Curriculum

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.
09/2018    Italian Professorship Qualification for the role of Full Professor.

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.
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 – present     Associate Professor, University of Catania, Italy.
05/2018 – 05/2018   Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.

Research interests

Analysis of the seismic behaviour and design criteria for steel frames (moment resisting frames, concentrically braced frames, eccentrically braced frames and frames with buckling restrained braces), nonlinear static methods for seismic assessment, seismic upgrading of existing buildings, 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 four Ph.D. students.
1999 – present   Supervisor or co-supervisors of more that 70 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)

Editorial Board member of “The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal”, Open Access Journal, https://benthamopen.com/tobctj/

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

Journal papers (selected)
  1. M. Bosco, A. Ghersi, E.M. Marino: On the Evaluation of Seismic Response of Structures by Nonlinear 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. M. Bosco, E.M. Marino, P.P. Rossi: Modelling of steel link beams of short, intermediate or long length. Engineering Structures, Elsevier Science Ltd., ISSN: 0141-0296, Vol. 84 (2015), pp. 406-418: DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.003.
  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 Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 46 (2017), pp. 1099-1119: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2846.
  7. F. Barbagallo, M. Bosco, E.M. Marino, P.P. Rossi: Seismic retrofitting of braced frame buildings by RC rocking walls and viscous dampers. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & sons, Ltd., ISSN: 0098-8847, Vol. 47 (2018), pp 2682-2707: DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3105.
  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), p.n. 109661: DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109661.
  9. Barbagallo, M. Bosco, E.M. Marino, P.P. Rossi: On the fibre modelling of beams in RC framed buildings with rigid diaphragm. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Springer, Ltd., ISSN: 1570-761X, Vol. 18 (2020), pp 189-210: DOI: 10.1007/s10518-019-00723-z.
  10. 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 Science Ltd. ISSN: 0141-0296, Vol. 229 (2021), p.n. 111622: DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111622.

Total number of journal papers: 55.
Total number of publications: 165.

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Edoardo M. Marino