ProfessorAlessandro Palermo

Adjunct Appointment

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Adjunct Appointment
    Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • +6433692044 (Work)
  • Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E410

BIO

• Seismic design of bridges
• Seismic design of jointed ductile self-centering systems
• Dynamic behaviour of rigid bodies with particular emphasis to historical buildings
• Modelling of the seismic behaviour of precast/prestressed and reinforced concrete connections and systems
• Long-term effects of composite steel-concrete, reinforced and/or prestressed concrete structures
• Interaction of creep, shrinkage and temperature in concrete elements (seasonal thermal variations in prestressed bridges and external panels)
• Flexural and shear behaviour of fibre reinforced and high performance concrete structures
• Timber buildings and bridges
• Serviceability, durability and maintenance of concrete bridges

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Appointment
    University of Canterbury, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering13 Dec 2023 - present

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students