"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).
