Subject Area
Marine and Coastal Engineering
Activities
Education
1997 Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
1992 Graduate member of the Italian Institution of Civil Engineers.
1992 Degree in Civil Engineering- Hydraulic, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
1984 High school degree at Liceo Scientifico "G. Mercalli", Naples (Italy).
Professional employment
1998 - to date Assistant Professor, Second University of Naples, Department of Civil Engineering, Aversa, Italy.
2007 - 2011 Associate Researcher at IAMC-CNR (Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - National Council for Research, Italy).
1997 (6 months) Assistant Researcher, European research project MAST III, Naples, Italy.
1997 (6 months) Assistant Researcher, grant from the CNR (National Council for Research) developing a research project at University of Edinburgh (UK).
Teaching
2000 - 2011 Official teacher for the course of MARITIME STRUCTURES for the degrees in Civil Engineering and in Environmental Engineering, Second University of Naples, Department of Civil Engineering, Aversa, Italy.
2010 Official teacher for the course of COASTAL STRUCTURES AND MORPHODYNAMICS for the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, Università Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcellona, Spain.
2006 - 2011 Official teacher for the course of COASTAL ENGINEERING for the degree in Environmental Engineering, Second University of Naples, Department of Civil Engineering, Aversa, Italy.
2002 - 2006 Official teacher for the course of INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL ENGINEERING for the degree in Environmental Engineering, Second University of Naples, Department of Civil Engineering, Aversa, Italy.
2000 - 2011 Member of the Teachers Committee for Philosophical Doctor courses in Sciences and Engineering of the Sea, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy.
Research Experience Record
Partner and Coordinator of several national and EU projects in the last 15 years.
Author/Co-author of 107 papers (20 international journal papers with impact factor, 9 national journal papers, 38 papers on international conference proceedings, 23 papers on national conference proceedings, 14 technical reports, 1 PhD thesis, 1 book chapter, 1 curatele).
Reviewer for national and international journals (Coastal Engineering, Journal of Coastal Research, Ocean Engineering, Chemistry and Ecology, International Journal Of Offshore And Polar Engineering, Studi Costieri).
Experts in the evaluation of research proposals (Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, European Commission FP7-ENV-2011, University of Padova).
Member of the Technical Program Committee of ISOPE (International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering).
Recent research projects
Jan.’11 – Dec.’14: Associated Partners in an international research alliance supported by the Danish Council for Strategic Research titled: “Structural Design of Wave Energy Devices” http://www.sdwed.civil.aau.dk/About+SDWED/AssociatedPartners/
Jan.’09 – Jun.’10: Coordinator for the Second University of Naples of a founded research project titled: “Wave Energy Converters in the framework of the Italian seas” http://www.italywavenergy.it/ http://www.sunres.unina2.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=219
Feb.’09 – Feb.’12: Associate Partner of the EU 7th framework project – People programme “Wavetrain2: Initial Training Network for Wave Energy Research Professionals” http://www.wavetrain2.eu/
Jul.’09 - Oct.’09: Coordinator of the EU 6th framework project “INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE HYDRALAB III” titled: “SUSCO: Swash zone response Under grouping Storm COnditions” at l’Università Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcellona, Spain) http://www.hydralab.eu/project_summary_report.asp?id=60
Dec.’08 – Feb.’09: Coordinator (Seconda Università di Napoli) of the EU 6th framework project “INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE HYDRALAB III” titled: “ESDODDS: Experiments on Sediment Depth Of Disturbance for beaches under the influence of Drainage Systems” at GWK Hannover (Germany) http://www.fzk.uni-hannover.de/576.html?&L=1
Dec.’07 Visiting professor at University Politècnica de Catalunya, Maritime Engineering Laboratory (Barcelona, Spain). Spanish access program titled: ”Large Scale Facility data comparison”.
Feb.’07 – Feb.’09: Coordinator for Node 4 - WP10 Alternatives Strategies of EU 6th framework project titled: ”Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment” (SPICOSA) http://www.spicosa.eu/
Apr.’06 – Apr.’08: Coordinator for Activity 2.3 of National Research Council project VECTOR (task VULCOST) on monitoring and modelling of Salerno and Policastro coastline under extreme storm events http://vector-conisma.geo.unimib.it/
Jan.’06 - Mar.’06 Visiting professor at Aalborg University (Denmark) on EU 6th framework project titled: WAVESSG (Full-scale demonstration of robust and high-efficiency wave energy converter) http://www.ist-world.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?ProjectId=7033c9bc42a647138b49934e11a1e37e
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Skills
coastal engineering; maritime structures; coastal morphodynamic; coastal erosion processes; coastal defences, wave energy converters, laboratory and field measurements techniques and analysis.