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 | |  | | BIO | Luigi Carassale was born in Genova, in 1972, obtained a Master
degree in Civil Engineering in
Genova, with the dissertation “La risposta dinamica delle strutture
mediante
doppia trasformazione modale”, then became Ph.D. in Structural
Engineering, disserting
the thesis “The Volterra approach in non-linear structural dynamics”.
Luigi was
Visiting Research Student at the University of Notre Dame (USA), and he
still
collaborates with this University in the field of nonlinear stochastic
dynamics. Since 2004, Luigi is assistant professor at University of
Genova,
and his research activity spans – among other fields – from wind
engineering to
bluff-body aerodynamics, from vibration mechanics to dynamical system
identification.
Luigi’s research
activity has been dealing with the application of modal representation
techniques such to the study and description of wind loads on structures, the
analysis of pressure fields measured in wind tunnel tests, the realization of
theoretical and computational tools to model and simulate wind fields, predict flow-induced
instability of slender structures, model and simulate linear and non-linear
randomly-excited systems. Luigi developed structural identification tools for
output-only modal analysis, carried out vibration measurements of buildings,
bridges, poles and several kinds of industrial structures. He carried out
wind-tunnel tests aimed at studying the aerodynamic and aeroelastic behaviour
of spender structures and bridges, evaluating local pressure of low-rise
buildings and canopy roofs, modelling the wind effects of high-rise buildings,
assessing the pedestrian comfort in urban areas.
Luigi is
author of more than 80 papers; 18 are published on International ISI
journals and received more than 200 citations, determining a h-index
equal to 8. Luigi received, in 2007, the award of the International
Association for Wind
Engineering (IAWE) “The IAWE Junior Award
for outstanding achievements and original contributions to wind
engineering
research” and, in 2002, the award of the Italian Association for Wind
Engineering (ANIV) “Award for a scientific publication by a young
researcher in
the field of wind engineering”.
Luigi was
involved in several public and private-funded research projects. Among
the others, “Base research on
fluid-induced vibration of slender structure” (MIUR, 2003-2004),
“Dynamic
response and monitoring of structure exposed to the wind action” (MIUR,
2006-2007), “Evaluation of the design wind for the Messina Streit
Bridge” (Società Stretto
di Messina, 2004) can be quoted.He coordinated a number of
private and public funded
research projects concerning both the theoretical and experimental
vibration
mechanics and fluid-structure interaction for a total amount about 550.000 Euro
since 2005.
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Education | - Education
- Ph.D. Structural Engineering, University of Florence
- Dissertation title: “The Volterra
approach in non-linear structural dynamics”
- 4/1997
- M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Genoa
- Thesis title: “Dynamic response of structures by double modal
transformation”
- Academic experience
- 10-12 / 2011
- Visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame, USA
- 2006 – present
- Realization and commissioning of a boundary-layer wind tunnel at the University of Genova
- 2005 – present
- Realization of a structural dynamics laboratory at the university of Genova
- 2003 – present
- Assistant professor at the University of Genoa
- 2000 – 2001
- Visiting research student at the University of Notre Dame, USA
- 6 / 2000
- Member of the committee for the organisation of the “International Advanced School on Wind-Excited and Aeroelastic Vibrations of Structures”, University of Genova, Genova
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Honours | - 2007
- International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE):
“The IAWE Junior Award for outstanding achievements and original
contributions to wind engineering research”
- 2002
- Italian Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV):
“Award for a scientific paper by a young researcher on the themes of
wind engineering”.
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Research interests | - Research Topics
- Wind engineering
- Bluff-boby aerodynamics and aeroelasticity
- Modelling and simulation of wind fields
- Structural dynamics and random vibration
- Stochastic analyses
- Vibration monitoring and structural identification
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Funded Research Projects
- Luigi coordinated several public and private funded research projects, with a total budget about 550 k€ since 2005. Figure 1 shows the amount of funds received each years from 2005 to 2011 (a), their distribution between public and private sources (b), as well as their repartition among three macro areas of research (c): experimental aerodynamics (EA), vibration measurement and analysis (VMA),computation fluid dynamics (CFD). Private-funded projects include cooperation with Fisia Italimpianti, Paul Wurth, Azimut|Benetti, Wally Europe.
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Teaching / Advising- Teaching
- 2011
- Short course on: Qualitative analysis of random phenomena
- Structural mechanics, undergraduate course in Architectural Engineering, University of Genova
- 2007 – present
- Structural dynamics, 2nd level course in Civil Engineering, University of Genova
- 2006
- Short course on: Proper Orthogonal Decomposition: Theoretical basis and applications, University of L’Aquila
- 2004 – 2010
- Structural mechanics, 2nd level course in Naval Engineering, University of Genova
- 2004
- Probability, Statistic and Simulation, Master Course in Wind Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan.
Advising
- M.S. Students:
- A. Manconi (2003),
F. Baldini
(2004), G. Tagliati (2004),
A. Cavo (2005), R. Morando (2005) F. Percivale (2006), D. Campus
(2006),
M. Giurdanella (2008), A. Vernazzani (2008), R. Longo (2009), M.
Marrè Brunenghi (2009),
P. Scotto (2010), A. Raggio (2010), M. Parodi (2010), C.
Doria (2011), A. Basso (2011), G. Cuneo
(2011)
- Ph.D.
Students:
- F. Percivale (2007 – 2011), M. Marrè Brunenghi
(2010 – present), R.
Longo (2010 – present)
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Invited Seminars
- 2011
- Structural identification for
troubleshooting: an in-field engineering experience in the Arabic gulf.
University of Notre Dame, USA, December, 2,
2011.
- Coherent structures for the qualitative analysis of
fluid-dynamic phenomena: a concept to be handled with case. University
of Notre Dame, USA, November, 21, 2011.
- 2009
- Interpretation of Aerodynamic Tests and
Simulations Using Statistical Symmetries. University of Notre Dame, USA,
October, 14, 2009.
- Modal representations for aerodynamic pressure measurements.
Kyoto University, September, 18 2009.
- Reduced-order modeling of wind fields: a
strategy for the development of closed-form solutions. University of
Notre Dame, USA, April 2009.
- 2008
- Frequency-domain modal identification:
old concepts, recent refinements and new ideas. University of Notre
Dame, USA, April, 15, 2008.
- 2007
- Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and
Frequency Domain Decomposition for the modal identification of linear
systems. Tokyo Polytechnique University, Japan, January, 12,
2007.
- 2006
- Experiences from the analysis of vibration-induced failures in
a power and desalination plant. Taweelah Power Company, UAE, April
2006.
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Affiliations and other activities | - American Association of Civil Engineers (ASCE), member
- Italian Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV), Steering Committee
- Ph.D. school at the University of Genova, Steering Committee
- 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability (PMC), Scientific committee
- 5th European Conference on Structural Control, EACS 2012, Organizing committee
- Co-chair of technical sessions in international conferences
- Reviewer for scientific journals and scientific fundations
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