Academic career
Born in Bari (Italy) on May 7, 1966.
April 1991: Master degree in Civil Engineering at the Technical
University of Bari (score 110/110 cum laude). Winner of the prize “Ing.
Vito Sardone”, by the Technical University of Bari.
January 1995: Ph.D. in Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
discussing the thesis: “Influence of
microstructural disorder on the
mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials” (supervisor:
Prof.
Alberto Carpinteri).
March-November 1995: visiting researcher at the Dept. of Civil
Engineering, Technical University of Delft, (ref. Prof. J.G.M. Van
Mier).
1995-1998: Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering in the Faculty
of Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
1998-2001: Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Faculty
of Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
2002- : Full Professor of
Structural Engineering in the Faculty of
Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
Academic roles
2000-2002:
Representative
member in the
Executive Board of the Department of Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering of Politecnico di Torino.
2003-2005:
Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Engineering at Politecnico di
Torino.
2005- : Vice-rector of
Politecnico di Torino, responsible for Educational
Programs and Faculty Activities.
2005- : Member of the Board
of Politecnico di Torino
2007-
: Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, International Telematic
University UNINETTUNO, in Rome
2010-
: Member of the Evaluation Board
of Politecnico di Torino.
He
is responsible for the educational programs (from undergraduate to
master level) of Politecnico, both in the principal seats of Torino and
in the regional seats. He works for the
qualification of the Course programs in the Faculties
of Politecnico, for the internationalisation of the curricula and for
the improvement of the
tutoring, counseling
and cultural activities for students. He is also in
charge of life-long learning, e-learning
programs and special educational projects proposed by the Faculties. As
a member of the university board, he
is dealing with the Strategic
Plan of Politecnico di Torino, strictly related to the strategic plan
of the City of Torino.
2007-
: Coordinator of the project "Italian Technical
University
in Pakistan (UESTP)", sponsored by the High Education Commission of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan and by the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
2009- : Coordinator of the
Committee for the Creation of the Politecnico di Torino branch in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, sponsored by the Uzbekistan Government and by
General Motors.
Scientific activity
Author of more than 140 scientific publications on subjects of
Structural Engineering, Materials Engineering and Fracture Mechanics.
In particular, 45 papers have been published on the most important
Journals of the field. The principal topics investigated are:
a) damage and fracture of structural materials and rocks;
b) influence of concrete microstructure on its mechanical
properties;
c) assessment of strength, ductility and robustness of
structures;
d) mechanics of structures: size effects, safety and
collapse
of large engineering structures;
e) contact mechanics, tribology, adhesion and friction
between rough
surfaces,
f) penetration mechanics in civil and oil applications;
g) demolition of civil and industrial buildings, cutting of stones and
masonry at archaeological sites;
g) biomechanics (soft tissues, skin elasticity and lung
mechanics);
h)
snow avalanche mechanics and protection.
Since
2007, member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal "The Open Construction & Building
Technology Journal" of Bentham Science Publisher.
Actively
involved in the principal International Conferences. Invited
speaker or keynote speaker in many Conferences as, for instance, the
Conferences of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics (IUTAM) in Kyoto (1996) and Chicago (2000), the
Conferences of the European Materials Society (EUROMAT) in Perm-Russia
(1997) and Monaco (1999) and the International Conference of
Computational Mechanics at MIT (2005). Regularly participating to the
most important
Italian Conferences in the fields of Structural Engineering and Solid
Mechanics as, for instance, the Italian Association of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) and the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF),
where he is has been a member of the Directive Board.
He has been invited to give lectures in
prestigious Universities and Schools, such as:
1) Technical University of Delft (Holland);
2) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Zurigo (Switzerland);
3) University of Munich (Germany);
4) Kyoto University (Japan);
5) Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain);
6) University of Xi’an (China);
7) Ecole Nationale Superieure de Cachan (France);
8) Cambridge University (England);
9) M.I.T. (USA);
10) Imperial College (UK);
11) Advanced School on Scaling Laws and Continuum Mechanics, CISM
(Udine).
Organizer of the Conference “Design of Architecture and
Interoperability”, on the topic of software interoperability in the
field of architectural and structural design of buildings, held in
Turin on July 3, 2008, within the XXIII World Conference of
Architecture (UIA 2008) in Turin.
Evaluator and referee activity
From 2005, member of the "Expert Evaluators Panel" of the European
Commission, Research Directorate - VI and VII FP (Area NMP-NI-4 - New
Construction Products and Processes for High Added Value applications
and Area ENV.2010.3.1.3-1 Environment).
From 2005, member of the "Evaluator-Referee Panel" for CIVR (Italian
Committee For Research Evaluation) - Panel 08 and 09 (Civil and
Industrial Engineering).
From
2006, member of the Evaluators Panel of the Public Housing Company
(Agenzia Territoriale della Casa, ATC) of the Torino province.
From 2007, member of the Expert Panel of CRUI for the assignement of
funds in the framework of the project TRIS (Research Technicians for
Southern Italy) funded by CIPE.
From 2010, member of the Evaluation Board of Politecnico di Torino.
Reviewer
for many important Journals in the fields of Fracture and
Solid Mechanics and in Structural and Material Engineering, as the
International Journal of Solids and Structures, the International
Journal of Fracture, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, the ASCE Journal
of Engineering Mechanics, and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London.
PH.D. programs amd commissions
1995-2004:
Member of the RILEM Commission on Quasi-Brittle Failure, chaired by
Prof. Z.P. Bazant.
1998-2006:
Vice-Coordinator of the Board of the Doctorate School in Structural
Engineering of Politecnico di Torino. From 2006, member of the Board.
2001- : Member of the Board of the
Doctorate School in Bio-Medical Engineering
of Politecnico di Torino.
2007-
: Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering and Member of
the
Committee for Internationalization, International Telematic University
UNINETTUNO, Roma.
2007- : Member of the Board of Consorzio
Nettuno (Roma), representative of Politecnico di Torino
2007 - : Coordinator of the Committee for the
Creation of the Italian Technical University (UESTP) in Pakistan,
sponsored by the Pakistani Government and by the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
2009
- : Coordinator of the Committee for the
Creation of the Politecnico di Torino branch in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
sponsored by the Uzbekistan Government and
by General Motors.
Coordination of research programs
2000: Coordinator of a Research Project, funded by the Italian
Research
Council (Agenzia 2000), on “Extreme pressure conditions at rough
interfaces: role of stress singularities and effects on thermal
conductance”.
2003: Co-director of a Biomechanics Research Project "Lung
mechanics and
implications in artificial ventilation" (resp. Prof. Vito Marco
Ranieri, Faculty of Medicine, University of Torino), funded by Piedmont
Region, 2003. Funded Euro 30.000
2004: Italian Responsible in the Program for Scientific
Cooperation
Italy-Japan (2004-2006) funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, on the topic: "Advanced Cement-Based Materials", partnership
with Tohoku University in Sendai, Prof. H. Mihashi.
2004-2006: Coordinator of the Research Unit of Politecnico di
Torino
in the
Research Program "Nanotribology" (PRIN 2004, resp. Prof. Valbusa -
University of Genova). Funded Euro 100.000.
2005:
Coordinator of the Internationalization Project by MIUR (2004-2006)
"RICE: Research and Innovation in Civil Engineering", in partnership
with Massachussets Institute of Technology, Georgia University of
Technology, Imperial College, Delft Technical University, Nagoya
University e Tohoku University. Funded Euro 38.500.
2006:
Coordinator of a Research Project funded by Baldassini &
Tognozzi Spa on the topic of ductility of fiber-reinforced concrete.
Funded Euro 14.000.
2006: Coordinator of a Research Project in collaboration with prof.
Paal Bergan, head of the Research Dept. of Det Norske Veritas (Oslo,
NO)
on the application to civil constructions of sandwich panels from naval
engineering.
2006-2008:
Coordinator of the Research Unit of Politecnico di Torino
in the
Research Program "Optimization of structural performances and of
technological methodologies of concrete tunnel linings" (PRIN 2006,
resp. Prof. Plizzari -
University of Brescia). Funded Euro 80.000.
2007:
Coordinator
of a Research Project funded by BUZZI-UNICAL Spa
and
by Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria on the topic of
self-compacting concrete for structural applications. Funded Euro
30.000.
2008:
Coordinator
of a Research Project funded by Fondazione
CRT (Cassa di Risparmio di Torino) in the framework of "Progetto
Alfieri” on the topic of snow avalanche effects and ice collapses in
high mountain regions. Funded Euro 40.000.
2008: Coordinator of a Research Project funded by
ITALCEMENTI Spa on the behavior under expansion of concrete mixtures.
Funded Euro 20.000.
2008: Responsible, for the Politecnico di Torino of the partnership
agreement for education, research and technology transfer with GOLDER
Associates (www.golder.com), in the field of civil and environmental
engineering.
2008: Responsible, for the Politecnico di Torino of the partnership
agreement for education, research and technology transfer with CEMEX
Research Group AG in Biel (CH) (www.cemex.com), the field of concrete
engineering.
2009: Coordinatorof the Research Project "Safety and Vulnerability
Assessment of Non-Structural Elements in School Buildings", funded by
Regione Piemonte. Funded Euro 200.000.
2009: Coordinator of the Unit of Politecnico di Torino in the Research
Program "INNOVANCE", funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic
Development (MSE) (Bando Industria 2015), in collaboration with the
Italian Association of Civil Contractors (ANCE). Funded Euro 950.000.
2009: Coordinator of the Unit of Politecnico di Torino in two Research
Programs within the European Program INTERREG – Alpine Space, in the
field of snow avalanches, risk assessment in mountain zones and
guidelines for buildings under avalanche hazard, managed by Regione
Valle d’Aosta, in collaboration with French and Swiss partner research
centers. Funded Euro 500.000.
Memberships
Founder and partner of the Italian Association for Forensic Engineering
Member of the following scientific organizations:
1) AIMETA (Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics),
since 1992.
2) EUROMECH (European Mechanics Society), since 1994.
3) RILEM Committee on Quasi-Brittle Failure Scaling, since 1995.
4) IGF (Gruppo Italiano Frattura), since 1994. Member of the Board
(1997-2005).
5) ESIS (European Structural Integrity Society), since 1995.
6) INFM (National Institute of Physics of Matter), since 1996.
7) AIAS (Italian Association for Stress Analysis), since 1996.
Curriculum published on "Who is who
in Science and Engineering" (Ed.
2004-2006).
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Selected
publications
C.
Turk, A. Carbone and B. Chiaia, Fractal heterogeneous media, Physical
Review E, vol. 81, pp. 026706 1-7, 2010
C.
Cennamo,
B.
Chiaia, E. Masoero, Optimization of cutting processes for ancient
masonry: the Greek Gymnasium in Naples, International Journal of
Architectural Heritage, Vol. 3,
pp. 235-257, 2009
T.
Noguchi,
F. Tomosawa, K.M. Nemati, B.
Chiaia, A. Fantilli, A practical equation for the elastic modulus of
concrete, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 106, pp. 690-696, 2009
B.
Chiaia, A. Fantilli, P. Vallini, Combining fiber-reinforced concrete
with traditional reinforcement in tunnel linings, Engineering
Structures, Vol. 31, pp. 1600-1606, 2009
B.
Chiaia, A. Fantilli, P. Vallini, Evaluation of crack width in FRC
structures and application to tunnel linings, Materials and
Structures, Vol. 42, pp. 339-351, 2009
B.
Chiaia, B. Frigo, A scale invariant model for snow avalanches, J. Stat.
Mech, Vol. 2056,
pp. 1-16, 2009
B.
Chiaia, E. Masoero, Analogies between progressive collapse of
structures and fracture of materials, International Journal of
Fracture, Vol. 154,
pp. 177-193, 2008
B.
Chiaia, P. Cornetti, B. Frigo, Triggering of dry snow slab avalanches
and active protection, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 53,
pp. 170-178, 2008
G.C.
Marano, R. Greco, F. Trentadue, B. Chiaia, Constrained
reliability-based optimization of linear tuned mass dampers for seismic
control, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 44, no.
22-23, pp. 7370-7388, 2007
B.
Chiaia, A. Fantilli, P. Vallini, Evaluation of minimum reinforcement
ratio in FRC members and application to tunnel linings, Materials and
Structures, Vol. 40, pp.593-604, 2007
B.
Chiaia, M. Borri-Brunetto, Multiscale
modelling of stick-slip transition of rough (fractal) surfaces,
Materials Science Forum, Vols. 539-543, pp. 2594-2600, 2007.
B.
Chiaia, G. Ferro, Strain
localisation in a continuum as an instability event, International
Journal of Fracture, Vol. 140, pp.183-188, 2006.
B.
Chiaia, A. Fantilli, P. Vallini, G.S. Kalamaras, I calcestruzzi
fibrorinforzati nei rivestimenti di gallerie, Quarry and Construction,
Anno 44, N. 518 (febbraio 2006), pp. 133-141, 2006.
B.
Chiaia, D. Peila, N. Bertolotto, Considerazioni
sulla modellazione numerica dei rivestimenti di gallerie, Gallerie e
grandi opere sotterranee, Vo. 80, (dicembre 2006) pp 17-23, 2006.
V. Fanelli, A. Ferrari, B. Chiaia, VM. Ranieri, Respiration
measurements, In: “Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering” (Wiley
Reference number 1036), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006.
B.
Chiaia, A.P. Fantilli, P. Vallini, G. Kalamaras, Fiber
reinforced concrete for massive structures: the case of Craviale
tunnel, In: IInd FIB Conference, Napoli, 5-8 Giugno 2006. Pubblicato
sui Proceedings del Congresso “FIB” pp. 102-103, 2006.
B. Chiaia, M. Borri Brunetto, A
nature-inspired model for fibre reinforced membranes at finite strains,
In: International IIIrd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and
Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA (USA), 14-17 giugno 2005. Pubblicato in
“Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2005” (ed. K.J. Bathe), 2005.
A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, P. Cornetti, A mesoscopic
theory of damage and fracture in heterogeneous materials, Theoretical
and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 41, pp.43-50, 2004.
A.
Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, P. Cornetti, The elastic
problem for fractal media: basic theory and finite element formulation,
Computer and Structures, Vol. 82, N. 6, pp. 499-508, 2004.
M.
Borri-Brunetto, A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, The effect of
scale and criticality in rock slope stability, Rock Mechanics and Rock
Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp.117-126, 2004.
F.
Barpi, E. Ceriani, B. Chiaia, B. Frigo, The Morgex
avalanche - a comparative study, In: "Snow Engineering”, (Bartelt, P.,
Adams, E., Christen, M., Sack, R.
& Sato, A. Eds.), Balkema Publ., Olanda, pp. 327-334, 2004.
A.
Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, P. Cornetti,
Critical stress intensity factor fracture criterion, In: "Problems of
Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue” (E.E. Gdoutos, C.A. Rodopoulos and J.R.
Yates Eds.), pp. 173-188, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The
Netherlands 2003.
B.N.J. Persson, F. Bucher, B. Chiaia, Elastic contact
between randomly rough surfaces: comparison of theory with (exact)
numerical results, Physical Review B, Vol. 65, pp.184106(1-7), 2002.
B.
Chiaia, On the sliding instabilities at rough surfaces, Journal of the
Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 895-924, 2002.
M.
Borri-Brunetto, B. Chiaia, M. Ciavarella, Incipient sliding of rough
surfaces in contact: a multiscale numerical analysis, Computer Methods
in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 190, No. 46/47, pp.
6053-6073, 2001.
B.
Chiaia, Fracture mechanisms induced in a brittle material by a hard
cutting indenter, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.
38, No. 44/45, pp. 7747-7768, 2001.
B.
Chiaia, J.G.M. Van Mier, A. Vervuurt, Crack growth
mechanisms in four different concretes: microscopic observation and
fractal analysis, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 28, pp. 103-114,
1998.
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