Alessandro Rotta LoriaAlessandro F. Rotta Loria, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, USA, and a qualified Professional Civil and Environmental Engineer of the Italian Order of Engineers. His main research interests are at the interface of Geomechanis, Structural Mechanics and Energy. Dr. Rotta Loria is an Editorial Associate of the international journal Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment and is actively involved in many international scientific events as invited lecturer and presenter. Over the past five years, he has received various prizes and honors for excellence in scientific research and he has also delivered training courses for practitioners and scientists on the analysis and design of energy geostructures. Dr. Rotta Loria has co-founded the GEOEG engineering company, providing integrated solutions for energy geostructures for prominent architectural and engineering projects around the world. Read More Read Less