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Borri in 2023.
Born (1953-10-03) 3 October 1953 (age 71)
Figline Valdarno, Italy[1]
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Florence
OccupationEngineer

Claudio Borri (born 3 October 1953) is an Italian engineer, academic, writer full professor of Construction Science at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Florence.[2]

Biography

Claudio Borri studied Civil Engineering at Univ. of Florence (Italy) and (later on) at Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany), achieving the Degree in Civil Engineering in 1978 (Florence) and the Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics in 1983 (Bochum). He was appointed as Research Assoc. (1983-90), then as Assoc. Professor (1991) and in 2002 as Full professor (Ordinario) of Struct. Mechanics, Computational Mechanics and Chair of Wind Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Florence (Italy); there he has also served for two decades as the Vice-Dean for International Affairs (1992-2012).

In 1992 Prof. Borri was the Co-founder of CRIACIV (i.e. the Inter-University Research Centre on Building Aerodynamics & Wind Engineering), and responsible of building and developing the first Italian Wind Engineering Lab. with a Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel (CRIACIV groups, till nowadays, 8 Italian Universities and is the oldest research centre of this kind in Italy). In 2004 Prof. Borri was elected as Director of CRIACIV a function which he kept until the end of 2012; when (October 2012), he was elected as the Dean & Head (Direttore) of the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, DICEA, of the University of Florence (Dec. 2012 – Oct. 2016).

Career

Borri (right) in Messina in 2023.

Member of the scientific committee of the Stretto di Messina S.p.A., the mandatary company for the construction of the Strait of Messina Bridge, from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2023.[3]

Chairman of the 16th edition of the International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE) which will take place in Florence from 27 to 31 August 2023.[4] Director of the CRIACIV (Centro Interuniversitario di Aerodinamica delle Costruzioni e Ingegneria del Vento in english language Inter-University Research Centre on Building Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering)[5]

As a professional consultant, chartered Structural Engineer (since 1979) and Check Engineer for Statics and Dynamics of Structures (since 1989), Prof. Borri has dealt, along more than 40 years, with several major structural engineering designs and projects. Main fields of concern are: shell structures, wind effects on large buildings and structures (like TV towers and antennas, large roofs, tall buildings, bridges and footbridges), large wind turbines, off-shore wind energy structures, etc., at national and international level.

As legal consultant (Consulente Tecnico di Ufficio) for some justice Instances/Courts (i.e. Tribunali Amministrativi Regionali, Corte di Appello, etc.) in Italy and in Germany, Prof. Borri has dealt with some major legal disputes (collapses of buildings or structural elements with casualties and injuries), induced damaged by constructions sites (in many Italian Regions, especially due to building of wind farms, tunnels, new roads), landslides, etc.

Works

Borri (first from right) in Rome at Palazzo Madama at the presentation of the website Pontesullostrettonews in June 2023.
Borri under Messina Pylon in 2024.

Especially worth to be mentioned are the activities as consultant, designer, supervisor and/or statical check engineer (collaudatore statico) of some major civil engineering structures and infrastructures, namely:

  • 1980-’86: Structural design and engineering of residential buildings, including high-rise buildings up to 60m and sport plants
  • 1986-’89: structural engineering consulting of RC shell structures in Germany (i.e. cooling tower shells at Gundremmingen, Kongresshalle Berlin, etc.)
  • 1987- 1989: Large roof structures of the Olympic stadium in Rome (consultancy for the designer M. Majowiecki)
  • Since 1992 to 2012: chief consulting activity in wind engineering/aerodynamics and structural design through the wind-tunnel lab. of CRIACIV (Univ. of Florence) for a) more than 15 bridges: crossing of Rio Hyguamo (Dominican Rep.), Ponte della Musica (Rome), Zagreb-Rjieka viaducts (Croatia), cable bridges at RAI station in S.ta Palomba … b) large high-rise buildings (UNIPOL, PARSITALIA, CityLife Milan, …), c) large roofs (Calatrava’s high speed train station in Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia new motorway toll station, new Juventus Stadium in Turin, Karaiskakis Stadium in Pyraeus, ENEL coal storage in Civitavecchia at Torre Valdaliga large steel roofs etc.), d) industrial buildings (R. Morandi cooling towers at S Barbara, Cavriglia, AR, ENEL power plants in Porto Corsini and Ravenna, …)
  • 1992-1999: founder and President of BBS GmbH structural engineering consulting, Berlin, for major Italian companies in Berlin (Grassetto spa, etc.): new residential centers at Alte Jakobstrasse and Alt Stralau.
  • 1998-2000: structural design of the steel cable bridges, 75m and 175 m tall free standing MW-towers for the RAI station at S.ta Palomba, Rome
  • 2008-2018: Founder and President of BBP Engineering srl: development, structural design and on-site monitoring (Direzione lavori) of 16 large onshore wind farms in Italy (more than 170 wind turbines, up to 2 MW each, 98m hub height, rotor diameter: 82m), being in charge as the Chief consultant of ENERCON GmBH and Sorgenia spa (as Chairman of BBP Engineering srl)
  • In June 2010, till the end of 2012, Prof. Borri has been appointed by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures as a Member of the Higher Advisory Board (Scientific Committee) of the “Stretto di Messina” Spa for the design and construction of the ever largest suspension bridge (3,300 m) across the strait of Messina (Calabria-Sicily).
  • After 2012: structural engineering consulting for a new passing viaduct and bridge in Asciano (SI) and for 2 new bridges crossing of river Arno in Florence and Arno crossing in Figline Valdarno (competition, not realised), …
  • September 2023: re-appointment by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transportation as a Member of the Higher Advisory Board (Scientific Committee) of the “Stretto di Messina” Spa for the design and construction of the suspension bridge (3,300 m) across the strait of Messina (Calabria-Sicily).

Publications

Prof. Borri is Editor/Co-Editor of 9 books (2 textbooks and 6 proceedings of international conferences), Author/Co-Author of more than 350 scientific publications (about 130 in refereed journals). Supervisory activity as Main Tutor (till end of 2018): about 110 Graduations Theses (Tesi di Laurea, Master Theses); 32 PhD Theses.

Conferences Chairmanships: Prof. Borri has been invited as keynote lecturer in about 40 National/international Conferences in the last 30 years and Chaired or Co-Chaired numerous National/ European/International Conferences, starting with 1990 (Italian) National Conference on Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO-90), namely: EURODYN 1996 (with G. Augusti and P. Spinelli), SEFI 2002 (European Conf. on Engrg. Education), AIMETA 2005 (Italian National Conf. on Theor. And Applied Mechanics), EACWE 2009 (European/African Conf. on Wind Engineering).[3]

In August 2023 he finally was Chairman of ICWE16 (the 16th Int. Conference on Wind Engineering, Florence, August 2023) the world largest conference hosted for the 1st time in Italy in 60-years of history of this event, where he has been elected President of IAWE (Int. Assoc. for Wind Engineering, www.iawe.org) for the quadriennium 2023-27 (Florence, 30th August 2023).[3]

Books

Borri during a congress in 2023.

Professor Claudio Borri has written more than a dozen books, the most important hereinafter, most often dealing with the theme of wind engineering.[6]

  • Borri, Claudio; Pastò, Stefano (2007). Lezioni di ingegneria del vento. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788892738966.
  • Borri, Claudio; Betti, Michele (2008). Lectures on solid mechanics. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788884538536.
  • Borri, Claudio; Tesi, Alberto (2009). Formazione e la professione dell'ingegnere: qualità e accreditamento nel confronto europeo. Florence: CUES.
  • Borri, Claudio; Manni, Claudio (2010). Aeroelastic phenomena and pedestrian-structure dynamic interaction on non-conventional bridges and footbridges. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788864532028.

Awards/Prizes

  • 1994: “Max-Planck Forschungspreis (Research Award)” in Structural Mechanics by the Max-Planck Gesellschaft/A. von Humboldt Stift. in Germany (Bonn, 1994);
  • 2001: “Honorary Doctor Degree (Honoris Causa) in Engineering Sciences” by the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering & Geodesy (UACEG) of Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2006: “Ing.-Paed. IGIP Honoris Causa” by the University of Tallinn in Estonia.
  • 2010: A. von Humboldt Alumni Prize 2010 for “Innovative networking” (A. von Humboldt Stift., Berlin, Freie Univ., 2010);
  • 2012: IFEES Presidential Award (by the Int. Federation of Engrg. Education Soc.s, IFEES, WEEF2012, Buenos Aires, 2012),
  • 2014: N. Tesla Golden Chain 2014 for “Oustanding contributions to Engineering Education” (by IGIP, at WEEF2014 in Dubai, Oct. 2014);
  • 2019: Scruton Lecturer 2019, Institution of Civil Engineers, London (jointly awarded with the Wind Engineering Soc. of UK, WES)
  • 2023: Chairman of ICWE16, the World Conference on Wind Engineering of IAWE, 27-31 August 2023, Florence
  • 2023: August 30th: election as President of IAWE (International Association for Wind Engineering), 2023-2027

See also

References

  1. ^ "ACCORDO di COLLABORAZIONE TRA INAIL e DIREZIONE REGIONALE PER LA TOSCANA" (PDF). inail.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Borri Claudio – Università degli Studi di Firenze". unifi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "PICWE2023, the 16th ICWEonte sullo Stretto, collega della stessa università smonta le fake news di Ziparo". strettoweb.com (in Italian). 11 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ICWE2023, the 16th ICWE". icwe2023.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  5. ^ "SPERIMENTAZIONE IN GALLERIA DEL VENTO DI COSTRUZIONI CIVILI ED INDUSTRIALIDI COSTRUZIONI CIVILI ED INDUSTRIALI (BUILDING AERODYNAMICS)" (PDF). unirc.it. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Libri di Claudio Borri" (in Italian). ibs.it. Retrieved 3 June 2023.


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