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Position:
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Associate Professor of Structural Mechanics
PRICOS, University of Pescara, Italy
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Curriculum Vitae:
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Born in Palermo, 23.07.1966.
Five Years Programme Degree in Civil Engineering cum laude (Palermo 1991).
Philosophy Doctor at University of Palermo February 1997.
Research Assistant at the University
of Sussex, England, from 1997 to 1999.
Assistant Professor at the University
of Innsbruck, Austria, from 1996 to 1997
Assistant Professor
at the University of L’Aquila, Italy, from 1999 to 2005
Associate Professor at the University “G.D’Annunzio”
of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, from 2005
Teacher of Biomechanics at the Campus Biomedico in
Rome, Bio-engineering faculty, from 2006
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Research Interests:
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- Stochastic Structural
Dynamics
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Critical
and Post Critical Analysis of Structural Systems
- Stochastic Structural
Identification
- Earthquake and Wind
Engineering
- Biomechanics
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Awards:
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- 2001
IASSAR Junior Research Prize in Stochastic Dynamics, 8th International Conference
on Structural Safety and Reliability, Newport Beach, June 17-21,
- 2005
EURODYN EASD Junior Research Prize, Eurodyn 2005, Paris, France,
September 6, 2005
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Research activities and projects:
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- University
of Sussex –
Parameters identification of non-linear
structural systems by using higher order spectral quantities i.e.
bispectrum and trispectrum. Engineering Applications : Wind Engineering,
Offshore Structures, Ship Building
- University
of Innsbruck - Stochastic structural response prediction of large MDOF
systems ; Reductions technique applied to Finite Element Models using
Karhunen-Loeve expansion
- University
of L’Aquila – Analysis
of critical and post-critical behaviour of
structural systems; stochastic structural identification; non linear
dynamics of beams under conservative and non conservative loads
- Member
of the IASSAR –
international association for structural safety and
reliability, member of AIMETA (Associazione Italiana Meccanica Teorica
ed Applicata), ANIV (Associazione Italiana Ingegneria del Vento).
- Member of INdAM (Istituto
Nazionale di Alta Matematica)
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Teaching:
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Teacher in the following courses since 1991 at
University of Palermo, University of Sussex, University of Innsbruck, University
of L'Aquila, University of Pescara
- Structural Dynamics
- Stochastic Structural
Dynamics
- Structural Mechanics
(currently)
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Selected Publications:
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- Exact
Stationary Solution for a Class of Nonlinear Systems Driven by Non-
Normal Delta Correlated Processes, M.
Vasta, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol 30, pp
407-418, 1995.
- Stochastic
Phase Space Reduction of Non Linear Systems by Karhunen Loeve Expansion, M. Vasta, G.I. Schueller, Journal of Engineering
Mechanics, vol.126 no 6, pp 626-632, June 2000
- Markov
Modelling and Stochastic Identification for Nonlinear Ship Rolling in
Random Wave, J.B. Roberts, M. Vasta,
Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society of London, vol. 358, pp
1917-1941,2000.
- Energy Based Stochastic Estimation of Nonlinear Oscillators with
Parametric Random Excitation, J.B. Roberts, M. Vasta, Meccanica, vol. 37 (1-2), pp. 33-49,
2002.
- Flexural-Torsional
Bifurcations of a Cantilever Beam Under Potential and Circulatory
Forces: Part I Nonlinear Model and Stability Analysis, A. Paolone, M.Vasta and A.Luongo, International Journal of
Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 41, pp.586-594, 2006.
- Flexural-Torsional
Bifurcations of a Cantilever Beam Under Potential and Circulatory
Forces: Part II Post-Critical Analysis, A. Paolone, M.Vasta and A.Luongo, International Journal of
Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 41, pp.595-604, 2006.
- Parametric
resonance of Hopf bifurcation in a generalized Beck’s column, A. Paolone, F. Romeo and M. Vasta, Journal of Computational and
Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol.4, Issue 1, 2008.
Publications
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