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Teaching Award

Professor Alessandro Palermo

16 February 2024

Meet Professor Alessandro Palermo, 2019 Winner | Postgraduate Research Director - Civil & Natural Resources Engineering. He believes teaching and research is one seamless entity that feeds our society. 

HOW TO APPLY

"Teaching and Research is one seamless entity that feeds our society. Curiosity and passion make your working day a holiday!"

Qualifications

  • Diploma in Engineering (Politecnico Di Milan)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Politecnico Di Milan)

 

Research Interests

  • Seismic design of bridges
  • Seismic design of jointed ductile self-centering systems
  • Dynamic behaviour of rigid bodies with particular emphasis to historical buildings
  • Modelling of the seismic behaviour of precast/prestressed and reinforced concrete connections and systems
  • Long term effects of composite steel-concrete, reinforced and/or prestressed concrete structures
  • Interaction of creep, shrinkage and temperature in concrete elements (seasonal thermal variations in prestressed bridges and external panels)
  • Flexural and shear behaviour of fibre reinforced and high performance concrete structures
  • Timber buildings and bridges
  • Serviceability, durability and maintenance of concrete bridges

 

Fields of Research

  • Bridge Engineering
  • Seismic resistant low-damage technologies
  • Post-tensioned timber buildings
  • Seismic interaction of non-structural components
  • Multi-hazard life-time seismic performance of concrete structures
  • Innovative structural shapes and materials
  • Precast concrete buildings
  • Digital Fabrication (including 3D printing)
  • Augmented Reality and Machine Learning for assessment of bridges

 

Recent Publications

  • Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan A. (2013) Post-Tensioned Timber Buildings - Design Guide. Christchurch: Structural Timber Innovation Company (STIC). 286.
  • Pampanin S., Palermo AG. and Buchanan A. (2013) Structural Timber Innovation Company Inc. (2013). "Post-Tensioned Timber Buildings - Design Guide. Christchurch: Structural Timber Innovation Company. 278.
  • Horne P., Abu A., Palermo A. and Moss P. (2023) Thermal response of timber connections in the cooling phase. Fire and Materials 47(4): 479-497. 
  • Andisheh K., Scott A. and Palermo A. (2021) Effects of Corrosion on Stress–Strain Behavior of Confined Concrete. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 147(7).
  • Brown J., Li M., Palermo A., Pampanin S. and Sarti F. (2021) Experimental Testing of a Low-Damage Post-Tensioned C-shaped CLT Core-Wall. Journal of Structural Engineering 147(3).
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