CV - Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné

CURRICULUM VITAE
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Maria Paola Santisi d’Avila
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné, 28 Avenue Valrose, 06108 Nice, FR
Polytech’ Nice, Campus Sophiatech, 930 Route des Colles, 06410 Biot, FR
E-mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Nov 2004 to Mar 2008
PhD in Civil Engineering and Risks
University of Messina, Italy, and Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PhD thesis: Design of reinforced concrete structures using the Equivalent Section Method
Thesis topic: Design of reinforced concrete shell elements, simultaneously loaded with in-plane internal
forces, bending and twisting moments and shear, using a three-dimensional nonlinear constitutive model.
Advisors: Prof. Mauro Schulz, Prof. Giuseppe Ricciardi
Other research topic (University of Messina, Italy): model of seismic load for the stochastic dynamic
analysis of structures, using uncertainty modeling and probabilistic methods
Nov 2003 to Oct 2004
Master of Science in Earthquake Engineering (1 year program)
University of Messina, Italy
Main courses: Seismic design (Eurocodes) - Seismic isolation - Vulnerability of structures
Oct 2003
Master degree in Civil Engineering, branch: structural design and computation (5 years program)
University of Messina, Italy
First class graduate. Master thesis: Seismic devices in bridge design. Advisor: Prof. Giuseppe Ricciardi
Main courses: Structural Dynamics - Seismic structural design - Bridge design - Structural safety Numerical methods - Geotechnics
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Sep 2012 up to date
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné (LJAD), in Nice, France
Teacher - Researcher (Section 60, Mechanics, Civil and Mechanic Engineering)
Research team: Numerical Modeling
Teaching in Polytech' Nice, Department of Safe and Smart Buildings
Sep 2011 up to Aug 2012
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Jean Le Rond D’Alembert (IJLRDA), in Paris, France
Research and Teaching fellow
Research topic: Nonlinear dynamic behavior of porous media under seismic loading
Collaboration with Prof. Djimedo Kondo
Jan 2010 to Aug 2011
École Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides (LMS), in Palaiseau, France
Postdoctoral position
Research topic: Nonlinear instability and post-critical behavior of periodic laminates
Collaboration with Prof. Nicolas Triantafyllidis and Dr. Kostas Danas
Aug 2008 to Dec 2009
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, in Paris, France
Postdoctoral position
Research topic: One-directional propagation of a three-component seismic signal in a nonlinear medium
Collaboration with Dr. Jean-François Semblat and Dr. Luca Lenti
January 2004 to July 2008
SANTISI IMPIANTI S.r.l. Messina, Italy
Activity of the company: Design and installation of lifts and steel towers for lifts; refurbishment of
buildings, using steel or reinforced concrete, to enable the installation of steel towers for lifts
My main tasks: Design of steel towers for lifts and concrete foundations
January to August 2006
SERBLOK S.r.l. Spadafora, Messina, Italy
Activity of the company: Inspection and testing of lifts
My main tasks: to write the quality manual of the company
May 2004 to July 2004, Stage during the Master course
SICEP S.p.a., Catania, Italy
Activity of the company: Design and construction of precast prestressed structures
My main tasks: Study about joints between precast prestressed structural elements in seismic zones
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES and TECHNICAL COURSES
2010, Qualification aux fonctions de maître de conférences (Teaching qualification) of the French Ministry
for Higher Education and Research, Section 60 “Mécanique, Génie Mécanique, Génie Civil” (Mechanics,
Civil and Mechanic Engineering)
2003, Qualification to practice the profession of engineer, having passed public examination, Italy
2007, Qualification of Safety surveyor of the designs and execution in the yards, Italy
2006-07, Doctoral course of Non linear analysis of structures, UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES and SPONSORED RESEARCH
2016, PEPS site Project (with GéoAzur, LEAT, EpOC in UNS)
SSSI effects in the seismic response : identification of mechanical properties of buldings using MEMS
and 3D modeling
2015, PEPS égalité Project (with Ecole Centrale-Supélec Paris)
MISS Modélisation de l’Interaction Sol-Structure (Soil-Structure interaction modeling)
2014-16, Project sponsored by Fédération Döblin (with GéoAzur, UNS)
Behavior of a RC building under seismic loading: seismic load, material modeling and SSI.
2014 (2 weeks), Visiting professor at the University of Brighton (UK) invited by Dr P. Cacciola
2014 (3 months), Visiting professor at the UNSW (Sydney, AU), invited by Prof. A. Castel
2013-15 Participation to the benchmark « Prenolin » about 1D nonlinear numerical simulation for local
seismic response analysis
2012 (1 month), Visiting professor at UFF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) by Prof. M. Schulz
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012 up to date, Polytech' Nice, Safe and Smart Buildings, Sophia Antipolis, France
Continuum Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Structure Modeling, Earthquake Structural Design,
Numerical Tools for Research in Structural Engineering
2011 to 2012, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, FR (192 hours per year)
Solid and fluid Statics, Mechanics of rigid body, Softwares: Matlab, Cast3M (Structural computation)
2005-8, University of Messina, Italy
Some lectures of Bridge design, Continuum Mechanics and Precast prestressed structures
STUDENT SUPERVISION and PhD COMMITTEES
2016 (5 months), Supervisor of Master thesis of Antonios Gemayel
Validation of finite element numerical models of reinforced concrete structures by comparison with
measures
2015-18, Co-supervisor of the PhD thesis of Reine Fares
Analysis of environmental effects as soil-structure interaction and corrosion of rebars in the seismic
response of reinforced concrete buildings
2013-16, Co-supervisor of the PhD thesis of Guillermo Fernandez Lorenzo
Behavior of a tall reinforced concrete building under seismic loading
2014-15 (8 months), Supervisor of Master thesis of Massimo Bedello
Fully non-stationary synthetic seismic signals coupled with a 1D-3C wave propagation model
2013-14, Supervisor of research project of the master student Jean Paul Achard
Numerical tools for finite element modeling of wave propagation in a multilayered nonlinear soil profile
2011-12, Research training of 6 Master Students, Institut D'Alembert, UPMC, Paris
2009, Research training of a Master Student, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
2015, UFF (Brazil), Master committee, Bernardo de Figueiredo Rocha, Dimensionamento de lajes de
ponte com armaduras esconsas baseado no modelo da chapa fissurada (Design of reincorced concrete
bridge decks with skew reinforcing bars based on the smeared crack model)
2013, IFSTTAR, PhD committee, Viet Anh Pham, Effets de la pression interstitielle sur la réponse
sismique des sols : modélisation numérique 1D-3Composantes (Effects of pore pressure on the soil
seismic response: 1D-3Component modeling)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2014-15, Administrative Council of the Engineering School Polytech’ Nice
2012-15, 4th year scholarship coordinator, Department of Safe and Smart Buildings, Polytech' Nice
In charge of international student exchange and student work experience
2010, organizing committee of the 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris
2006, organizing committee of the 3rd Italian Conference on “Crollo e Affidabilità delle Strutture Civili”
(Collapse and reliability of civil structures), Messina, Italy
RESEARCH REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS (Details in annex)
7 (+3 submitted) Publications in refereed journals
14 Publications in refereed conference proceedings
10 Abstracts in conference proceedings
COMPUTER LITERACY
Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Programming languages: Fortran, Mathematica, C++, Matlab
Softwares for research & design: Abaqus, Robot, Cast3M, SAP, Master SAP, Drain 2dx, Ansys, Adina
Graphic applications: Autocad, Grapher, Surfer
Office tools: Office, Photoshop, LaTex
LANGUAGES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS
Written and spoken languages: Portuguese, Italian, French, English
Driving permission: Class B (Italy, 1997)
Nice, September 1st, 2016
Maria Paola Santisi d’Avila