Paola Antonaci

ERC sectors

SDG

• Premio "Giovani Ricercatori - 2008" Politecnico di Torino conferred by Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2008)
• Premio “Giovani ricercatori - 2011” Politecnico di Torino conferred by Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2011)

• Fellow - RILEM (2020-)
  Member
• Fellow - SISCo - Società Italiana di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Italia (2018-)
  Member
• Fellow - SIMNM - Société Internationale de Mécanique Non Linéaire des Matériaux, Italia (2016-)
  Founding member
• Fellow - AIAS - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi delle Sollecitazioni, Italia (2003-2010)
  Member

• SHOCK AND VIBRATION (2020-), Editorial board member
• MATERIALS (2020-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
• CIVIL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2015-), Editorial board member
• FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS (2014-), Editorial board member

• GCEE 2025 - 5th International Conference On Green Civil and Environmental Engineering (2/9/2025-3/9/2025), Program committee
• SMARTINCS'23 (22/5/2023-23/5/2023), Program committee
• International Conference RM4L (20/9/2021-22/9/2021), Program committee
• ICNEM 2010 - 15th International Conference on Nonlinear Elasticity in Materials (4/7/2010-11/7/2010), Chairman of the organizing committee

• INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Ingegneria Civile ed Edile. Componente

Master of Science

• Mechanics of innovative materials. A.A. 2026/27, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Theory of Structures. A.A. 2026/27, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Mechanics of innovative materials. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Theory of Structures. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Mechanics of innovative materials. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Theory of Structures. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Mechanics of innovative materials. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Theory of Structures. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Mechanics of innovative materials. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Theory of Structures. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Structural theory. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Innovative materials mechanics. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso
• Scienza delle bio e nano costruzioni. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Scienza delle bio e nano costruzioni. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Structural theory. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Teoria delle strutture. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Titolare del corso

• Adesione ed anti-adesione (DISEG)
• Materiali biomimetici (DISEG)
• Modelli d’organo e caratterizzazione di materiali biologici, bioispirati, biocompatibili (DISEG)
• Modellazione numerica per geometrie gerarchiche (DISEG)
• Superfici autopulenti (DISEG)
• Valutazioni di sicurezza su dighe in calcestruzzo (DISEG)
• Analisi e sperimentazione del comportamento meccanico e della durabilità di materiali innovativi (DISEG)
• Monitoraggio in situ e sicurezza strutturale di strutture murarie, monumentali ed in c.a. (DISEG)
• Prove cicliche di carico per la stima della durabilità di materiali compositi (DISEG)
• Studio e applicazione di nuove tecniche non distruttive per la sicurezza delle strutture (DISEG)

• Laboratorio Prove Non Distruttive (DISEG)
• Laboratorio Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics (DISEG)

Projects funded by competitive calls

• SMASH - Smart MAterial System to enHance the service life of reinforced concrete structures, (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - HE - Excellent Science - MSCA
• 3PRO-DCFA - Processo di produzione di propellente composito tramite deposizione e polimerizzazione foto-attivata per endoreattori a propellente solidi, (2021-2022) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
  Corporate-funded and donor-funded research
• SHEcrete - Development of advanced Self HEaling concrete systems with improved reliability and durability, (2015-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Corporate-funded and donor-funded research
• DUALCEM - SVILUPPO DI MATERIALI CEMENTIZI AUTORIPARANTI AD ELEVATA DURABILITÀ, (2012-2014) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Regionally funded research

• Vito Burgio. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (38^th cycle, 2022-2026)
  Thesis: MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION AND CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING OF SOFT TISSUES AND BIORESORBABLE POLYMERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

SMARTINCS - Self-Healing, Multifunctional, Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, (2019-2023) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca

Ricerca Europea

Cost Action CA15202 SARCOS - Self-Healing as preventive repair of concrete structures, (2016-2021) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca

Ricerca Europea

Sviluppo di prodotti nell'ambito del progetto Fast Setting Cement Slurries, (2018) - Responsabile Scientifico

Ricerca da Enti privati e fondazioni

• Burgio, Vito; Di Giacinti, Martina; Antonaci, Paola; Surace, Cecilia (2026)
  Constitutive Modelling of Tendons as Fibre-Reinforced Soft Tissues with a Single Fibre Family: Stress-Relaxation Tests for Parameter Identification. In: APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 16, pp. 1-37. ISSN 2076-3417
  Contributo su Rivista
• Burgio, Vito; Di Giacinti, Martina; Rodriguez Reinoso, Mariana; Tuveri, Valentina; ... (2026)
  Mechanical Characterization and Constitutive Modelling of Commercial Biopolymers and Their Blends for Biomedical Applications. In: JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, vol. 173, pp. 1-18. ISSN 1751-6161
  Contributo su Rivista
• Hermawan, Harry; Antonaci, Paola; Gruyaert, Elke (2025)
  The Effect of Cementitious Macrocapsule Addition on the Hardened Properties of Concrete with Different Packing Structures. In: MATERIALS, vol. 18, pp. 1-17. ISSN 1996-1944
  Contributo su Rivista
• Lacidogna, Giuseppe; Marin Montanari, Pedro; Tanzi, B. N. R.; Iturrioz, I.; Tulliani, J. ... (2025)
  Investigation on the Fracture Mechanism of Self-Healing Mortar Specimens Using Acoustic Emission (AE) Analysis and a Lattice Discrete Element Method (LDEM). In: SCI, vol. 7, pp. 1-22. ISSN 2413-4155
  Contributo su Rivista
• Anglani, G.; Tulliani, J. -M.; Antonaci, P. (2025)
  Recent advances on self-healing in cement-based materials through the addition of cementitious macro-capsules. In: Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future / S.N., S.L., CRC Press, pp. 644-649. ISBN: 9781003677895
  Contributo in Volume
• Masseni, Filippo; Zumbo, Alessandra; Stumpo, Leonardo; Polizzi, Giovanni; Tetti, ... (2025)
  Advancements in Photocurable Solid Propellantsfor Additive Manufacturing. In: AIAA Scitech 2025 Forum, Orlando (USA), 6-10 January 2025, pp. 1-22. ISBN: 978-1-62410-723-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Rodriguez Reinoso, Mariana; Antonaci, Paola; Pugno, Nicola M.; Surace, Cecilia (2024)
  Non-linear tendon fatigue life under uncertainties. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS, vol. 163, pp. 1-11. ISSN 0020-7462
  Contributo su Rivista
• Zumbo, Alessandra; Stumpo, Leonardo; Antonaci, Paola; Ferrero, Andrea; Masseni, Filippo; ... (2024)
  Rheological and Mechanical Characterization of 3D Printable Solid Propellant Slurry. In: POLYMERS, vol. 16, pp. 1-18. ISSN 2073-4360
  Contributo su Rivista
• Hermawan, Harry; Simons, Alicia; Teirlynck, Silke; Anglani, Giovanni; Serna, Pedro; ... (2024)
  Prediction of Aggregate Packing with Tubular Macrocapsules in the Inert Structure of Self-Healing Concrete Based on Dewar’s Particle Packing Model. In: MATERIALS, vol. 17. ISSN 1996-1944
  Contributo su Rivista
• Shields, Y.; Tsangouri, E.; Riordan, C.; De Nardi, C.; Godinho, J. R. A.; Ticho, Ooms; ... (2024)
  Non-destructive evaluation of ductile-porous versus brittle 3D printed vascular networks in self-healing concrete. In: CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, vol. 145, pp. 1-10. ISSN 0958-9465
  Contributo su Rivista
• Miguel Panza Uguzzoni, Andres; Fregonara, Elena; Ferrando, DIEGO GIUSEPPE; Anglani, ... (2023)
  Concrete self-healing for sustainable buildings. A focus on the economic evaluation from a life cycle perspective.. In: SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 15, pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050
  Contributo su Rivista
• Riordan, C; Anglani, G; Inserra, B; Palmer, D; Al-Tabbaa, A; Tulliani, Jm; Antonaci, P (2023)
  Novel production of macrocapsules for self-sealing mortar specimens using stereolithographic 3D printers. In: CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, vol. 142, pp. 1-11. ISSN 0958-9465
  Contributo su Rivista
• Anglani, Giovanni; Tulliani, Jean-Marc; Antonaci, Paola (2023)
  Experimental investigation on the ability of macro-encapsulated polyurethane to resist cyclic damaging actions in self-repaired cement-based elements. In: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, Ghent, Belgium, May 22-23, 2023, pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Galavotti, Andrea; Noè, Camilla; Polizzi, Giovanni; Antonaci, Paola; Maggi, Filippo; ... (2023)
  Solid Rocket Propellant Photo-Polymerization with an In-House LED-UV Prototype. In: POLYMERS, vol. 15. ISSN 2073-4360
  Contributo su Rivista
• Anglani, G.; Montanari, Marin; Iturrioz, I.; Antonaci, P.; Lacidogna, G. (2023)
  Damage assessment and performance evaluation of self-repaired concrete specimens under constant amplitude, high-cycle fatigue. In: 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, IGF 2023, Italy, February 21-24, 2023, pp. 552-562. ISSN 2452-3216
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Lazzarini, L.; Civera, M.; Burgio, V.; Rodriguez Reinoso, M.; Antonaci, P.; Surace, C. (2023)
  Analysis of a Motocross Knee Brace: From the Real Model to the Numerical Finite Element Model via 3D Scanning and Reverse Engineering. In: APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 13. ISSN 2076-3417
  Contributo su Rivista
• Hermawan, Harry; Simons, Alicia; Teirlynck, Silke; Serna, Pedro; Minne, Peter; Anglani, ... (2023)
  Applicability of cementitious capsules in concrete production: initial assessment on capsule robustness, mechanical and self-sealing properties of concrete. In: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, Ghent, Belgium, May 22-23, 2023, pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Martínez-Ibernón, Ana; Antonaci, Paola; Anglani, Giovanni (2023)
  Initial proposal of a smart cement-based material to enhance the service-life of reinforcement concrete structures. In: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, Ghent, Belgium, May 22-23, 2023, pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Panza Uguzzoni, Andrés Miguel; Anglani, Giovanni; Antonaci, Paola; Tulliani, Jean-Marc (2023)
  New self-healing system for cracks repairing. In: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, Ghent, Belgium, May 22-23, 2023, pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Anglani, Giovanni; Montanari, Pedro Marin; Marc Tulliani, Jean; Lacidogna, Giuseppe; ... (2023)
  Evaluation of the self-healing effect in cement-based materials with embedded cementitious capsules by means of Acoustic Emission techniques. In: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, Ghent, Belgium, May 22-23, 2023, pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-236X
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

Patents and other intellectual properties

• Processo di ottenimento di materiali edilizi, densi e alleggeriti, mediante attivazione alcalina di prodotti e residui minerali da attività estrattiva e lavorativa. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Paola Antonaci Alessandra Formia Paola Palmero Jean Marc Christian Tulliani Marco Zerbinatti