CARPINTERI Andrea

Professor Andrea CARPINTERI, born in Bologna (Italy) on 27th February, 1955.
http://www.unipr.it/arpa/dipcivil/CARPINTERI.html

(1) Degree (magna cum laude) in Civil Engineering, Bologna University, 1980.

(2) Full Professor of Structural Mechanics at University of Parma since 2000.
Associate Professor since 1988.

(3) Member of the Board of the Research Doctorate on Structural Mechanics, Bologna University, 1991-2010, and of the Research Doctorate on Civil Engineering, University of Parma, since 2010.

(4) Chairman of the Technical Committee Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures, ESIS (European Structural Integrity Society) since 2000.

(5) Author of 190 scientific publications (70 on International Journals).

(6) Editor of three books:
Materiali per l'Ingegneria Civile, CNR (National Research Council), Rome, Italy, 221 pages, 1989.
Handbook of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Metallic Structures, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1765 pages, 1994.
Biaxial/Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture (with Manuel de Freitas, Lisbon University, and Andrea Spagnoli, University of Parma), Special Technical Publication of ESIS, Oxford, U.K., 504 pages, 2003.

(7) Co-Guest Editor of Special Issues of International Journals:
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol.20, No.8, 1083-1234, 1997.
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol.28, No.1/2, 1-265, 2005.
International Journal of Fatigue, Vol.28, No.5-6, 449-674, 2006.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.75, No.3-4, 297-900, 2008. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.77, No.11, 1617-2212, 2010.
(8) Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journals:
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, from 1996 to 2002;
International Journal of Fatigue, from 1997 to 2001, and since 2007;
Strength of Materials, since 2005;
Scientific Technical Review, since 2009;
Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, since 2009.

(9) Co-Chairman of International Conferences:
Fatigue Crack Paths, Parma, Italy, 18-20 September, 2003.
Mini-Symposium on Numerical Approaches to Fatigue, 11th International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy, 20-25 March, 2005.
Crack Paths, Parma, Italy, 14-16 September, 2006.
Crack Paths, Vicenza, Italy, 23-25 September, 2009.
Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture, Parma, Italy, 7-9 June, 2010.

(10) Technical-Scientific Activities:
Consultant of public bodies as an expert of structural safety of buildings;
Consultant of the Court in Massa-Carrara from 1997 to 2000 and of the Court in Parma since 2005.