Francesco Russo

Francesco Russo received an M.S. degree in civil engineering specialization in transportation from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1982. Since 1999, he has been Full Professor in transportation with the Dipartimento di ingegneria dell’Informaione, delle Infrastrutture e dell’Energia Sostenibile, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, where he lectures in Transportation Systems, Logistics Systems and Sustainable Mobility. His research interests include development and application of methods and models for the analysis and design of freight and passenger transport systems at urban and extra-urban scale, the development and implementation of ITS, and the analysis of emergency issues and evacuation of urban systems as well as the analysis of the risk in transport system. He was head of the Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, and the coordinator of Ph.D. course in Transportation Engineering and Logistics, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria.