News from Members – ANIV https://www.aniv-iawe.org Associazione Nazionale per lngegneria del Vento Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:19:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Honourable mention https://www.aniv-iawe.org/honourable-mention-in-computational-wind-engineering/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:17:02 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=3143 ]]> PhD Course at University of Genoa https://www.aniv-iawe.org/phd-course-at-university-of-genoa/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:58 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=3081 Dr. Frank Lombardo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), currently visiting the Giovanni Solari Wind Engineering Group (GS-WinDyn) at the University of Genoa, will deliver a PhD course entitled: “The Role of Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in Wind Engineering”

📅 February 16–20, 2026
📍 University of Genoa – DICCA (and online participation available)
🎓 12 hours – 3 PhD credits

This intensive course is addressed to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers interested in wind engineering, extreme winds, risk assessment, and codification aspects related to thunderstorms and tornadoes.The program will cover:
* Storm physics and their historical role in wind engineering
* Extreme wind prediction and analytical models
* Wind-induced loading and damage mechanisms
* Risk assessment and fragility approaches
* Codification (ASCE 7, ASCE 49) and simulation techniques
* State-of-the-art experimental and analytical research

Dr. Frank Lombardo is Associate Professor at UIUC and Co-Director of the Extreme Wind Resilience Center, and serves as vice-chair of the ASCE tornado task committee that developed tornado loading provisions for ASCE 7-22.

This is a valuable opportunity to learn directly from one of the leading researchers in the field of extreme wind characterisation and structural loading.

📩 Registration: massimiliano.burlando@unige.it

Download the full course syllabus here.

]]> Special Seminar / Conference https://www.aniv-iawe.org/special-seminar-conference/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:22:03 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=3042
The University of Sassari is pleased to announce the Seminar:
“Wind Load & Structural Analysis: from Low-Rise Buildings to Long-Span Bridges”
that will be held by Prof. Luca Caracoglia from Northeastern University, Boston, USA  at the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (DADU), University of Sassari – Alghero, Complesso di Santa Chiara, Aula Mossa on December 12th, 2025, 4pm – 6pm (CET).
The Seminar will be coordinated and moderated by Prof. Gian Felice Giacca, DADU, University of Sassari, Italy.
The event will be hybrid: online participants may attend the event via GoogleMeet.
Official announcement and information for online participants may be found here.
]]> PhD Course https://www.aniv-iawe.org/phd-course-2/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2996 On Weeks 29 and 30 (July), Prof. Amal Elawady (Florida International University), currently visiting professor at UniGe, will offer a PhD course on advanced experimental techniques and fragility modeling of structures. The course will be held in person and online.

 

More information here.

]]> Urban Physics Autumn School 2025 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/urban-physics-autumn-school-2025/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:08:59 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2940 We are very pleased to announce that the Urban Physics School 2025  will take place in Golem, Albania, from 26 October to 1 November 2025. It follows the previous successful editions of the School in the period 2011-2019.

Urban Physics is the science and engineering of physical processes in urban areas. It basically refers to the transfer of heat and mass in the outdoor and indoor urban environment, and its interaction with humans, fauna, flora and materials.

This edition is organised by Heriot-Watt University (UK) in collaboration with ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) and IUSS Pavia (Italy), supported by local host Tirana University (Albania).

For more information, please download the flyer here and/or feel free to contact alessio.ricci@iusspavia.it.
Participants can register by sending an email to b.blocken@hw.ac.uk.

]]> Research Grant Opportunity https://www.aniv-iawe.org/research-grant-opportunity/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:05:24 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2918 Seminar held by Prof. Caracoglia https://www.aniv-iawe.org/seminar-held-by-prof-caracoglia/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:02:40 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2904 Long-Span Bridge Aeroelasticity against Stationary and Nonstationary Wind Loads: Emerging Research Experiences https://www.aniv-iawe.org/long-span-bridge-aeroelasticity-against-stationary-and-nonstationary-wind-loads-emerging-research-experiences/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:20 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2889 Announcement of the 6th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2025) https://www.aniv-iawe.org/announcement-of-the-6th-international-conference-on-building-energy-and-environment-cobee-2025/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:06:50 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2851 We are pleased to announce that the 6th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2025) will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 6 – 10 July 2025. The conference is organized by the Unit Building Physics and Services of the Department of the Built Environment of Eindhoven University of Technology.

COBEE 2025 will provide a platform for discussing building and environmental issues, and for initiating collaborations among researchers, environmental scientists, engineers, architects, facility managers and policy makers.

More information on key dates, topics, registration, abstract submission can be found on the official website (visit here).

Stay tuned for more updates!

]]> Research Activities and Future Perspectives on Long-Span Bridge Aeroelasticity https://www.aniv-iawe.org/ctives-on-long-sresearch-activities-and-future-perspepan-bridge-aeroelasticity/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:36:25 +0000 https://www.aniv-iawe.org/?p=2822