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Giada Gasparini

Prof. Giada Gasparini has been awarded a MSc in Civil Engineering from Università di Bologna in 2001, and a PhD in Structural Mechanics with a dissertation thesis titled “The ALPHA Method, a simplified method for the analysis of torsional problems in eccentric systems subjected to seismic input: theory and application” from Università di Bologna in 2005. She is Associate Professor of Structural Design at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM) of the University of Bologna since 2019, where she holds the chairs of Construction Techniques in Architecture in Building Engineering degree programme and of Structure Design in Architecture degree programme. She has been participating in international research projects with the University of Alicante, University of Edimburgh, University of Bristol and Eucentre Lab (SERIES Projects). Currently, she is a member of the Working Group 8 (Seismic behaviour of irregular and complex structures) of the European Association of Earthquake Engineering and of American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM . She is member of the Evaluation Board (Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Field BO-FE) to support the Officer in Charge of distributing the contributions to the agricultural and agro-industrial activities in Bologna and Ferrara, after the seismic events of 20 and 29 may 2012 (Regional Decree n. 5 del 30/01/2013 of the Head of Emilia Romagna Region). She has been awarded two relavant research grants: one from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructures and Autostrade spa regarding the assessment and monitoring of national viaducts, one from the Municipality of Bologna, regarding the interpretation of structural health monitoring of the Two Towers in Bologna. Prof. Gasparini is author of more than 200 scientific papers, many of them published on peer reviewed international journals. Since 2001 she's been active in the field of seismic engineering, with specific reference to the following research topics: assessment of structural safety of historic buildings for static and dynamic forces due to seismic ground motions, optimal damper insertion of viscous dampers into structures for the mitigation of the seismic effects, analysis of the torsional effects induced by the seismic action in structures characterised by plan eccentricity between the centre of mass and the centre of stiffness, analytical developments to assess the action induced by grain on flat-bottom silos due to seismic input, development of the novel hysteretic device “Crescent Shaped Brace”, and mechanical and geometrical characterization / optimization of additive manufactured metal structures.

 

Tomaso Trombetti

Tomaso Trombetti is Full Professor of Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM) of the University of Bologna since 2022. His research interests focus mainly on the study of innovative systems for the reduction of seismic effects upon building structures and on the use of additive manufacturing in civil engineering, optimization and design of seismic dissipative devices (both viscous and hystereic); sesmic behaviour of historyic and monumental buidlings, use of WAAM (wire and arc additive manufacturing) for civil construction. He is involved in both national and international research projects both privately and publicly funded.

 

Stefano Silvestri

Stefano Silvestri is Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM) of the University of Bologna since 2014. Currently, he holds the chairs of Bridges Design, Advanced Design of Structures in Civil Engineering degree programme and Structural Engineering and Design in Building Engineering degree programme. His research interests focus mainly on the use of viscous dampers for the mitigation of the seismic action, assessment of the structural safety and interpretation of the monitoring data of historical monumental buildings.

 

Michele Palermo

Michele Palermo is Senior Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM) of the University of Bologna since 2021. Currently, he holds the chairs of Advanced Structural Design and Marine Design in Civil Engineering Offshore degree programme. His research interests focus mainly on applications of metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) in architecture and construction, dynamic modelling of the seismic behavior of asymmetric in plan structures, monitoring of historical monumental building structures.

 

Matteo Marra

Matteo Marra is a PhD student (XXXV Cycle) in Structural and Environmental Health Monitoring and Management (SEHM2) at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering - DICAM at the University of Bologna. His research interests include structural and seismic engineering, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of bridges and historical constructions. In the contest of PRIN project, he is involved in the structural assessment of the Two Towers in Bologna through the interpretation of the monitoring data acquired by a long-term static SHM.

 

Emma Ghini

Emma Ghini is a PhD student (XXXVIII Cycle) in Structural Analysis and Design at DICAM, University of Bologna (Italy). She is currently working on Structural Health Monitoring of bridges and cultural heritage monuments. Inside the framework of PRIN project she is involved in the data interpretation and structural assessment of the Two Towers in Bologna. Her research interests include also Conceptual Structural Design and WAAM (3D printing) technology applications in Constructions.