Alberto Carpinteri#
| Membership Number: | 3662 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://staff.polito.it/alberto.carpinteri |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - 2013 President, National Research Institute of Metrology (INRIM), Italy
- 2009 - 2013 President, International Congress on Fracture (ICF)
- 2004 - 2007 President, International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (IA-FraMCoS)
- 2002 - 2006 President, European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS)
- 1998 - 2005 President, Italian Group of Fracture (IGF)
- 1990 - present Director, Post-graduate School of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- 1989 - 1995 Head, Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- 1986 - present Professor, Chair of Structural Mechanics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- 1982 - 1983 Visiting Scientist, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1980 - 1986 Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics, University of Bologna, Italy
- 1978 - 1980 Researcher, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Contact mechanics
- Fracture mechanics
- Reinforced concrete
- Nano-structured and hierarchical materials
- Piezonuclear reactions
- Material fatigue
- Fragmentation, comminution, drilling, and wear
- Thermoelasticity
- Multi-layered and functionally graded materials
- Acoustic and electromagnetic emissions
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Inaugural Paul Paris Gold Medal, International Congress on Fracture
- 2012 Fellowship, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2011 Swedlow Memorial Lecture Award. American Society for Testing and Materials
- 2010 Fellowship, International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures
- 2009 Honorary Fellowship, International Congress on Fracture
- 2009 Fellowship, European Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Griffith Medal, European Structural Integrity Society
- 2008 Fellowship, European Structural Integrity Society
- 2005 Fellowship, Turin Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Eminent Scientist Award, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
- 1996 Fellowship, American Society of Civil Engineers
- 1982 Robert L'Hermite Medal, Reunion Internationale Laboratoires Materiaux et Constructions
- 1976 Odone Belluzzi Award for Structural Mechanics, University of Bologna, Italy
