Maria Clorinda MANDAGLIO | Curriculum
Maria Clorinda MANDAGLIO Curriculum
Maria Clorinda Mandaglio is Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Salerno (Italy) where she currently teaches Slope Stability and Environmental Geotechnics.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Specialization school in Environmental engineering (two years school) at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, with discussion of a thesis titled “Methods for the design of reinforced soil structures”. October 2001.
PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) with discussion of a thesis titled “Effects of weathering on compressibility and shear strength of natural clays”. March 2005.
Post-doctoral grant in Geotechnical Engineering on “Triggering of flow landslides due to saturation and weathering of the mechanical characteristics of cohesive soils” at Department of Mechanics and Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (from 2007 to 2008).
Post-doctoral grant in Geotechnical Engineering at Department of Mechanics and Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria on “Monitoring of landslide sites” (2011).
Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Reggio Calabria (from July 2012 to July 2017).
Post-doctoral grant in Geotechnical Engineering on “Identification of the best landslide risk mitigation strategies in a study area subjected to rapid landslides” at Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material (DICEAM), Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (from 2017 to 2018).
RESEARCH TOPICS
Landslides and slope stability, Mechanical behaviour of partially saturated soils, Filters (protective filters) of synthetic material, Geosynthetics, Environmental Geotechnics.
TEACHING
Course of Fundamentals of Geotecnics (2 CFU) SSD ICAR/07 at Faculty of Architecture, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 2005-2006.
Course of Analysis of Geological and Hydrogeological Risk, (2 CFU) SSD ICAR/07, at Faculty of Architecture, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Course of Applied Geophysics and Seismology, (6 CFU) SSD GEO/11, at Faculty of Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 2009-10.
Course of Environmental Geotechnics (3 CFU) SSD ICAR/07, at Department DICEAM, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 2016-17.
Course of Controlled landfills and remediation of contaminated sites (3 CFU) SSD ICAR/07. at Department DICEAM, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 2016-17.
Course of “Evaluations of damage in soil and foundations” (ICAR/07) at International Master EMDIREB - European Master in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings, Faculty of Architecture, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Course of Improvement and reinforcement of the foundation soils (ICAR/07) at International Master EMDIREB - European Master in Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings, Faculty of Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Courses of Fundamentals of Geotechnics, Slope Stability and Soil Mechanics (from 2019 to 2022) ,University of study of Salerno
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS (Participation)
Project of Territorial Relevance (PRIT) on “Design and planning of characterization, reclamation, safety and environmental recovery of contaminated sites”, 2002, 2003, 2004.
Research Project RdB on “Geotechnical aspects of the seismic vulnerability of underground pipes” (2004), “Soil and interface behavior under cyclic load conditions” (2005), “Criteria for the choice of materials for the realization of Reactive Permeable Barriers” (2006).
Member of the research group for “Feasibility study for the realization of a network for seismic, hydrogeological and coastal protection by application of advanced technologies”. CALABRIA Region – Department LL.PP. (Project n° 13 – D. CIPE n° 106/1999). 2001
Member of the research group for the drafting of the “Stabilization Intervention Manual for Landslide Risk, Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion Risk” in Regional Operational Program (POR) Calabria 2000-2006, Lotto 13. 2010
Member of the research group for “Monitoring activities of landslide sites and areas subject to subsidence phenomena” in Regional Operational Program (POR) Calabria 2000-2006, Lotto5. 2011
Member of the research group on “New materials and technologies for leachate drainage and remediation of contaminated aquifers” and on “Gravel columns reinforced with geosynthetics for the improvement of soils with poor mechanical characteristics” in the National Operational Programme PON01_01869 TEMADITUTELA “Innovative Technologies and Materials for the Protection of the Territory and the Environment”, Department DICEAM, University of Reggio Calabria, 2011-2015
Member of the research group for the “Theoretical and experimental study of the efficiency of new types of passive works for the protection of property exposed to landslide risk of rapid flow” in the National Relevance Project PRIN 2010-11 “The mitigation of landslide risk through sustainable countermeasures.” 2012
RESPONSABILITIES AND SCIENTIFIC ROLES
Referent of the realization objective "Protective works for the defense of inhabited towns by fall and flow landslides" in the National Operational Programme PON01_01869 TEMADITUTELA “Innovative Technologies and Materials for the Protection of the Territory and the Environment”. Department DICEAM, University of Reggio Calabria, 2011-2015
Scientific responsible of a research grant (SSD ICAR/07) of the Department DICEAM, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, on “Experimental analysis of the impacts of rapid flows on reinforced soil structures”, in National Operational Programme PON01_01869 TEMADITUTELA, from 31-01-2014 to 02-02-2016
Responsible for assistance in the research activities of an Indian student on “Geotextile filter” at Department DICEAM, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, within the international collaboration agreement with the Department of Civil Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Science of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, from 01-05-2016 to 30-06-2016
Tutor of a research grant (SSD ICAR/07) of the Department DICEAM, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, on “Analysis and zonation of landslide risk”, from 02/05/2017 to 02/11/2018
Scientific responsible of a research grant (SSD ICAR/07) entitled “Innovative procedures for the landslide risk assessment and mitigation over large areas”, Department DICIV, University of Salerno, Project 300393FRB19MANDA, from 18/05/2020 to 18/05/2024
Project coordinator of a research contract (300393PRR21MANDAGLIO) to develop the activities: performing and interpreting laboratory tests; analysis and modeling of the triggering phase of debris flows, evaluation of debris flow hazard of infrastructures. Contract signed in PON “RICERCA E INNOVAZIONE” 2014 - 2020 and FSC, ARS01_00158, from 09/03/2021 to 09/03/2022
COMMITTEE PARTECIPATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Italian Geotechnical Society AGI, of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ISSMGE and of the International Geosynthetics Society IGS, from 2007 to date.
Secretary of the MERCEA'08 International seismic engineering conference commemorating the 1908 earthquake of Reggio Calabria and Messina, Reggio Calabria-Messina, 24-27 June 2008.
Member of the organizing committee of the XXVII Italian geotecnical conference, Reggio Calabria 2022.
Member of the organizing committee of the International Conference on Geosynthetics ICG2022 ROMA
Member of the organizing committee of the 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONE PENETRATION TESTING (CPT’22), Bologna, Italy, 8-10 June, 2022.
Corresponding member of Technical Committee TC 213 "Geotechnics of Soil Erosion" of ISSMGE, from 2015 to date.
Corresponding member of TC 208 Slope Stability in Engineering Practice of ISSMGE, from 2020 to date
April 2017 to date. Member of committee AGI (Italian Geotechnical Society) and ISPRA (Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) in the writing of the “Guidelines for the design of landslide risk mitigation works”, from 2017 to date.
Board member of PhD Course in “Civil Environmental Engineering” at Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM) of Reggio Calabria, from 2013 to 2018.
Board member of Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM) of Reggio Calabria, from 2012 to 2017.
Member of the Reexamination commission in Engineering for the Environment and the Territory, Class: LM 35, Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM) of Reggio Calabria, from 2013 to 2015.
Member of the Editorial board of International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (IGGE) Springer Nature from 2022
