Prof. ANGELO MASI
Full Professor of Structural Engineering

Dept. of Engineering, University of Basilicata, ITALY

Vice Rector for Research and Technology Transfer

Italian Representative, Horizon EU Committee (Cl.3 - Security)

EDUCATION

Degree in Civil Engineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Naples “Federico II”.

PRESENT AND PREVIOUS POSTS

Full Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Basilicata from 2015 (qualified from 2013) where he currently gives the course of Structural Engineering (from 1998).
He has been giving also the course of Seismic Risk from 2003.
Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata from 2001 to 2015.
Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Chieti-Pescara from 1998 to 2001.
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Basilicata from 1994 to 1998.
Technical Responsible of the Laboratory of Testing Materials and Structures of the University of Basilicata from 1991 to 1994.

MAIN FUNCTIONS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Italian National Expert Representative in the Commission Expert Group of the Horizon Europe Programme Committee, Cluster 3 - Civil Security for Society (from 2020).
Member of the Expert Committee of the Italian National Research Programme 2021-27, acting as national coordinator of the Sub-cluster 3.1 “Security of Structures, Infrastructures and Networks” (2020- )
Vice Rector for Research and Technology Transfer of the University of Basilicata (from 2018).
Member of the Executive Board of the ReLUIS Consortium (University Network of the Seismic Engineering Laboratories, www.reluis.it) (from 2010).
Member of the Technical Scientific Committee of the National Group for Solid Earth Geophysics (GNGTS, https://gngts.ogs.it/) (from 2017).
Member of the Managing Board of the National Communication Campaign "Io Non Rischio - I don't take risks” (2023 edition in about 700 Italian towns, www.iononrischio.it).
Member of the National Committee for the preparation of the updated version of the current Italian Building Code (NTC 2018) as invited expert (2025- ).
Member of the Monitoring Committee of the FESR (European Regional Development Fund) Programme and FSE (European Social Fund) Programme of Basilicata Region for the periods 2014-2020 and 2021-2027.
Member of the Monitoring Committee of the FSC (European Cohesion and Development Fund) Programme of Basilicata Region for the period 2021-2027.
cientific Responsible or component of several national and international Research Projects.
Scientific Responsible of several Research Contracts with national and local Public Institutions.
National Coordinator of the Work Package 4 “MARS – Seismic Risk Maps” (~50 Research Units and more than 100 researchers involved) of the Research Programme DPC-RELUIS for the periods 2019-21, 2022-24 and 2024-26.
National Coordinator of the Work Package 8 “DIV - Divulgation” (7 Research Units involved) of the Research Programme DPC-RELUIS for the periods 2019-21, 2022-24 and 2024-26.
Scientific Responsible of the Task 4.2 “Bridge Bearings” (5 Research Units involved) of the Research Contract CSLP-RELUIS devoted to the experimentation phase of the Italian Guidelines for risk classification and management, safety assessment and monitoring of existing bridges (2021-2025).
Member of the Organising/Scientific Committee or Chairman in national and international conferences on Seismic Risk and Structural Engineering (World Conferences on Earthquake Engineering (2004, 2024); fib Conference, 2006; ESC General Assembly, 2016; ANIDIS, AIPND, GNGTS Conferences, etc.).
Member of the Editorial Board of the journals:

- Earthquake and Structures (Techno Press, ISSN 2092-7614) from 2016;

- The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal (Bentham Open, ISSN 1874-8368) from 2017;

- Progettazione Sismica (IUSS Press, ISSN 1973-7432) from 2008;

- Structural (DeLettera Ed., ISSN 2282-3794) from 2012.

Guest Editor of the Special Issue “'Low-Impact and Integrated Approaches for Seismic and Energy Retrofit of Built Heritage” of the open access international journal Sustainability.
Guest Editor of the Special Issue “2016 Central Italy Earthquakes” of the International Journal Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.
uest Editor of the Special Issue “Emergency management, outreach and communication activities in earthquakes” of the journal Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata (Int. Journal of Earth Sciences).
Reviewer of leading journals in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, among which: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Journal of Structural Engineering, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Structures (outstanding reviewer in 2014), Earthquakes and Structures, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Spectra, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Natural Hazards, Materials and Structures, Construction and Building Materials.

MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Research activity is mainly related to Earthquake Engineering problems, resulting in about 300 papers on the leading international and national journals and in conference proceedings (SCOPUS: H-index 32, cits. ~3010; Google Scholar: H-index 39, cits. ~5500).
His papers mainly deal with:

- seismic vulnerability assessment of structures and infrastructure, such as masonry and Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings and bridges;

- structural analysis, design and assessment of building structures through linear and non linear methods;

- seismic protection and rehabilitation of constructions by means of advanced materials, devices and techniques (passive control);

- experimental evaluation of mechanical properties and seismic behaviour of materials, structural elements and whole structures;

- risk assessment, damage scenarios and development of seismic risk mitigation strategies for residential and public buildings.

MISCELLANEOUS

Expert appointed by the European Committee of the Regions in the preparation of the opinion “Resilience of critical entities” (2021).
Expert appointed by the European Commission – Joint Research Centre in the Pilot Project “REEBUILD - Integrated techniques for the seismic strengthening and energy efficiency of existing buildings” (2018 – 2021).
Expert appointed by the European Committee of the Regions in the preparation of the opinion “A European policy on the seismic requalification of buildings and infrastructure” (2017).
Delegate of the Italian Minister for Reform and Innovation in Public Administration in the National Committee for the Technical Rules on Territorial Data (2007-2010).
Member of the RILEM Technical Committee 249-ISC “In situ Strength assessment of Concrete” (2012-2020).
Deputy Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Basilicata (2020 -2024).
Member of the Executive Board of the TeRN Consortium (Technologies for Earth Observation and Natural Risks, www.tern.it) (2016-2024).
Member of the ASN (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) National Examination Committee (2021-2023).
He took part to the preparation activities of Eurocode 8 - Part 3: Assessment and Retrofitting of Buildings, and of previous Italian Seismic Code (OPCM 3274/2003) as invited expert.
He had some study and collaborative research experiences with prominent research centres outside Italy (Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Nov. 1992; Politech Lyon, Sept. 1995; Imperial College, Oct. 1995; Geo Forschungs Zentrum (GFZ), Feb. 2007).
As regards his main scientific activities, he was:

- Scientific Responsible of an extensive Research Program named "Seismic Vulnerability of R/C buildings" funded by the Italian Seismic Agency (1999-2003);

- Scientific Responsible of the RU of the University of Basilicata within the Research Program PRIN 2002 “Design of bridges protected by strongly non linear seismic isolation system”(2003-2004);

- Scientific Responsible of the Tasks “Non Destructive Testing” and “RC Beam-Column Joints” of the 2005-2008 ReLUIS-DPC Project, Research Line 2 “Assessment and Reduction of Seismic Vulnerability of RC buildings”;

- National Coordinator of the Research Line 3.2 “Services for Emergency Management and Rapid Response” of the 2010-2013 DPC-ReLUIS Project. In the framework of the same Project, Scientific Responsible of the RU of the University of Basilicata for the Task “New aspects in the assessment of existing buildings and strengthening techniques, evaluation of the seismic risk of the built heritage at regional scale”;

- National Coordinator of the Research Lines “Divulgation and Education” and "Seismic Safety of Hospital Buildings” of the 2014-2016 ReLUIS Project funded by the Italian Department of Civil Protection (DPC). In the framework of the same Project, Scientific Responsible of the Research Unit (RU) of the University of Basilicata and of the Work Package “Methods and techniques for the seismic retrofitting of RC structures” (6 RUs involved) for the Research Line “Reinforced Concrete Structures";

- National Coordinator of the Research Line “Divulgation and Education” (6 RUs involved) of the 2017-18 ReLUIS Project funded by the Italian Department of Civil Protection (DPC). In the framework of the same Project, Scientific Responsible of the Research Unit (RU) of the University of Basilicata and of the Work Package “WP3 - Seismic Retrofitting and Upgrading of Buildings” (11 RUs involved) for the Research Line “Reinforced Concrete Structures";

- Scientific Responsible of the RU of the University of Basilicata in the national research project "Seismic Evaluation of Italian National Museums" funded by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism;

- Scientific Responsible of several Research Contracts with National and local Public Institutions.

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