Carpinteri, Alberto

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Prof. Dr. Alberto CARPINTERI
Chair of Structural Mechanics
Politecnico di Torino
10129 - Torino - Italy

Academic Positions:

Professor of Structural Mechanics, Politecnico di Torino, Torino-Italy, 1986-.
Director Dept. Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino-Italy, 1989-1995.
Founding Member and Director – Graduate School in Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino-Italy, 1990-.
Visiting Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem-Pennsylvania, USA, 1982-1983.
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (founded in 1817), New York, USA, 1997-.
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (founded in 1848 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), 1999-.
Member of the American Academy of Mechanics, USA, 2003-.
Fellow of the Turin Academy of Sciences (founded by G.L. Lagrange in 1783), Torino-Italy,2005-; Member, 1995-2005.
Member of the Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, Milano-Italy, 2006-.
Member of the Accademia Teatina per le Scienze, Chieti-Italy, 2006-.

Scientific Activity:

President of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2002-2006.
President of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (IA-FraMCoS), 2004-2007.
President of the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF), 1998-2005.
Senior Vicepresident of the International Congress on Fracture (ICF), 2005-2009.
Vicepresident of the National Research Institute of Metrology (INRIM), 2006-2009.
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11), Torino, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
Member of the Congress Committee of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), 2004-2008.
Co-Editor of the International Journal “Strength, Fracture & Complexity”, 2003-;
Member of the Editorial Board of six international journals.
Author of over 500 papers on fracture mechanics, material fatigue, thermoelasticity, seismic structures, reinforced concrete, structural monitoring, contact mechanics, fragmentation and comminution, drilling.
Author or Editor of 38 volumes.

Honours and Awards:

Recipient of Robert l'Hermite International Prize, RILEM, Paris, France, 1982.
Recipient of JSME Medal, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tokyo, Japan, 1993.
Doctor of Physics Honoris Causa, The Constantinian University, Cranston-Rhode Island, USA, 1994.
Recipient of International Cultural Diploma of Honor, American Biographical Institute, 1995.
Honorary Professor, Nanjing Architectural & Civil Engineering Institute, Nanjing, China, 1996.
Honorary Professor, Albert Schweitzer University, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000.
Recipient of WIT Eminent Scientist Award, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, U.K., 2000.