Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor
Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG)
Profile
Research interests
Biography
L’attività di ricerca riguarda la valutazione della sicurezza e della robustezza di sistemi strutturali (edifici e ponti) mediante metodi probabilistici e semiprobabilistici, utilizzando tecniche di calcolo avanzate come l’analisi numerica non lineare, sia in campo statico che sismico.
Curriculum
Scientific branch
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)
Research topics
- Non-linear numerical analysis of reinforced concrete structures and safety formats
- Robustness of reinforced concrete structures
- Safety assessment of reinforced concrete (ordinary and prestressed) structures, both new and existing, using probabilistic and semi-probabilistic methods
- Seismic reliability analysis of structures and infratsructures
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Fellowships
- Steering Committe member - fib Italy Young Members Group (fib - International Federation for Structural Concrete), Italia (2019-)
- Effective member - fib Commission 3, Task Group 3.1: Reliability and safety evaluation: full probabilistic and semi-probabilistic methods for existing structures (fib - International federation for structural concrete), Italia (2017-)
Conferences
- 4th fib Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures (15/9/2025-16/9/2025), Participation to the organizing committee
- 3rd fib Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures (9/11/2023-10/11/2023), Participation to the organizing committee
- ANIDIS XIX and ASSISi XVII 2022 (7/9/2022-11/9/2022), Participation to the organizing committee
- 14th fib PhD Symposium – International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) (5/9/2022-7/9/2022), Participation to the organizing committee
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Civile ed Edile. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Non-linear finite elements analysis for safety assessment of RC structures: from research to practice. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE. Main teacher
- Analisi non lineare agli elementi finiti per la valutazione della sicurezza delle strutture in cemento armato: dalla ricerca alla pratica. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE. Main teacher
- Affidabilità e robustezza sismica di strutture isolate con dispositivi ad attrito (FPS). A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE. Teaching assistant
- Affidabilità e robustezza sismica di strutture isolate con dispositivi ad attrito (FPS). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Design and construction of bridges. A.A. 2025/26, CIVIL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Structural Design. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
- Design and construction of bridges. A.A. 2024/25, CIVIL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Gruppo Costruttori Edili della Provincia di Asti. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Structural Design. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
- Design and construction of bridges. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Structural Design. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
- Structural Design. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
- Design and construction of bridges. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Bridges Construction and Design. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - DSS for Sustainable Infrastructures Maintenance. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Bridges Construction and Design. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Teoria e progetto delle costruzioni in c.a. e c.a. precompresso. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Bridges Construction and Design. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Teoria e progetto delle costruzioni in c.a. e c.a. precompresso. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Progetto di strutture/Fondazioni (modulo di Progetto di strutture). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Collaborazione per fornire agli studenti evidenze pratiche di quanto offerto nei corsi di insegnamento, (2025-2027) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
Commercial contracts for the provision of services
Supervised PhD students
- Gabriele Neri. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
Publications
PoliTO co-authors
Last years publications
Publications by type
Most cited publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Castaldo, Paolo; Gino, Diego; Mancini, Giuseppe (2019)
Safety formats for non-linear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures: discussion, comparison and proposals. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 193, pp. 136-153. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Castaldo, P.; Gino, D.; Bertagnoli, G.; Mancini, G. (2020)
Resistance model uncertainty in non-linear finite element analyses of cyclically loaded reinforced concrete systems. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 211. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Castaldo, Paolo; Gino, Diego; Bertagnoli, Gabriele; Mancini, Giuseppe (2018)
Partial safety factor for resistance model uncertainties in 2D non-linear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 176, pp. 746-762. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Gino, D.; Castaldo, P.; Giordano, L.; Mancini, G. (2021)
Model uncertainty in non-linear numerical analyses of slender reinforced concrete members. In: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE, vol. 22, pp. 845-870. ISSN 1464-4177
Contributo su Rivista - DI TRAPANI, Fabio; Bertagnoli, Gabriele; Ferrotto, Marco Filippo; Gino, Diego (2018)
Empirical equations for the direct definition of stress-strain laws for fiber-section-based macromodeling of infilled frames. In: JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS, vol. 144, pp. 1-17. ISSN 0733-9399
Contributo su Rivista - Castaldo, Paolo; Gino, Diego; Marano, Giuseppe Carlo; Mancini, Giuseppe (2022)
Aleatory uncertainties with global resistance safety factors for non-linear analyses of slender reinforced concrete columns. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 255. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Gino, D.; Miceli, E.; Castaldo, P.; Recupero, A.; Mancini, G. (2024)
Strain-based method for assessment of global resistance safety factors for NLNAs of reinforced concrete structures. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 304, pp. 1-23. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Gino, D.; Castaldo, P.; Bertagnoli, G.; Giordano, L.; Mancini, G. (2020)
Partial factor methods for existing structures according to fib Bulletin 80: Assessment of an existing prestressed concrete bridge. In: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE, vol. 21, pp. 15-31. ISSN 1464-4177
Contributo su Rivista - Miceli, E.; Gino, D.; Castaldo, P. (2024)
Approaches to estimate global safety factors for reliability assessment of RC structures using non-linear numerical analyses. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 311, pp. 1-23. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Castaldo, Paolo; Gino, Diego; Carbone, Vincenzo Ilario; Mancini, Giuseppe (2018)
Framework for definition of design formulations from empirical and semi-empirical resistance models. In: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE, vol. 19, pp. 980-987. ISSN 1464-4177
Contributo su Rivista