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Dr Fabio Freddi
Lecturer in Structural Design for MEng Engineering and Architectural Design
Dept of Civil, Environ &Geomatic Eng
Faculty of Engineering Science
- Joined UCL
- 1st Sep 2017
Research summary
My research interests focus on the response of structures to extreme loads; including the areas of earthquake engineering and structural robustness. My research vision focuses on integrating structural modeling, computational techniques, probabilistic concepts and experimental results into a coherent framework for the performance evaluation and design of structures chasing the urgent needs of modern societies for resilience and sustainability.
During my academic career, I collaborated within several large research projects addressing several issues related to the structural design and assessment. My research expertise covers the areas of seismic design and retrofit, seismic response and risk evaluation, smart structural details, resilience and robustness of structural systems which involves analytical and probabilistic studies, numerical simulations and large scale structural tests.
Education
- University College London
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | 2018
Biography
I received my Master Degree in Civil Engineering in October 2008 and Doctoral degree in Structural and Infrastructural Engineering in March 2012 from the University of Ancona (Italy). In 2010 and 2011 I was a visiting scholar at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Rice University of Houston (USA). In 2012 I was a research fellow at the University of Camerino and in 2013 and 2014 I was a Post-Doctoral researcher of University of Trento (Italy).
In 2015 I was awarded with a Marie-Curie Fellowship and from September of the same year I was a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (UK).
From September 2017, I am appointed as a Lecturer in Structural Design in the UCL's Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE).