Prof.ssa Ing.
Chiara Smerzini
Dec. 12, 2016 - present Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 – 20133 Milano
Role and Responsibility: education and research in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology
Apr. 1, 2016 – Oct. 31, 2016 Senior Engineer
Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Division, Betti S.p.A., Viale di Porta S. Angelo, 27 – 05100, Terni, Italy
Role and Responsibility: professional engineering activities in the civil and geotechnical engineering field.
Dec. 1, 2014 – Nov. 30, 2015 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O.B. 424, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Role and Responsibility: research activities in the framework of the European Project STREST “Harmonised approach to stress tests for critical infrastructures against natural hazards”, Seventh Framework Programme EU FP7/2007-2013, grant agreement no. 603389.
Nov. 18, 2013 – Nov. 17, 2014 Senior Engineer
Geosciences Division, GeoHazard Group, D’Appolonia S.p.A., Via San Nazaro, 19 – 16145, Genova, Italy
Role and Responsibility: engineering consultancy activities for Oil and Gas companies in the field of seismic hazard assessment and geotechnical earthquake engineering
Sept. 16, 2012 – Nov. 16, 2013 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 – 20133 Milano
Role and Responsibility: research activities in the framework of the 2012–2014 MRPM I Project “Numerical Approaches for Earthquake Ground Shaking Scenarios in Large Urban Areas”, agreement between Politecnico di Milano and the re-insurance company Munich Re. Leader of project tasks.
Sept. 1, 2010 – Aug. 31, 2012 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 – 20133 Milano
Role and Responsibility: research activities in the framework of the 2010–2013 DPC-RELUIS Project “Development of displacement-basedapproaches for vulnerability assessment” (RELUIS Line 2), agreement between the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) and the Network of University Laboratories in Earthquake Engineering (RELUIS)
July 2009 – June 2010 Research Collaborator
Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 – 20133 Milano
Role and Responsibility: research activities in the framework of the 2007-2009 Seismological Project S4 “Italian Strong Ground Motion Database”, agreement between the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Sept. 2007 – Jan. 2008 Research Fellow
Department of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM)
Role and Responsibility: research stage at UNAM with the aim of studying analytical solutions for the seismic response of underground cavities in the framework of doctoral studies. Invitation by Prof. F.J. Sanchez-Sesma.
Nov. 2006 – Oct. 2007 Research Fellow
Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 – 20133 Milano
Role and Responsibility: research Fellowship n the framework of the 2005-2008 research program DPC-RELUIS (RELUIS Line 4) “Analysis of seismic wave propagation in proximity of rock tunnels and caverns”, agreement between the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) and the Network of University Laboratories in Earthquake Engineering (RELUIS)