Conferences

He presented his national and international papers in the following conferences:

  • 10th Rilem International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (BEFIB 2021), held in Valencia (Spain) in person/virtual from 20 to 22 september 2021, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Structural Behavior of Precast Tunnel Segments Reinforced by Macro-synthetic Fibers During Temporary Loading Phases".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, (WTC2020), initially to be held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), afterwards held as virtual-conference from 11 to 17 september 2020, presented in a technical session the paper titled "An experimental study on the behavior of precast tunnel segments reinforced by macro-synthetic fibers during temporary loading stages".

  • 3rd FRC International Workshop Fibre Reinforced Concrete: from Design to Structural Applications (FRC2018), held in Desenzano del Garda (Italy) from 27 to 30 June 2018, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Structural behavior of precast tunnel segments with macro-synthetic fibers during TBM operations: a numerical study".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, (WTC2018), held in Dubai (UAE) from 21 to 26 April 2018, presented in a poster session the papers titled "Optimized reinforcement for precast tunnel segments with macro-synthetic fibers" and "Precast tunnel segments reinforced by macro-synthetic fibers during TBM operations: an experimental and numerical study".

  • 9th International Conference “Fibre Concrete 2017”, held in Prague (Czech Republic) from 13 to 16 September 2017, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Crack control in concrete members reinforced by conventional rebars and steel fibers".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, (WTC 2017), held in Bergen (Norway) from 9 to 15 June 2017, presented in a poster session the paper titled "Local splitting and crushing behavior under TBM hydraulic jacks".

  • ECCOMAS Thematic Conference: Computational Methods in Tunnelling - EURO-TUN 2017, held in Innsbruck (Austria) from 18 to 20 April 2017, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Numerical study on the effects of TBM high-concentrated loads applied to precast tunnel segments".

  • 9th Rilem International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (BEFIB 2016), held in Vancouver (Canada) from 19 to 21 September 2016, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Numerical study on shrinkage cracking of concrete slabs-on-grade".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, (WTC 2016), held in San Francisco (U.S.A.) from 22 to 28 April 2016, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Experimental study on the effects of high-concentrated loads exerted by TBM hydraulic jacks".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, “See tunnel” (WTC 2015), held in Dubrovnik (Croatia) from 22 to 28 May 2015, presented in a technical session the paper title "Experimental investigation on the local splitting behavior under TBM hydraulic jacks".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, “Tunnels for a better life” (WTC 2014), held in Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil) from 12 to 14 May 2014, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Structural behavior of precast tunnel segments under TBM thrust actions".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, “Underground spaces in the service of sustainable society” (WTC 2011), held in Helsinki (Finland) from 20 to 26 May 2011, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Crack control in FRC tunnel linings".

  • International Symposium Brenner Base Tunnel and Access Routes, held in Bolzano (Italy) from 17 to 18 March 2011, presented in a poster session a research work titled “Concrete tunnel segments with combined traditional and fiber reinforcement: optimization of the structural behavior and design aspects”.

  • 7th International DIANA Users Meeting 2010, held in Brescia (Italy) from 17 to 18 June 2010, presented by oral presentation the research work titled “Numerical study on shrinkage cracking in concrete slabs on grade”.

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, “Tunnel vision towards 2020” (WTC 2010), held in Vancouver (Canada) from 15 to 20 May 2010, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Fiber Reinforced Concrete for tunnel linings".

  • ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, “Safe Tunnelling for the City and for the Environment” (WTC, 2009), held in Budapest (Hungary) from 23 to 28 May 2009, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Parametric study on tunnel linings in fiber reinforced concrete combined with traditional reinforcement".

  • Fib Symposium “Tailor Made Concrete Structures”, held in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), from 19 to 22 May 2008, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Concrete tunnel segments with combined traditional and fiber reinforcement".

  • 6th International Symposium on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures - FRAMCOS, held in Catania (Italy), from 17 to 22 June 2007, presented in a technical session the paper titled "Structural behaviour of SFRC tunnel segments".

  • International DIANA Users Meeting 2006, held in Essen (Germany) from 16 to 17 March 2006, presented by oral presentation the research work titled “Steel fibers as reinforcement for precast tunnel segments”.