ROYER CARFAGNI Gianni

EDUCATION
1990: Civil Engineering Degree, University of Pisa (Italy), Summa cum Laude. GPA: 29.67/30.
1994: Ph.D. in Structural engineering, University of Florence (consortium with Bari, Genova, Pisa, Udine).
POSITIONS
2004-present: Full professor of Structural Mechanics, University of Parma, Italy.
2002-2004: Associate Professore of Structural Mechanics, University of Parma.
1997- 2001: Assistant Professor of Mechanics, University of Parma.
1995-1996: Post-doc researcher, University of Pisa.
1994-1995: Postdoc Associate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
1990-1993. Graduate student in structural engineering, University of Florence.

Author of more than 100 works, of which about 40 in International Journals. Inventors of two patented systems.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Elasticity.
Coordinator of the Technical Committee of the Italian CNR for the document \\"Instruction for the Design, Construction and Control of Buildings with Glass Structural Elements\\".
Member of the steering committee of the CO.R.I.VE. (Consortium for Research and Innovation in Glass).
Member of the steering committee of the A.T.I.V.(Association of Italian Glass Technologies)
Referee for the following journals: Journal of Elasticity; International Journal of Solids and Structures; Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids; Journal of Sound and Vibration; Journal of Non Linear Mechanics; Mathematical Reviews; Engineering Geology; Building and Environment; Meccanica. Organizers ofscientific conferences.
Scientific Responsible of several research contracts with Italian and International industries, as well as responsible of Italian Ministerial projects and European researches.
Member of the Society for Natural Philosophy.
Member of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers).
Member of the material-science Research group of the AIMETA (Italian Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics).
Consultant engineer for various works, such as: glass structures for the A/2 building in the Kilometro Rosso complex (Bergamo, I); Tensile structures supporting glass facades in the CONAD-Montefiore complex (Cesena, I); analysis of damage in the stone masonry of the French Panthon (Paris); seismic calculations and proposals for consolidation of school buildings (Parma, Italy); restoration of the Baha\\'i shrine (Haifa, Israel); reconstruction of the marble facede of Alvar Aalto\\'s Finland Hall(Helsinki).