Settimio FERLISI | Curriculum
Settimio FERLISI Curriculum
Settimio Ferlisi is Full Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Salerno (Italy) where he currently teaches “Geotechnics” and “Foundations”, respectively offered in the Master Degree in Building Engineering – Architecture and in the Master Degree in Civil Engineering
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
April 1998. PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering - Dissertation on “Reduced scale model tests on a shallow footing subjected to vertical eccentric loading” (Supervisor: prof. Antonino Musso, University of Palermo, ITALY) - Consortium between the Universities of Catania and Palermo – ITALY
November 1992. Civil Engineering Degree (MS), graduation with honours (110/110 cum laude) - University of Palermo – ITALY
EMPLOYMENT AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
June 2021 to date. Full Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, ITALY
November 2011 to date. Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, ITALY
September 2001 to October 2011. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, ITALY
July 1999 to August 2001. Post-Doc research fellow, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, ITALY
February 1993 to August 1993. Post-graduate research fellow, University of Catania, ITALY
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Vulnerability analysis at different scales of buildings in subsidence- and slow-moving landslide-affected areas
Quantitative analysis of the risk to life induced by rockfalls and hyperconcentrated flows
Recurrence of first-time landslides and F-N curves
Behavior of shallow foundations and leaning towers
Mechanical response of saturated structurally-complex porous media
MAIN RESEARCH GRANTS
February 2017 to date. Scientific Coordinator of the Research Unit of the University of Salerno (Italy) participating to the Italian Project of National Relevance (PRIN), co-funded by MIUR, on “Innovative monitoring and design strategies for sustainable landslide risk mitigation” (Principal Investigator: prof. Federica Cotecchia – Polytechnic University of Bari, ITALY)
2009 to date. Scientific Coordinator of the Italian Project, funded by the FARB - University of Salerno, ITALY, on “Analysis of soil-structure interaction problems”
February 2013 to January 2016. Participation in the Italian Project of National Relevance (PRIN), co-funded by MIUR, on “Landslide risk mitigation through sustainable countermeasures” (Scientific Coordinator: prof. Leonardo Cascini, University of Salerno, ITALY)
May 2009 to April 2011. Participation in the large-scale integrating collaborative research project, funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme – Cooperation theme 6: Environment (including climate change), on “Living with landslide risk in Europe: Assessment, effects of global change, and risk management strategies” (acronym: SafeLand; web-site: www.safeland.no) coordinated by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute of Oslo (NORWAY)
September 2008 to September 2010. Participation in the Italian Project of National Relevance (PRIN), co-funded by MIUR, on “Analysis and susceptibility and hazard zoning for landslides triggered by extreme events (rainfall and earthquake)” (Scientific Coordinator: prof. Leonardo Cascini, University of Salerno, ITALY)
July 2008 to July 2010. Participation in the Project Category1- ESA “Study of slow-moving landslides over large areas via DInSAR data” (Project ID:5618) (Principal Investigator: prof. Silvio Di Nocera – University of Naples “Federico II”, ITALY)
November 2002 to December 2007. Participation in the MIUR Strategic Project - Law 449/97 - Diagnostics and safeguarding of architectural artifacts - Project SP3: Diagnosis and safeguarding of architectural artifacts with particular concern to the effects of seismic events and other natural hazards (Scientific Coordinator: prof. Franco Maceri, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, ITALY)
June 2001 to November 2004. Participation in the Center of Excellence, co-funded by MIUR (D.M. n. 81 del 02/04/2001), on “Forecasting and Prevention of hydrogeological risk over large areas” (Principal Investigator: prof. Leonardo Cascini, University of Salerno, ITALY)
ROLE IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
April 2017 to date. Designated member of committee AGI (Italian Geotechnical Society) and ISPRA (Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) in charge of writing the “Guidelines for the design of landslide risk mitigation interventions”
2015 to date. Member of the Scientific Committee of LARAM School, International School on Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation of the University of Salerno, ITALY
MEMBERSHIP OF EDITORIAL BOARDS OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
2018 to date. Geoenvironmental Disasters (Springer)
2017 to date. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer)
RESPONSABILITIES
March 2013 to date. Responsible of the Laboratory of Geotechnics of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, ITALY
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