
| 2011- present | Academic advisor of the Dual-Degree Program in Architecture and Civil Engineering. |
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Teaching Activity
| 2013 | Strength of Materials (CEE 59), mostly for Sophomores, Lehigh University. |
| 2012 | Advanced Finite Element Methods (CEE 496), for second year graduate students, Lehigh University. |
| 2012 | Strength of Materials (MECH 12), mostly for Sophomores, Lehigh University. |
| 2011 | Lectures offered in the course "Structural Safety and Risk", (Prof. D. M. Frangopol), Graduate Program in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Lehigh University. |
| 2010 | Lectures offered in the course "Structural Optimization", (Prof. D. M. Frangopol), Graduate Program in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Lehigh University. |
| 2009 | Lecturer of the course "Theory and Analysis of Risk and Reliability" in the II level Master program in "Management of Risk induced by Natural Hazards", School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2008 | Lecturer in the professional course "Structural Designer" for graduate students, held by ISCOM Emilia Romagna. |
| 2008 | Co-lecturer (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Structures and Static in Architecture" (Prof. Christian Carloni), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2007 | Co-lecturer (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Structures in Architecture" (Prof. Lucio Nobile), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2007 | T.A. (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Solid and Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Lucio Nobile), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2007 | T.A. (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Laboratory of Construction 2" (Prof. Lucio Nobile), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2006 | Co-lecturer in the course "Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | T.A. in the course "Laboratory of Solid and Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | Co-lecturer (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Structures in Architecture" (Prof. Lucio Nobile), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | Co-lecturer (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Solid and Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Lucio Nobile), School of Architecture, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | T.A. (official employment contract as "Tutor") in the course "Solid and Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | Co-lecturer in the course "Theory of Structures" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2005 | Co-lecturer in the course "Structural Mechanics" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2004 | Seminar on the "Stochastic Analysis of Structure" during the course of "Solid and Structural Mechanics 2" (Prof. Erasmo Viola), School of Engineering, University of Bologna. |
| 2005-'06 | Co-advisor of four M.Sc. Theses at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna. |
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Professional Courses and Short Courses Attended
| 2007 | "Mechanics of fracture and fatigue", by Prof. R. Testa at Columbia University in the City of New York (USA). |
| 2007 | "Design of large-scale building structures", by Prof. R. Tomasetti at Columbia University in the City of New York (USA). |
| 2006 | "Uncertainty and risk in infrastructure systems", by Prof. G. Deodatis at Columbia University in the City of New York (USA). |
| 2006 | "Random processes in mechanics", by Prof. G. Deodatis at Columbia University in the City of New York (USA). |
| 2006 | "Non-linear analysis of RC structures", coordinated by Prof. R. Pinho at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Pavia). In Italian. |
| 2005 | "Mechanical Vibration: Where Do We Stand?", coordinated by Prof. I. Elishakoff at the CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (Udine). |
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