FUSCHI Paolo

EDUCATION: 1987 Master of Science degree cum laude in Structural Engineering, Univ of Palermo, Italy. 1992 Ph.D in Structural Engineering, Univ of Napoli "Federico II", Italy and Univ of Swansea, Wales, U.K. 1994 CNR Research Assistant, Univ Palermo. 1995 Post Doctorate in Structural Engineering, Univ Palermo.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS and MAIN SERVICES IN ACADEMIC EDUCATION: 1995-1998 Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Engineering, Univ of Messina. 1998-2003 Associate Professor in Structural Mechanics and Engineering at Univ of Reggio Calabria. 2003 to present Full Professor in Structural Mechanics and Engineering at Univ of Reggio Calabria. 2017-2021 President of SISCo Società Italiana di Scienza delle Costruzioni. 2023 to present Member of the Scientific Committee for the Messina bridge.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES: Courses for Undergraduates, Master and PhD students of: Statics, Structural and Solid Mechanics, Computational Analysis, Masonry Structures; Specialization courses for Architects and Engineers.
RESEARCH THEMES: Composite Materials; Direct Methods; Non-local Elasticity; Plasticity; Masonry Structures. Reviewer for more than 40 Journals. Associate Editor of: International Journal of Computers-NAUN; International Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics & Computer Science. Member of the Editorial Board of: Structural Engineering and Mechanics; American Journal of Mechanics and Applications. Author of more than 160 scientific publications.
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS: SISCo (Società Italiana di Scienza delle Costruzioni); EUROMECH (European Mechanics Society); AIMETA (Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata); GIMC (Gruppo Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale); GMA (Gruppo Materiali Aimeta); GBMA (Gruppo Italiano Biomeccanica Aimeta); IIFC (Int. Inst. for FRP in Construction); IADiMe (International Association on Direct Methods); MeMoCS (Int. Research Centre for the Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex System).