Summer school 2023

Barzin Mobasher

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University.
Main research interests: Constitutive modeling of materials, fracture mechanics, non-destructive testing techniques, experimental stress analysis, biomechanics, composite materials, chemical and mechanical properties of concrete. His research deals with new and improved systems which are environmentally, and economically superior, passing through processing, characterization, modeling, and performance of structural materials. He is member of  American Concrete Institute, and in particular of Committees 446 – Fracture Mechanics, Secretary, 544 – Fiber reinforced Concrete, 549 – Thin section products, 440 – Fiber reinforced plastic Reinforcement.

Marco di Prisco

Full Professor of Structural Design at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Main research interests: constitutive modeling of plain and fibre reinforced concrete; fracture mechanics, composite materials; theoretical and experimental analysis on reinforcement-concrete interaction basic mechanisms; r/c, p/c, frc structures, prefabricated structures; structural response at exceptional loads; tunnel and bridge safety. Honorary Editor of the European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, member of the editorial board of the J. of Cement and Concrete Composites, member of fib, RILEM and ACI, member of fib presidium, coauthor of the MC2010 chapters on FRC and convener of the Commission TC250/SC2/Wg1/Tg2 to introduce FRC in EC2.

Catherine (Corina) Papanicolaou

Associate Professor & Head of the Structures Division at the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Patras. Main research interests: experimental mechanics of structural materials (e.g. innovative or special-performance concrete and lightweight concrete) under normal environmental conditions but also under detrimental ones, such as fire; mechanical behavior of inorganic matrix composites, with special emphasis on strengthening/rehabilitation applications and prefabrication; optimum design of advanced prefabrication systems. She is a member of International (Rilem, ACI) and Greek Scientific Committees and Associations and the co-Chair of Rilem TC IMC “Durability of Inorganic Matrix Composites used for Strengthening of Masonry Constructions

Gianmarco De Felice

 Full Professor of Technical Construction at the Department of Engineering, Università degli Studi Roma Tre. His research interests include: mechanics of masonry, structural analysis of monuments, evaluation of seismic safety of masonry and reinforced concrete, safety assessment of bridges, testing of historical masonry structures and reinforce technologies, interaction soil-structure, evaluation of the escavation effects on buildings.

Chairman of the Technical Committee TC-Rilem CSM, member of the Management Committee of COST Action “Next Generation Design Guidelines for Composites in Construction”, the International Masonry Society and the National Association of Earthquake Engineering