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Fernando FRATERNALI Curriculum

Fernando Fraternali is Professor of Structural Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Salerno (Diciv), Italy.

He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Salerno, and a Ph.D. in Multiscale Mechanics from King's College London. F. Fraternali has participated as a PI or co-PI in various research projects funded by the Italian National Research Council, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Italy-USA scientific cooperation), and US research agencies. He is PI of the PRIN Research Project of National Relevance “Innovative Lattice Structures and Architectured Materials for civil engineering (ILAM)” (PRIN 2022 project 20224LBXMZ, years 2023-2025) granted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). He is also PI of the Research Unit at the University of Salerno within the PRIN-PRRR 2022 Project of National Relevance “STABilization of contaminated SOILs (STABSOIL)” (project code P2022CR8AJ, years 2023 –202) granted by MUR.

In the University of Salerno, prof. Fernando Fraternali serves as Rectory Deputy to Graduate Programs for the Scientific Area; as Coordinator of the PhD Course on “Structural Engineering, Architecture and Cultural Heritage”; and as Delegate to Research and Doctorate Affairs of Diciv. Most of his research work concerns multiscale modeling and simulation of solids and structures, the nonlinear dynamics of materials and structures, and the design and engineering of sustainable materials at multiple scales. prof. Fraternali was awarded a Fulbright Research Scholarship for the academic year 2005/06 and has been Visiting Professor at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology since September 2005 (several periods), and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, USA. Starting from 2017, he has been listed in the Elsevier data Repository of the world's 100,000 top-cited scientists across all fields according to the citation metrics presented in the article by John P.A. Ioannidis: "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6 (last update: v.6, 4 October 2023). He has received the "Major Contributions to Tensegrity Systems Research" Award from the Texas A&M Laboratory on Tensegrity Systems (April 2018); the “Bdr2017 Award – Category Green Economy” for the University of Salerno spin-off Newmatt within the Startup Competition on Innovation and Entrepreneurship “Borsa della Ricerca 2017” (Fisciano, May 2017), and the"2015 Hetenyi Award" from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. (Bethel, CT 06801, USA).

prof. Fraternali is Associate Editor of Mechanics Research Communications (Elsevier, ISSN: 0093-6413), Frontiers in Materials (Frontiers Publishing, ISSN: 2296-8016) and Ingegneria Sismica - International Journal of Earthquake Engineering (Patron Editore, ISSN: 0393-1420). He is also on the Editorial Advisory Board of Curved and Layered Structures (De Gruyter Open, ISSN: 2353-7396) and Science and Engineering of Composite Materials (De Gruyter Open, ISSN: 2191-0359). F. Fraternali is Guest Editor of the special issues: "Multi-Scale Modeling and Characterization of Innovative Materials and Structures", Mechanics Research Communications, Volume 58, Pages 1-156 (June 2014, link); "Composite Lattices and Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures", Composites Part B: Engineering (Elsevier, ISSN: 1359-8368), Volume 115, Pages 1-504 (15 April 2017, link); “Multiscale lattices and composite materials: Optimal design, modeling and characterization”, Frontiers in Materials (August 2019, doi: 10.3389/fmats.2019.00199, link); "Advances in Mechanical Metamaterials and Smart Structures", Mechanics Research Communications, Volume 107, 2020, 103531 (July 2020, link);"Recent Advances on Multiscale Engineered Metamaterials and Structures", Mechanics Research Communications, Volume 131, 2023, 104159, doi: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2023.104159 (August 2023, link).

For more information, visit:http://www.fernandofraternaliresearch.com