Gianvittorio RIZZANO | Curriculum

Gianvittorio Rizzano got the degree in civil engineering, taken “summa cum laude”, in 1987 from University of Naples, Italy. He obtained his Ph.D in structural engineering in 1995, concentrating on the behavior and design of semirigid steel frames. From 1996 to 1999 he held the Post-Ph.D position at the Department of Civil Engineering of Salerno University, Italy. From 1999 to 2008 he was Associate Researcher at the same Department and from 2009 to 2017 he was Associate Professor. Presently, he is Full Professor of Structural Engineering. He took many seminars about steel, concrete, masonry and seismic topics at university and professional institutions. He was a chairman of scientific sessions of some Italian and international conferences and he is currently a member of the research group involved in drafting the instructions on aluminum structures of the Italian National Research Council.

Since 1991 until today he teaches structural Engineering and Structural Rehabilitation at the University of Salerno and was constantly involved in Italian and international research projects publishing more than 250 scientific papers, some of these published in international journals. Regarding the research activity on the behavior of beam-to-column joints he published the book C. Faella, V. Piluso, G. Rizzano: “Structural Steel Semirigid Connections”, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, London, Tokyo, 1999. The main topics of the research activity consist on: prediction of initial stiffness, flexural resistance, ductility, cyclic behaviour of steel and composite beam-to-column joints; seismic reliability of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames and of existing r.c. frames; theoretical and experimental analysis on local buckling of aluminium members and Cross-Section classification; load carring capacity of R/C columns strengthened with traditional and innovative systems; simplified and accurate models in evaluating the seismic performance of masonry walls.