Maria Teresa Carriero

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale , 37^th cycle (2021-2024)

Ph.D. obtained in 2025

Dissertation:

ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF HYBRID BARRIERS AND ATTENUATOR THROUGH 3D NUMERICAL MODELLING

Tutors:

Maria Migliazza Federico Vagnon

Research presentation:

Poster

Profile

Research topic

ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF HYBRID BARRIERS AND ATTENUATOR THROUGH NUMERICAL MODELLING

Research interests

Geotechnical Engineering

Numerical Modelling and Simulation

Soil and Rock Mechanics

Biography

Maria Teresa Carriero, a PhD student at the Politecnico di Torino, obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Building Engineering in 2017 from the Politecnico di Bari and her Master's Degree in Civil Engineering in 2020 from the Politecnico di Torino. In her Master's thesis project, she focused on the characterization and stability analysis of rock masses outcropping along the Vallone dell'Elva road. At the Politecnico di Torino, in 2020, she was awarded a research scholarship for numerical modeling related to the analysis of the stability conditions of riverbanks during the filling and emptying processes of a flood reservoir storage structures. In 2021, she began her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, specializing in three-dimensional numerical modeling of hybrid barriers and attenuators for rockfall protection. Her research is part of a larger project aimed at studying the behavior of these systems through full-scale tests and using calibrated numerical models as a sort of virtual testing field. Additionally, the research aims to define the design procedures for these systems by applying a design approach based on Reliability-Based Design (RBD) and metamodeling procedures.
During her PhD studies, she has participated and presented at various national and international conferences in the geotechnical field, particularly focused on rock mechanics. She collaborated with Professor Migliazza on a research project studying the stability of a marble quarry and on laboratory activities for material characterization. Together with Professor Migliazza, she has supervised students and thesis candidates in the Foundations course and in their Master's thesis work.

Awards and Honors

Selected for 8th ISRM Early Carrier Forum, EUROCK 2023 (2023)

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Foundations. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso

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Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

Umili, G.; Carriero, M. T.; Taboni, B.; Migliazza, M.; Ferrero, A. M. (2024)
A New Analytical Solution for Calculating Rock Block Volume. In: ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, vol. 57, pp. 3109-3120. ISSN 0723-2632
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Carriero, MARIA TERESA; Migliazza, Maria; Scavia, Claudio; Alejano, Leandro R. (2023)
Application of empirical rockfall classification methods to risk management in an Alpine valley road. In: 15th International ISRM Congress & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Salzburg (Aut), 9-14 Ottobre 2023, pp. 2989-2994. ISBN: 978-3-9503898-3-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Carriero, MARIA TERESA; Cosentini, RENATO MARIA; Costanzo, Daniele; Migliazza, Maria; ... (2023)
Numerical Modelling of Sant’Anna Flood Control Reservoir (Panaro River, North Italy): A Tool for Predicting the Behavior of Flood Control Structures During Flood Events. In: VIII Convegno Nazionale dei Ricercatori di Ingegneria Geotecnica - L'interazione tra l’ingegneria geotecnica, le scienze applicate, l’innovazione tecnologica e digitale, Palermo, 5-7 Luglio 2023, pp. 169-177. ISSN 1866-8755. ISBN: 978-3-031-34760-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Carriero, MARIA TERESA; Migliazza, Maria; Comina, Cesare; Maria Ferrero, Anna; Taboni, ... (2023)
Geotechnical and geophysical investigation of a rock mass for the design check of an ornamental stone quarry. In: 15th International ISRM Congress 2023, Salzburg (Austria), 10-13 Ottobre 2023, pp. 2958-2963
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Carriero, MARIA TERESA; Ferrero, Anna Maria; Migliazza, Maria; Taboni, Battista; Umili, ... (2023)
Roughness measure of a large in situ discontinuity surface by non-contact survey. In: 15th International ISRM Congress & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Salzburg (Aut), 9 - 14 October 2023, pp. 782-787. ISBN: 978-3-9503898-3-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Migliazza, M.; Carriero, M. T.; Lingua, A.; Pontoglio, E.; Scavia, C. (2021)
Rock mass characterization by UAV and close-range photogrammetry: A multiscale approach applied along the vallone dell’elva road (Italy). In: GEOSCIENCES, vol. 11. ISSN 2076-3263
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