Antonio P. Sberna is a Research Fellow of Structural Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. His research activities mainly focus on structural optimization, with a specific focus on enhancing seismic retrofitting design of existing structures. He spent a period as a visiting researcher at the University of California, San Diego, where he contributed in performance-based design methodologies for seismic retrofitting interventions in non-ductile structures.
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PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2024
Polytechnic University of Turin
Visiting researcher, 2023
University of California San Diego
Research topic: Seismic retrofit optimization of non-ductile RC buildings using soft-computing techniques within the framework of probabilistic performance-based earthquake engineering.
Advisor: Prof. Joel P. Conte
Research intererest: Optimization of retrofitting intervention of existing structures. Artificial intelligence applications for seismic engineering and collapse risks reduction.
Advisors: Prof. Giuseppe Marano and Prof. Fabio Di Trapani
Master thesis (in english): Optimal seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings by steel-jacketing using a genetic algorithm-based framework
Advisors: Prof. Fabio Di Trapani and Prof. Giuseppe Marano
Bachelor thesis (in italian): Influenza dello sforzo normale sul collasso plastico di strutture intelaiate (Effect of axial load on the plastic analysis of frame structures)
Advisor: Prof. Annalisa Greco
in International Peer-Review Journals
in National and International Conferences
Jun 2021 COMPDYN 2021 - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, streamed from Athens (Greece)
Nov 2021 2nd FIB Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures, Rome (Italy)
Jul 2022 2nd EOS Eurasian Conference on OpenSees, Turin (Italy)
Aug 2022 14th Computational Structures Technology, Montpellier (France)
Sep 2022 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology, Bucharest (Romania)
Sep 2022 19th Italian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Turin (Italy)
Aug 2023 Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2023, Palermo (Italy)
Jan 2024 Workshop - Recent research results using OpenSees, University College London (UK)
Jul 2024 World Conference of Earthquake Engineering 2024, Milan (Italy)
Jul 2024 3th Structural Engineering Workshop, Palermo (Italy)
Jul 2024 6th Eurasian Conference on OpenSees, Beijing (China)
Scientific and Organizing committee 7th International Course on “Seismic Analysis of Structures using OpenSees”, Turin (Italy), 5th-6th July 2022.
Scientific and Organizing committee 2nd EOS Eurasian Conference on OpenSees, Turin (Italy), 7th-8th July 2022.
Scientific and Organizing committee 8th International Course on “Seismic Analysis of Structures using OpenSees”, Beijing (China), 22nd-23rd July 2024.
Organizing committee 6th Eurasian Conference on OpenSees, Beijing (China), 24th-25th July 2024.
2021 Summer Tutor - 6th International course on “Seismic Analysis of Structures using OpenSees” , Palermo (Italy), 19th-22th July 2021.
2022 Spring Tutor - Safety assessment and retrofitting of existing structures and infrastructures, Politecnico di Torino
2022 Summer Tutor - 7th International Course on “Seismic Analysis of Structures using OpenSees”, Turin (Italy), 5th-6th July 2022.
2024 Spring Tutor - Safety assessment and retrofitting of existing structures and infrastructures, Politecnico di Torino
2024 Summer 8th International Course on “Seismic Analysis of Structures using OpenSees, Beijing (China), 24th-25th July 2024.
Dario Coletta Optimization of seismic reinforcement for masonry structures using genetic algorithms, supervisors: Di Trapani F., Sberna A.P., Politecnico di Torino, 2021
Alexandre Milliet Investigation of collapse resistance in tall timber buildings, supervisors: Frangi A., Cao A.S., Sberna A.P., ETH Zurich, 2023
Cristian Marra Definition of reduced structural models for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of framed reinforced concrete structures, supervisors: Di Trapani F., Sberna A.P., Politecnico di Torino, 2024
Santosh Shrestha Calibration of a multi-strut macro model for seismic analysis of infilled reinforced concrete frames, supervisors: Di Trapani F., Sberna A.P., Di Benedetto M., Politecnico di Torino, 2024
Peer-review for the following international journals: