Phd in STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

email: luigi.sorrentino@uniroma1.it
phone: 0649919166
building: Capannone A
room: 09

WEBSITE
https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/luigisorrentino-eng/

SHORT BIONOTES
(1999) Five-year degree in Architecture at ‘Sapienza’; (2004) PhD in Structural Engineering at ‘Sapienza’. (2008-2019) Assistant professor, (2019-) Associate professor in Structural Engineering; (2015-) Member of Working Group 1, Masonry constructions, for the revision of Eurocode 8, Earthquake-resistant constructions.

MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS
Experimentation, non-linear-dynamic modelling, code formulations of the out-of-plane response of masonry walls. Calibration of a mortar penetrometer. In situ ambient vibration measurements and corresponding numerical calibrations. Participation to blind tests by means of finite-discrete element modelling. Investigation about the origins of earthquake engineering in Italy. Post-earthquake surveys for the identification of effective interventions on historical and monumental constructions. Modelling of intervention techniques on vaults and timber roofs, as well as of timber, mixed and metal tie rods. Formulation of statistically-based vulnerability models of ordinary and monumental buildings.

BIBLIOMETRY (Scopus, 2019-12)
Journal papers (34); Conference papers (21); H index (17); Citations (791)

MEMBER OF CONFERENCES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
(2020) Rehabend - Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, Malaga; (2014, 2018, 2020) Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Mexico City, Cuzco, Barcelona; (2012) Governing the risk, the reconstruction in Abruzzo’s small municipalities, Rome; (2019) International Conference on Applied Sciences, Information and Technology, Padang; (2019) 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models – Design and Rehabilitation of Structures, Coimbra; (2015, 2017, 2019) Associazione Nazionale Italiana di Ingegneria Sismica, L’Aquila, Pistoia, Ascoli PIceno; (2018) International Masonry Conference, Milan; (2015) Opensees Days Italy, Salerno.

CONVENOR OF SPECIAL SESSIONS AT CONFERENCES
(2017) 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, “Amatrice - Italy Earthquake”; (2017) 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models – Design and Rehabilitation of Structures, Coimbra, Portugal, “Earthquake performance of URM churches”.

CONVENOR OF ADVANCED COURSES
(2019) Higher education course “Non-destructive testing and structural assessment of historical and monumental constructions ‘Marcello Ciampoli’”, ‘Sapienza’; (2018) Doctoral courses “Existing historical constructions”, ‘Sapienza’.

EDITORIAL WORKS
(2012-): journal reviews (68, Publons: 2019-12); (2018): reviewer for the Swiss National Science foundation; (2015): reviewer for the Polish National Science Centre; (2011, 2014) The University of Auckland, External Examiner's on Doctoral Thesis

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
(2001-) Associazione Nazionale Italiana di Ingegneria Sismica, Anidis; (2014-) International Masonry Society, IMS; (2018-) Associazione Italiana Recupero e Consolidamento Costruzioni, Assircco.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
(2014-) Principal investigator of the ‘Sapienza’ Research Unit, research line Masonry Structures of the ReLUIS projects (Earthquake Engineering University Laboratories Network) with the Civil Protection Department; (2014-15) Technical investigator of the interinstitutional agreement between ‘Sapienza’ (principal investigator: Domenico Liberatore) and Cultural Heritage Ministry for the revision of the guidelines for the assessment and the reduction of the seismic risk of cultural heritage; (2011-14) Scientific investigator for Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering within the interinstitutional agreement between ‘Sapienza’ (principal investigator: Lucina Caravaggi) and the municipalities of Lucoli, Ovindoli, Rocca di Cambio and Rocca di Mezzo (AQ) for the assistance to the reconstruction design after the 2009 earthquake. Principal investigator for research projects at ‘Sapienza’.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Michael C. Griffith (Adelaide, AUS), Katrin Beyer (Lausanne, CH), Nebojsa Mojsilovic (Zurich, CH), Jason M. Ingham (Auckland, NZ), Paulo B. Lourenço (Minho, PT), Dina D’Ayala (UCL, UK), Daniel P. Abrams (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Sashi Kunnath (University of California at Davis, USA), Kevin Walsh (Notre Dame, USA).

AWARDS
(2017) Best paper award, Sorrentino, L., Doria, M., Tassi, V. Performance of the church of San Francesco in Amandola during the 2016-2017 central Italy seismic sequence (2017) 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models – Design and Rehabilitation of Structures, Coimbra, Portugal, 16-17 November, pp. 63–72; (2009) First edition of the “Sapienza Ricerca” prize for the best research within the Engineering-Architecture macro-area during 2005-2009 by a younger-than-40-years investigator da un ricercatore.

INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
(2013-) Membro e poi Presidente della Commissione Paritetica docenti-studenti della facoltà di Architettura, ‘Sapienza’; (2017-) Membro del Collegio di Dottorato in Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica, ‘Sapienza’; (2019-) Membro della Commissione Ricerca del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica; (2012-2013) Membro della Commissione Didattica della facoltà di Architettura, ‘Sapienza’.

TEACHING
Faculty of Architecture, ‘Sapienza’: (2012-) Structural Engineering of Ancient and Modern Constructions; (2017-2019) Structural Engineering Design Studio, co-teaching; (2018-) Structural Engineering for Urban Regeneration.

SUPERVISIONS
Supervisor for Master theses (15) e and Doctoral dissertations (5) on the static and earthquake behaviour of historical and monumental constructions; Scientific supervisor of Research grants (4) on the seismic vulnerability of existing masonry constructions.