Positions, Education, Affiliations
Positions
• 2023–Present: President, Italian Association of Composites for Civil Engineering Applications (www.aico-compositi.it )
• 2022–Present: Faculty Member, PhD Program in “Engineering and Information Technology for Structural and Environmental Monitoring and Risk Management - EIT4SEMM”, University of Bologna
• 2021–Present: Associate Professor, DICAM Department, University of Bologna
• 2018–2021: Senior Assistant Professor (RTDb), DICAM Department, University of Bologna (tenure track position)
• 2019–2020: Committee Member, University inventory discharge commission, University of Bologna
• 2019–2023: Committee Member, Intake Committee, Two-Year Master Degree in Civil Engineering (link [https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/CivilEngineering/how-to-enrol] )
• 2021–2023: Committee Member, Intake Committee, Two-Year Master Degree in Historic Building Rehabilitation (link [https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/HistoricBuildings] )
• 2019–2023: Master Degree Programme Secretary, Master Degree in Civil Engineering (link [https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/CivilEngineering] )
• 2020–2021: Committee Member, PhD Intake Committee for Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (36th cycle, alternate member)
• 2021–2022: Committee Member, PhD Intake Committee for Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (37th cycle, effective member)
• 2019–2023: Vice-President, Italian Association of Composites for Civil Engineering Applications (www.aico-compositi.it )
• 2017–2023: National Scientific Qualification, Associate Professor (SSD 08/B2 – Solid Mechanics)
• 2001–2018: Laboratory Technician Support Specialist, DICAM Department, University of Bologna (previously DISTART)
• 2002–Present: Registered Engineer, Engineers Register of the Province of Modena (Italy)
Education
• 2009–2010: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering – Research on “Multi-level schemes for explicit dynamics to track elastic/acoustic waves”
• 2008–2009: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering – Research on “Assumed-strain elements for incompressible media and plates”
• 2004–2007: PhD in Structural Mechanics, University of Bologna (3 years)
• 2001: Laurea in Civil Engineering (Bachelor & Master of Science degree with a major in Structural Design), University of Bologna (5 years)
Affiliations
• 2019–Present: RILEM Staff Member, International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems, and Structures (www.rilem.net )
• 2018–Present: Euromech Member, European Mechanics Society
• 2018–Present: SISCO Member, Italian Society of Solid Mechanics
• 2014–Present: AICO Member, Italian Association of Composites for Civil Engineering Applications (www.aico-compositi.it )
• 2012: SPIE Member, International Society for Optics and Photonics
• 2011–Present: AIMETA Member, Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (www.aimeta.it )
• 2009–2011: ISSNAF Member, Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation
PhD Students & Research Positions Supervision
• 2022–2025: Advisor – PhD Thesis on “Innovative eco-sustainable materials for the energy and seismic improvement of civil buildings” within the PhD Program in Engineering and Information Technology for Structural and Environmental Monitoring and Risk Management (EIT4SEMM). Candidate:Nicolò Lo Presti
• 2015–2018: Co-advisor – PhD Thesis on “Micro-modelling of masonry structures” within the PhD Program in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering. Candidate: Antonio Maria D’Altri
• 2020–2021: Advisor – Research Grant on “EXISTING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING for the management of interventions on existing buildings”. The grant was funded under the eBIM – existing Building Information Modeling project, supported by the Emilia-Romagna Region as part of the POR-FESR regional projects. Researcher: Nicolò Lo Presti
• Sept–Dec 2021: Advisor – Visiting Researcher from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. Research focused on “Effective modeling of complex unreinforced masonry buildings”. Researcher: Dr. Nino Tabatadze
For a comprehensive list of positions, education, affiliations, teaching activities, and research supervision, please refer to the full CV.
