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Dr Alessandro Palmeri
Dott Ing (Civil Eng) PhD (Structures) PGC (HE Practice)

Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering

Background

Born in Messina (Italy) on February 1975, Dr Alessandro Palmeri has received his PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Catania (Italy) on May 2003, defending a thesis on Stochastic Mechanics. After a four-month research scholarship at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy), he has been Research Fellow at the University of Messina from September 2003 to September 2007 and Adjunct Lecturer in the same institution for the academic year 2006-07. In October 2007 he joined the University of Bradford as Lecturer in Civil Engineering.

From January 2010 Alessandro is Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the Loughborough University. Author and co-author of more than fifty publications on monographic books, peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, he has also been visiting PhD student at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) and at the University of California at Berkeley, and visiting Research Fellow at the University of Patras (Greece).

Since 1999, Alessandro is registered as Civil Engineer in Messina. Since 2001, he participates in various national and international research projects, especially in the fields of Earthquake Engineering and Wind Engineering. Since 2004, he serves as member of editorial boards in national and international conferences, and serves also as regular reviewer for leading scientific journals. In 2005 he has received the Young Researcher Fellowship Award for Exemplary Research in Computational Mechanics in occasion of the 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.

Professional Affiliations

Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Messina (Italy), CEng-Equivalent

External Activities

• Referee for academic journals, including Advances in Engineering Software, Computers & Structures, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, Mechanics Research Communications. 
   
• External Advisor for the Periodic Review of PG programmes in Civil Engineeering and Built Environment at the University of Brighton (2010)
   
• Member of the Editorial Board for The 13th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing: Chania (Crete), 6-9 September 2011
   
• Member of the National Organizing Committee for The 6th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management: Cernobbio (Italy), 8-12 July 2012
   

Broad Interests and Expertise

Structural Dynamics (Bridge Engrg, Earthquake Engrg, Wind Engrg)

Probabilistic Mechanics (Random Vibration, Stochastic Finite Element Method)

Research Interests

Alessandro is currently supervising two PhD students and two EngD students, on different topics of Structural Engineering:

• Jennifer Avakian (PhD candidate at the Politecnico di Bari, Italy)
  • Reserach Project: Dynamic analysis and design of structures equipped with a new type of viscous dampers
   
• Paul Dallyn (Eng candidate)
  • Research Project: Civil Engineering developments within the Renewable Energy sector
  • Funding: EPSCR & E.On (£98,264)
  • PI: Dr Ashraf El-Hamalawi  
   
• Marco Donà (PhD candidate)
  • Research Project: Deterministic and random vibrations to detect damage in fuzzy structures 
   
• Gary Robinson (EngD candidate)
  • Research Project: New developments within the Precast Concrete sector
  • Funding: EPSCR & E.On (£108,360)
  • PI: Prof Simon Austin

Research Group

Structures and Materials