Curriculum Vitae
Giovanni Castellazzi — Associate Professor, University of Bologna
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Current position
Associate Professor — Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna. Since 2021.
President — AICO, Italian Association of Composites for Civil Engineering Applications. Since 2023. aico-compositi.it
Faculty member — PhD Programme in Engineering and Information Technology for Structural and Environmental Monitoring and Risk Management (EIT4SEMM), University of Bologna. Since 2022.
Registered Engineer — Engineers Register of the Province of Modena, Italy. Since 2002.
National scientific qualification
| Period | Qualification |
|---|---|
| 2025–2035 | Full Professor — CEAR-06/A, Solid Mechanics |
| 2017–2023 | Associate Professor — SSD 08/B2, Solid Mechanics |
Education
| Period | |
|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering — 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 — Assumed-strain elements for incompressible media and plates |
| 2004–2007 | PhD in Structural Mechanics, University of Bologna |
| 2001 | Laurea in Civil Engineering (5-year degree, major in Structural Design), University of Bologna |
Academic appointments
| Period | Position |
|---|---|
| 2021–present | Associate Professor, DICAM, University of Bologna |
| 2018–2021 | Senior Assistant Professor (RTDb, tenure track), DICAM, University of Bologna |
| 2001–2018 | Laboratory Technician Support Specialist, DICAM (formerly DISTART), University of Bologna |
Service
Programme and committee roles
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| 2021–2023 | Committee member, Intake Committee, MSc in Historic Building Rehabilitation |
| 2021–2022 | Committee member, PhD Intake Committee, Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (37th cycle, effective member) |
| 2020–2021 | Committee member, PhD Intake Committee, Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (36th cycle, alternate member) |
| 2019–2023 | Programme Secretary, MSc in Civil Engineering |
| 2019–2023 | Committee member, Intake Committee, MSc in Civil Engineering |
| 2019–2020 | Committee member, University inventory discharge commission, University of Bologna |
Learned societies
| Period | Society |
|---|---|
| 2023–present | President, AICO — Italian Association of Composites for Civil Engineering Applications |
| 2019–2023 | Vice-President, AICO |
| 2014–present | Member, AICO — aico-compositi.it |
| 2019–present | Staff member, RILEM — International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures — rilem.net |
| 2018–present | Member, EUROMECH — European Mechanics Society |
| 2018–present | Member, SISCO — Italian Society of Solid Mechanics |
| 2011–present | Member, AIMETA — Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics — aimeta.it |
| 2009–2011 | Member, ISSNAF — Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation |
| 2012 | Member, SPIE — International Society for Optics and Photonics |
Supervision
Doctoral theses
2022–2025 · Advisor — Innovative eco-sustainable materials for the energy and seismic improvement of civil buildings. PhD Programme EIT4SEMM. Candidate: Nicolò Lo Presti.
2015–2018 · Co-advisor — Micro-modelling of masonry structures. PhD Programme in Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering. Candidate: Antonio Maria D’Altri.
Research positions
2020–2021 · Advisor — Research grant on Existing Building Information Modeling for the management of interventions on existing buildings, funded under the eBIM project (POR-FESR, Emilia-Romagna Region). Researcher: Nicolò Lo Presti.
Sept–Dec 2021 · Advisor — Visiting researcher from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia, on Effective modeling of complex unreinforced masonry buildings. Researcher: Dr Nino Tabatadze.
Teaching
Contact
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM) University of Bologna · Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy giovanni.castellazzi@unibo.it