About us

Bartolomeo Pantò is an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering in the Department of Engineering. He graduated in 2003 from the University of Catania (Italy), where he completed his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 2007. His research in that period led to the development of a new simplified method, the Discrete Macro-Element Method (DMEM), to analyse unreinforced and confined masonry structures. After his Ph.D., Bartolomeo worked for seven years as a Structural Engineer. In 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), University of Minho (Portugal). From 2019 to 2021, Bartolomeo led the RAMBEA project (funded by the European Commission within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) at Imperial College London to develop novel computational strategies for accurate and efficient simulations of historical masonry arch bridges subject to extreme environmental actions. 

He joined the Computational Mechanics research group at Durham University in 2021. His area of interest comprises assessing and retrofitting existing structures, including historical and monumental masonry constructions and reinforced concrete infill frames, subjected to climate change and extreme environmental actions, such as earthquakes and floods. In Durham, he is intensely involved in developing sustainable construction and retrofitting techniques based on low-CO2 emissions and natural materials. 

M. Olcay Aydemir is a videographer and content manager at the Audio Visual Research and Application Center (GİSAM) at Middle East Technical University (METU).  His work primarily focuses on science communication and he has 15 years of expertise in producing, directing and editing research videos, short documentaries, and social media content.

He has been involved in the dissemination of numerous EU-funded projects, using his expertise to effectively communicate complex scientific concepts. He also teaches video production at METU. In addition to his professional career, he holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Policy from METU, blending his passion for both media and scientific research.

She has completed her undergraduate studies at Hacettepe University, Department of Social Work and Social Services, and her master’s and doctoral studies at Gazi University, Department of Public Relations and Publicity. She made and directed various documentaries and promotional films and received national and international awards for her documentaries. 

She has directed the 2nd and 6th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival. She acts as a jury member and consultant at International Film Festivals. She is the author of several journal articles, book chapters and newspaper articles.  She currently works as a producer at METU-GİSAM, and teaches part-time in the cinema-TV and public relations departments of communication faculties.

Corrado Chisari is Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. Graduated at the University of Trieste (Italy), he got the PhD in Structural Engineering in 2015 at the same university with a thesis on inverse analysis of masonry structures. In 2017 he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship which took place at Imperial College London (UK). His project “MultiCAMS – Multi-level Model Calibration for the Assessment of Historical Masonry Structures” developed an advanced computational strategy for the realistic assessment of historical masonry structures.

He has been Principal Investigator and participant of national and international funded research projects, and has the Italian National Qualification as Full Professor in Structural Engineering and Associate Professor in Structural Mechanics. His main research focus regards numerical modelling and structural testing, structural optimisation, inverse analysis and parameter calibration, design of advanced seismic devices; on these topics Corrado has also collaborated with research groups at Imperial College, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Sassari, University of Trieste, University of Salerno. He is author of more than 50 papers in leading international journals and conference proceedings.

Gianfranco De Matteis is a Full Professor of Structural Engineering (Scientific Disciplinary Sector: CEAR07/A) at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.” Since 2020, he has served as the Rector’s Delegate for Building Affairs, and since 2022, he has been the President of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Building Science and Techniques (Degree Class L23) at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.” He is also the Director of the Level II Master’s Program in “Assessment and Management of the Safety of Existing Infrastructure Works.”

He is a member of the Scientific Council and Board of the FABRE Consortium (“Research Consortium for the Assessment and Monitoring of Bridges, Viaducts, and Other Structures”), as well as the Scientific Coordinator for the Research Unit affiliated with the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.”

Prof. De Matteis is the national delegate of the IAEE (International Association of Earthquake Engineering), a global commission on seismic engineering, and a member of the Executive Board of ANIDIS, the Italian National Association of Earthquake Engineering.

He has led international research teams and has been the scientific coordinator for numerous national and international research projects, including the European research project “Earthquake Protection of Historical Buildings by Reversible Mixed Technologies (PROHITECH),” the project “Integrated PRocedure for assEssing and improVing the resiliENce of existing masonry bell Towers on a territorial scale – PREVENT,” and as the Coordinator of Task 4.8 “Churches” within the research framework WP4: Risk Maps and Seismic Damage Scenarios (MARS), part of the national DPC-Reluis 2019-2021 project.

He has published over 400 scientific papers in journals and conference proceedings, focusing primarily on the following topics: the structural behavior of steel and aluminum structures, the analysis and evaluation of historical and monumental buildings, innovative structural intervention techniques, and the structural safety of existing brides.

Full Professor of Building Physics and Building Energy Systems at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.” He teaches the courses “Lighting Design” (Master’s Degree in Design for Innovation), “Applications of Acoustics, Lighting, and Energy” and “Methods and Tools for Green Transition and Environmental Resilience” (Master’s Degree in Architecture).

He coordinates the phD course in “Technologies for Resilient Living Environments” and is a member of the Technology Transfer Commission at the University. He has delivered lectures and seminars at various foreign universities within the ERASMUS Mobility program and serves as a reviewer for prestigious international journals.

As the scientific head of the “E3 – Energy Efficiency and Environment” Laboratory, he has participated as a member or leader of research units in projects funded locally and nationally on topics such as applied thermodynamics, lighting, energy efficiency in buildings, and environmental sustainability. He also acts as an expert evaluator for national and international calls for industrial research and pre-competitive development projects.

Author of over 200 scientific articles, he is active in the fields of applied thermodynamics, lighting, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability.

Graduated with honors in 2016 in Building Systems Engineering from the “D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, in 2021, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” with a dissertation titled “Seismic safety of historical and monumental masonry buildings: assessment methodologies and retrofitting techniques for the structural enhancement.”

Since 2022, he has been a fixed-term Researcher in the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” in the Scientific Disciplinary Sector CEAR07/A.

He has participated in several national research projects primarily focused on themes related to the conservation and protection of Italy’s architectural, monumental, and infrastructural heritage. In 2023, he coordinated the research project “Advanced procedures for SAFEty assessment of existing Masonry Arch Bridges – SAFE_MAB,” funded by the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.”

Currently, he serves as the structural and seismic risk representative of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” for the “Consortium for the assessment and monitoring of bridges, viaducts, and other structures – FABRE.”

He is the author of over 40 scientific publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings. His scientific activity mainly focuses on: assessing the seismic vulnerability of historical and monumental masonry structures through multi-level methodologies (large-scale and individual building scale), proposing intervention methodologies for mitigating the seismic risk of existing masonry structures, and evaluating the structural and seismic risks of existing bridges.

Rosario Andreozzi was born on 08 January 1965 in Naples. Since his youth he has been politically active in the Communist Party, engaging with struggles in the northern area of Naples. In the 1990s, he promoted and was a longlasting leader of the struggles for work which involved thousands of workers excluded from production cycles. creating socially useful jobs (LSU in the Italian system) which were supported by various ministries and local authorities.
He was the director of Filcams-Cgil and of the Naples Chamber of Labour.
For three consecutive terms he was a municipal councillor in Piscinola, Marianella,
with the role of Municipal Vice-President and President of the Social Policies Commission.

Since 2016 he has been a Municipal Councillor in Naples, where he was President of the Dema Council Group; in 2021, re-elected on the list Napoli Solidale Sinistra Socialista Civica Ecologista and elected as Metropolitan Councillor of Naples. He is currently Councillor for the Environment and Biodiversity of the Municipality of Naples.

The Consortium of social cooperatives “Coop4Art” acts inspired by the principles of prevalent mutuality, solidarity, internal and external democracy. We look at an economic model projected towards the enhancement of the human, environmental and cultural resources of the territory. A circular and community economy attentive to the needs of people.

Over the years we have dealt with:

• Redevelopment of the territory
• Urban regeneration
• Production, services and installation interventions in the cultural sector
• Enhancement, restoration and management of cultural assets. Work placement of disadvantaged individuals
  

Born in Naples on April 13, 1991, is an environmental and territorial engineer and an activist in environmental justice movements.

He coordinates the activities of the cooperative “Madre Terra Energia e sostenibilità” and collaborates permanently with the consortium of social cooperatives Coop4Art as a designer in the energy and ecology sector.

He is also part of the work team of “Remade community lab”, an organization that deals with plastic recycling, working on proximity models with the use of low-complexity technologies.

Born in Naples on November 4, 1974. After a lifetime of working in the social field, she first founded the social cooperative “Officina dei Talenti”, of which she is President, and then, with the same cooperative, she founded with others the Consortium of Social Cooperatives Coop4Art, of which she is a member of the Board of Directors.

Giuseppe Occhipinti graduated at University of Catania in Structural Engineering (2004), and, after ten years of consulting in the sector of NDT tests and seismic assessment, he earned the PhD in Structural Engineering (2014-2017). Successively, he obtained an II level certificate for dynamic testing (2020) and an II level master in Diagnostic Analysis and Monitoring of Structures and Infrastructures with honours (2022). During his PhD, he was visiting student at Imperial College of London in the Computational Structural Mechanics group.

He was researcher fellow at the National Research Council IGAG-CNR (2018 – 2021) where he developed simplified continuous beam models for buildings. He earned a research fellowship at the University of Rome “Sapienza” (2022) for the FE modelling of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses (~520 BC) in MONALISA Project. He collaborates with INGV (2023-2024) as external consultant. He is external resource at the University of Roma Tre (2021-2024) for a model updating software coding. He has experience in structural assessment of heritage buildings (e.g. Sant’Andrea della Valle Basilica, Palazzo Venezia) and dynamic identification of bridges (e.g. Herøysund bridge, Skattørsundet bridge) with private companies. His main interests are numerical modelling, model updating, assessment and SHM with a strong interest on masonry heritage structures.

Manuelina Maria Duarte Cândido is a permanent professor at the Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil, where she supervises theses and dissertations on heritage and material culture. She is a visiting professor in the Doctoral Programme in Sociomuseology at the Lusophone University, Portugal, where she is editor of the collection Sociomuseology & Sociomuséologie.

She has been a visiting professor at the Université d’Artois (France), the University of Würzburg (Germany), the University of Catania (Italy) and the École du Patrimoine Africain (Bénin). She was Professor of Museology at the University of Liège, Belgium, where she also worked for the Pole Muséal & Culturel and edited the journal Cahiers de Muséologie. She was a member of the board of ICOFOM LAC – Museology Committee of the International Council of Museums for Latin America and the Caribbean. She coordinated the Educational Action Sector of the Centro Cultural São Paulo, directed the Museum of Image and Sound of Ceará and the Museum Process Department of the Brazilian Institute of Museums.

She has a degree in history, a specialisation in museology, a master’s degree in archaeology and a doctorate in museology (Lusófona University, 2012). She completed a post-doctoral internship at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University in 2014-2015 under the supervision of François Mairesse. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Urban Anthropology, Migrations and Social Intervention (University Rovira i Virgili, Spain).