Gabriele Guerrini, PhD

For Sismica360, Dr. Gabriele Guerrini provides consulting services for professional engineers, regarding the structural performance assessment via nonlinear static and dynamic analysis, and the design of new buildings and retrofit solutions.

He obtained his M.Sc. in 2010 and his Ph.D. in 2014 from the Structural Engineering Department of the University of California, San Diego.

Currently, he is an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr) of the University of Pavia, Italy, where he works on the seismic assessment of brick and natural-stone masonry buildings, through large-scale dynamic shake-table tests, quasi-static cyclic tests on masonry sub-systems, and material characterization tests. His interests include also nonlinear structural dynamics, with particular focus on the development of methods to estimate the inelastic seismic displacement demand associated with nonlinear static (pushover) analysis. He participated in several large-scale shake-table tests and quasi-static cyclic tests on multistory frames and bridge columns, taking care of the test design, material characterization, data processing, and numerical modeling of the experiments.

He performed professional activities with the Department of Public Works of the City and County of San Francisco, United States since 2014, focusing on the design of new steel and reinforced concrete buildings, and on the seismic assessment and retrofit of existing masonry, steel, and reinforced concrete structures.

He participated in damage recognition campaigns following the 2010 Baja California, Mexico earthquake, the 2012 Emilia-Romagna, Italy seismic sequence, and the 2016-2017 Central Italy seismic sequence, with particular attention to the post-earthquake safety assessment of strategic, school, and heritage buildings.