Francesco Vanin

Seismic Engineer, PhD

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Seismic Engineer at Résonance Ingénieurs-Conseils
    Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    - Seismic assessment of concrete, steel and masonry existing structures and design of interventions. - Application of nonlinear analysis methods and dynamic simulations. - Vulnerability assessment of building stocks. - Vibration analysis of new structures

  • Lecturer at EPFL
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    - Course of Seismic Engineering, seismic design of reinforced concrete structures

  • Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Development of a GUI for nonlinear modelling of masonry buildings in OpenSees - Viscous damping models for rocking systems

    • PhD, Earthquake Engineering
      Oct 2014 - Aug 2019 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      - Development and implementation in the software OpenSees a macro-element for simulating the three-dimensional response of a masonry wall - Influence of modelling assumptions and parameter uncertainty in equivalent-frame models of masonry buildings - Quasi-static shear tests on masonry walls, shaking-table test of a half-scale stone masonry aggregate

  • Research assistant at University of Padova
    Apr 2013 - Sep 2013 · 6 mos

    - Development of methods for the assessment of seismic damage to artworks - Correlation between structural seismic damage and damage to artistic assets