Phd in STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

email: stefano.pampanin@uniroma1.it
phone: 0644585265
building: RM031
room: 321

Stefano Pampanin is Full Professor of Structural Engineering at the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering at La Sapienza University of Rome since 2014/2015.

He has been Professor of the Structural Design and Earthquake Engineering and Chair of the Structural and Geotechnical Cluster at the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, where he joined in 2002.

He has been President of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (2012-2014) and was nominated Fellow of NZSEE in 2017.

He received his Laurea magna cum laude in Civil/Structural Engineering at the University of Pavia in 1997, a Masters in Structural Engineering at the University of California at San Diego and a Ph.D. in Earthquake (Structural) Engineering at the Technical University of Milan in 2000. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego from 1998-1999.

In the past 25 years, he has dedicated a significant effort in the Research & Development - both experimental and numerical - codification and practical implementation of innovative solutions for the seismic design of low-damage structural systems in concrete and timber, as well as for the seismic assessment and retrofit of existing RC structures.

Professor Pampanin has been actively involved in a number of national and international code and technical committees for the preparation of design guidelines and standards including: fib (international federation of concrete): WG 7.4, WG7.5 (Co-Chair), WG7.6, WG6.10, WG6.6 (Co-Chair) ACI440-F; Department of Building and Housing (DBH) guidelines for the design, assessment and retrofit of hollowcore floors; NZS3101 Concrete Standard (Appendix B) and 2016 revision; NZS3603 (timber), NZSEE2006 guidelines on “Assessment and Improvement of the Performance of Existing Buildings” (Task Leader), Minister of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) special technical committees to produce “White Paper on Residual Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Structures”; “Base Isolation Guidelines”; “Guide for Good Practice on Low-damage Design”.

He has been Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI of externally funded and competitively granted research project for over NZ$18Million since 2002 with strong focus on development and implementation of new technological solutions for seismic resisting structures, either newly designed or existing ones


He is author of more than 450 peer-reviewed scientific publications (See List of Publications) in the field of earthquake engineering, including more than 130 Journal paper, 17 Book chapters, 2 edited books, 3 patents.
Citations: 9453 (Google Scholar); 4072 (Scopus)
H-Index 49 (Google Scholar) ; 32 (Scopus)
I-10 Index 188 (Google Scholar)

He has received numerous awards for his research activities including:

• PCI (precast Concrete Institute) Martin P. Korn Award 2000
• fib Diploma 2003 for Younger Engineers (under 40-years old)
• 2005 EQC/NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award “for the advancement of Earthquake Engineering in NZ” (inaugural recipient).
• NZSEE (NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering) Best Research Paper Awards 2005,2007,2008, 2010
• Otto Glogau Award 2005, 2013
• NZ Concrete Society, Sandy Cormack Award 2004, 2010
• Supreme Concrete Award 2008
• IstructE Henry Adams Award, 2012
• UC Innovation Medal, 2013
• ACI Design Award 2015
• Fellow, IPENZ (FIPENZ), NZ Institute of Professional Engineers, 2015
• Fellow, NZSEE (New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2017

He has delivered many invited/keynote lectures at conferences, universities, research institutions and groups of practicing engineers.

Following the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, Prof. Pampanin has played an active and key role in the recovery and post-earthquake investigation activities:

• Leader of the Recovery Project “Seismic Performance of RC Buildings” under the Natural Hazard Research Platform;
• Invited member of the Expert Panel of the Department of Building and Housing, investigating the collapse of critical buildings, namely CTV, PGC, Forsyth Barr and Grand Chancellor Hotel reporting to the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission of Enquiry;
• Main author of a technical report commissioned by the Royal Commission on low-damage design philosophy and technology;
• Expert witness appearing before the Royal Commission during the hearings related to the Grand Chancellor Hotel and Low-Damage Solutions;
• Invited member of the Engineering Reference Group advising the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on policy making related to the civil design and construction industry sector.

He is a Charter Professional Engineer in Italy and in New Zealand. In this role, he has assisted with the design and/or acted as peer reviewer on a number of building projects implementing:

• advanced design methodology, such as Displacement-Based-Design;
• numerical modelling for non-linear time history analyses;
• innovative/advanced technology, such as rocking-dissipative solutions for concrete, timber steel base isolation and supplemental damping
• Seismic Assessment and Retrofit solutions.

In 2015 he was elected Fellow of IPENZ “for his application of engineering technology in the community and innovation in creating technological products. As an internationally-regarded researcher, educator and innovator, he progressed the theory and practice of earthquake engineering. His work alongside others on developing earthquake-resistant buildings and materials aims to reduce seismic risk…”