Francesco Pesavento

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Francesco Pesavento is Associate Professor of Solids Mechanics and Structural Mechanics (S.S.D.: ICAR/08) at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padova. Teaching activity: courses of Solids Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Computational Mechanics and specialized courses in academic, public and private institutions. Scientific activity in the following fields: non-linear mechanics of structures, geo-materials, concrete; heat and mass transfer and related stress phenomena in geo-materials; thermodynamics of unsaturated porous media with damage effects; thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of high and ultra-high performance concrete at high temperature; numerical modeling of fire in buildings and tunnels (from fire scenario to structural behavior); modeling of the hydration, aging, creep and degradation processes in the analysis of the durability of cementitious materials and concrete structures; modeling of freezing processes for cementitious materials (including their mechanical effects); numerical modeling based on isogeometry in multifield problems; multifield fracture mechanics in cementitious materials and geo-materials with application to environmental and nuclear engineering. Memberships: member of Rilem; member of Aimeta (Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics); member of GIMC (Italian Group of Computational Mechanics); member of AICAP (Italian Association of Prestressed Concrete); member of FiB. Research grants (as PI or participant): European Project Brite Euram III - HITECO (HIgh TEmperature COncrete), European Project MOPLE (Development of a Modular Open-Platform and Tools for Personalised Learning in Computational Engineering Methods), European Project MAECENAS (Modelling of Ageing in Concrete Nuclear Power Plant Structures) , European Network of Excellence IALAD (Network integrity assessment of large concrete dams), European Project UPTUN (Upgrading of existing tunnels), Bilateral (Italy-Spain) Research Project Fire in Tunnels, European Project BESTOFRAC (Environmentally best practices and optmisation in hydraulic fracturing for shale gas/oil development), European Project COST TU1404 (Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cement-based materials and structures). National Centre of Excellence "Science and Applications of Advanced Computing Paradigms”, Strategic Research Project AACSE. Participation to several National Projects PRIN, years 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006. Research Projects founded by University of Padova, 2004, 2012, 2013. Author of more than 250 papers published in peer review international and national journals, conference proceedings and chapter in books.