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
* 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.
