Giuseppe LacidognaGiuseppe Lacidogna received his PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 1994, where he graduated cum Laude in Architecture. He is Associate Professor in Structural Mechanics at Politecnico di Torino, and achieved the Nationl Academic Qualification as Full Professor of Structural Mechanics since 2018. He is Officer of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), member of the Editorial Board of several international journals, and affiliated to different scientific associations (among them AIMETA, IA-FraMCoS, SEM, RILEM, and ISA). He is author of more than 120 papers in refereed international journals, 24 book chapters, and 7 monographs. In 2018 he received a Certificate Merit Award from the European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EuraSEM), and he is in the list of Top Italian Scientists. Read More Read Less