Projects
My research has been developed within European, national and university-funded projects, complemented by institutional research agreements and collaborations with infrastructure managers and industry.
Current & recent
Corrosion Impact on Shear connections in existing steel-concrete COMposite members: a structural health monitoring perspective
Research on the influence of corrosion on the structural performance of steel–concrete composite connections, with particular attention to monitoring, structural assessment and long-term behaviour.
Proposal 101295986 · Project coordinator: Hervé Degée, Universiteit Hasselt
Multi-hazard Assessment of TRIggered and Compound riskS
Development and application of vulnerability models, intensity measures and probabilistic methodologies for the assessment of triggered, compound and multi-hazard risk at regional and local scales.
Principal Investigator: Lucia Luzi, INGV Milano.
Time evolution laws for IMproving the structural reliability evaluation of existING post-tensioned concrete deck bridges
Research on the evolution of structural reliability in existing post-tensioned concrete bridges, including advanced dynamic-response interpretation and monitoring-based updating of structural knowledge.
Principal Investigator: Andrea Dall’Asta.
Life Cycle and Sustainability of Buildings and Infrastructure
Development of methods for modelling degradation, corrosion and uncertainty and for assessing the time-dependent reliability of structures and infrastructure.
Research programme focused on the integrated use of innovative measurement technologies and advanced data-analysis procedures for structural monitoring and infrastructure safety, including dynamic-response interpretation, HHT-based methods and contactless measurements.
An engineering tool for Fragility Assessment of existing BRIdges through Computer-aided techniques to different Hazards
Development of computational procedures for automated bridge fragility assessment and risk-based prioritisation.
Selected past projects
Earlier projects established the methodological basis for current work on reliability, seismic protection, bridge safety and innovative structural systems.
Innovative steel-concrete hybrid coupled walls for buildings in seismic areas: advancements and design guidelines. European project on replaceable components, nonlinear response, reliability and experimental validation.
Sustainable design of intelligent furniture systems with life-saving function during seismic events, including non-structural seismic protection, shake-table testing and technology transfer.
Novel approach for time-dependent seismic hazard analysis and earthquake damage scenarios.
Flood Risk Assessment and Safety Monitoring of Masonry Arch Bridges, focused on hydraulic scour, structural response and monitoring-oriented indicators.
Steel-based applications in earthquake-prone areas, addressing seismic performance and safety of steel structures.
Research on isolation and dissipation, implicit seismic risk, bridge fragility, reliability of existing bridges and next-generation Eurocode 8.
Applied research
Selected institutional and contractual collaborations in which research methods are transferred to bridge assessment, monitoring and structural engineering practice.
Institutional research collaboration aimed at prioritising Level-4 safety assessments and interventions on bridges in High Attention Class, including methodological guidance and quality review.
Validation of Structural Health Monitoring and real-time diagnostic processes adopted by motorway concessionaires and review of intervention programmes for high and medium-high attention classes.
Research on the static and dynamic optimisation of steel cable-stayed bridges, including construction-stage behaviour, seismic isolation, robustness and local instability analyses.
Validation of safety-assessment procedures for existing bridges and viaducts along motorway networks.
