Curriculum

* Updated to October 2024
Education

10/1996   Master Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Catania.
04/2001   Ph.D. in “Structural Engineering”, University of Catania.

Fellowships,  Licences and Qualifications

02/1997   Licensed as profession engineer.
10/1997    Ph.D. Fellowship, three years, Ph.D. program in “Structural Engineering”, University of Catania.
08/2001    PostDoc Fellowship, two years, University of Catania.
10/2003    PostDoc Fellowship, one year, JSPS, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan.

Work experiences

08/2001 – 08/2003   Post-doctorate Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy.
10/2003 – 10/2004   Guest Research Associate, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan. Advisor Prof. Masayoshi Nakashima.
10/2004 – 09/2007   Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Architecture, University of Catania, Italy.
10/2007 – 01/2018     Assistant Professor, University of Catania, Italy.
06/2016 – 08/2016   Visiting Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.
02/2018 – 09/2024   Associate Professor, University of Catania, Italy.
05/2018 – 05/2018   Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.
10/2024 – present     Full Professor, University of Catania, Italy.

Research interests

Analysis of the seismic behaviour and design criteria for steel structures (moment resisting frames, concentrically braced frames, eccentrically braced frames and frames with buckling restrained braces), nonlinear static methods for seismic assessment, formulation of techniques for seismic upgrading of existing buildings mainly focusing on low disturbance ones, performance based design, and seismic codes.

Supervision of students

2009 – present   Member of the board of professors of the Ph.D. courses from 2009 to present.
2008 – present   Supervisor of 7 Ph.D. students.
1999 – present   Supervisor or co-supervisors of more that 90 Master Theses.

Invited lectures (selected)
  1. “Introducing BRB technology into the European practice of steel braced frames”, DPRI, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 16 May 2015.
  2. “Achieving a more effective concentric braced frame by the double-stage yield BRB”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 19 May 2018.
Editorial board and Reviewer for Scientific Journals (selected)
  1. Academic Editor and Editorial Board member of “Buildings”, Open Access Journal, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/buildings/
  2. Editorial Board member of “The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal”, Open Access Journal, https://benthamopen.com/tobctj/
  3. Reviewer for:
    Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Springer.
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd.
    Engineering Structures, Elsevier Science Ltd.
    Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE).
    Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, John Wiley & sons, Ltd.
    Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier Science Ltd.
Journal papers (selected)
  1. E.M. Marino, M. Nakashima: Seismic performance and new design procedure for chevron braced frames. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 35/4 (2006), pp. 433-452: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.539.
  2. M. Bosco, A. Ghersi, E.M. Marino: On the Evaluation of Seismic Response of Structures by Nonline-ar Static Methods. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 38/13 (2009), pp. 1465-1482: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.911.
  3. M. Bosco, A. Ghersi, E.M. Marino: Corrective eccentricities for assessment by the nonlinear static method of 3D structures subjected to bidirectional ground motions. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 41/13 (2012), pp. 1751-1773: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2155.
  4. M. Bosco, E.M. Marino: Design method and behavior factor for steel frames with buckling restrained braces. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 42 (2013), pp. 1243-1263: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2269.
  5. E.M. Marino. A unified approach for the design of high ductility steel frames with concentric braces in the framework of Eurocode 8. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 43 (2014), pp. 97-118: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2334.
  6. F. Barbagallo, M. Bosco, E.M. Marino, P.P. Rossi, P.R. Stramondo: A multi-performance design method for seismic upgrading of existing RC frames by BRBs. Earthquake Engineering and Struc-tural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 46 (2017), pp. 1099-1119: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2846.
  7. L. Zhang, M. Kurata, E.M. Marino, T. Takeda: Development of a Minimal-Disturbance Rehabilita-tion System for Sustaining Bidirectional Loading. Journal of Structural Engineering, United States – ASCE, ISSN:0733-9445, Vol. 144 (2018), Article number 04018054: DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002089.
  8. H. Wang, E.M. Marino, P. Pan: Design, testing and finite element analysis of an improved precast prestressed beam-to-column joint. Engineering Structures, Elsevier Science Ltd. ISSN: 0141-0296, Vol. 199 (2019), paper n. 109661: DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109661.
  9. Y. Qie, Barbagallo, E.M. Marino, C. Du, T. Wang: Full-scale hybrid test for realistic verification of a seismic upgrading technique of RC frames by BRBs. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dy-namics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 49 (2020), pp. 1452–1472: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3312.
  10. F. Barbagallo, M. Bosco, A. Ghersi, E.M. Marino: An over-damped multimodal adaptive nonlinear static analysis for seismic assessment of infilled RC buildings. Engineering Structures, Elsevier Sci-ence Ltd. ISSN: 0141-0296, Vol. 229 (2021), paper n. 111622: DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111622.
  11. F. Boggian, C. Tardo, A. Aloisio, E.M. Marino, R. Tomasi: Experimental Cyclic Response of a Novel Friction Connection for Seismic Retrofitting of RC Buildings with CLT Panels. Journal of Structural Engineering, United States – ASCE, ISSN: 07339445, Vol. 148 (2022), Article number 04022040: DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003313.

Total number of journal papers: 62.
Total number of publications: 182.

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Edoardo M. Marino