Gianluca Dell’Acqua is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic School of the Federico II University of Napoli, Italy. Dr. Dell’Acqua qualified as Full Professor in 2015. He is panel member in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program “Improved Prediction Models for Crash Types and Crash Severity” (D1762), member of the TRB “Low-Volume Roads” Committee (AFB30), member of the TRB committee for the 11th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads (AFB99D), Research Center Director of the Italian Association for Traffic and Transport Engineering, Associate Editor of the International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering, and President of the Scientific Committee of International Conference for Traffic and Transport Engineering. He was Vice-Chair of the European Committee of the “International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction”, American Society of Civil Engineering ASCE (Kansas City, Mo March 2011). Dr. Dell’Acqua teaches courses in highways, railways and airports engineering; he has advised more 50 graduate students including 5 Ph.D.’s. Dr. Dell’Acqua is the author/co-author of more than 100 refereed journal/conference publications and technical reports. Dr. Dell’Acqua was awarded for the best paper (ex-aequo) in the 10th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads (Orlando, Florida 2011).
Academic career - University of Napoli
(March, 1997) MSc Hons Civil Transportation Engineering.
(March, 2001) PhD in Road Infrastructure and Transportation Systems; PhD dissertation about highway accident analysis using fuzzy cluster algorithms.
(2003-2005) Research Fellow in Highways, Railways and Airport Construction.
(2006-) Researcher in Highways, Railways and Airports.
Institutional appointments
(2011) Referee for the evaluation of research projects PRIN 2009 on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
(2011-) Member of the Logistic and Production Management Engineering Council.
(2010-) Member of the Transportation Engineering Department Board.
(2007-) Member of the Engineering Faculty Council as delegate of Assistant Professors.
(2006-2010) Member of the Environmental Engineering Council.
Extra-institutional appointments
(2013-2015) Committee for the 11th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads (AFB99D)
(2012-) Panel Member in the NCHRP17-62 Improved Prediction Models for Crash Types and Crash Severity (D1762).
(2012-2015) Member of the Data Analysis Working Group (E1003) TRB steering committee.
(2012) Member of the Scientific Committee of International Conference for Traffic and Transport, Belgrade (Serbia) November 27-28, 2012.
(2012-) Member of the Italian technical association AIIT “Associazione Italiana degli Ingegneri del Traffico e dei Trasporti”.
(2012-) Member of the Italian Railways Engineers Council (CIFI).
(2011-) Editor Member of the “International Journal for Traffic and Transport” (IJTTE). Publisher: Scientific Research Journals Ltd. Belgrade.
(2012-) Editor member of the Journal of Modern Traffic and Transportation Engineering Research (MTTER) - World Academic Publishing Inc
(2011-) Member of the International Road Federation Group of Experts on Road Safety.
(2010-) Member of the AFB30 Low-Volume Roads Standing Committee (AFB30) Transportation Research Board of the USA National Academies of Sciences.
(2010-) Vice-Chair of the European Committee of the “International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction”, American Society of Civil Engineering ASCE, Kansas City, Mo March 2011.
(2010-) Reviewer of referred international Journls:
• “Journal of Construction Engineering and Management” of ASCE
• “Transportation Research Record”, TRB published.
• “Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies”, Elsevier published.
• “The Baltic Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering”, Publisher "Technika", Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
(2008-) Secretary of the national academic association SIIV “Società Italiana di Infrastrutture Viarie”.
Invited technical presentations
(2001) Highway Accidents Analysis Using Fuzzy Cluster Algorithms, 8th Congress “New Logics for the New Economy”, SIGEF (International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy), Napoli, Italy.
(2003) Linear Scheduling Analysis for Road Pavements, 1th Italian Society of Road Infrastructures SIIV Summer School, Ancona, Italy;
(2003) Linear Scheduling Model to Plan Road Works, 22th World Road Congress, World Road Association PIARC, Durban, South Africa;
(2006) General report, Technical Committee C.2.5. Needs for mobility in rural roads, 25th Italian National Meeting, World Road Association PIARC, Napoli, Italy;
(2007) Operating speed model on tangents of two-lane rural highways, 4th International Meeting of the Italian Society of Road Infrastructures SIIV, Palermo, Italy;
(2009) Effectiveness of Traffic-Calming Devices in Urban Environment, Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting Proceedings, Washington, USA;
(2009) Perceptual Measures and Physical Devices for Traffic Calming Using Driving Simulator, University of South Australia, Workshop on Road Safety and Transport Materials, Adelaide, Australia;
(2010) Speed Factors on Low-Volume Roads for Horizontal Curves and Tangents, in Traffic Engineering and Geometric Design Issues for Low-Volume Roads, Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, USA;
(2010) Descriptors in Scenic Highway Analysis: a Test Study along Italian Road Corridors, in Assessing Safety Impacts of Gateway Monuments and Models for Visual Quality Prediction and Wayshowing, Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, USA;
(2011) “Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads”, Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting Proceedings, Washington USA.
Teaching, Courses
(2001/2002) Road Infrastructures (Bachelor course in Civil Engineering).
(2002/2003) Roads, Railways and Airports Facilities (Bachelor course in Civil Engineering).
(2006/07-2007/08) Topography and Cartography (Bachelor course in Building Construction).
(2008/09-2009/10) Transportation Infrastructures and Plants (Bachelor course in Landscape, Environmental and Urban Planning).
(2006/07-2009/10) Mobility Infrastructures Design (Bachelor course in Environmental Engineering).
(2009/2010) Railway Geometric Design (Master course in Railways Management).
2010/11-) Highways, Railways and Airports (Bachelor course in Building Engineering).
Teaching, PhD Tutor
PhD, P. Eng. Francesca Russo – PhD Thesis: Modelli per la redazione del diagramma delle velocità operative su strade extraurbane a due corsie e ad accessibilità diffusa;
PhD, P. Eng. Antonella Lista – PhD Thesis: Analisi sperimentale del comportamento del guidatore nel passaggio da ambiente stradale extraurbano ad urbano e valutazione degli intereventi di moderazione delle velocità operative.
PhD, student P.Eng. Mariarosaria Busiello.
Member of committee for defense of Ms. Sanja Milicevic’s PhD dissertation “Theoretical and experimental research of the limit driving tracks on rural road curves”, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade.
Consulting activities/Research projects
Member of the Italian National Operative Research Program, Technological Development, High Education 2000-2006, “Robot system for fire extinction and environmental monitoring in road and railway tunnels”, PON, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
Member of the Italian National Research Project “Road safety in complex context: theoretic/experimental models and methods for a preventive approach to infrastructural actions”, PRIN 2006, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
Vice-Chair of the Research Unit UniNa, Italian National Research Project “Driver speed behavior evaluation using operating speed profile and accident predicting models”, PRIN 2008, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.