SANTORO Roberta

Personal details:

Name/Surname: Roberta Santoro
E-mail: roberta.santoro@unime.it
Date and Place of birth: 7.02.1974, Palermo, Italia

Current Academic Position and Affiliation

-30.12.2017-present: Associate Professor in Strength of Materials (SSD ICAR/08), University of Messina, Department of Engineering.

Professional Experience and Education

- 30.12.2014 to 29.12.2017: Assistant Professor in Strength of Materials (RTD B-SENIOR, SSD ICAR/08) University of Messina.
- 30.12.2010 to 29.12.2014: Assistant Professor in Strength of Materials (RTD A, SSD ICAR/08) University of Messina.
- March 2010-July 2010: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Politecnico di Milano
- June 2005-May 2009: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Palermo
- July 2001- June 2004: Ph.D. in Structural Engineering
Title dissertation: ”Stochastic Differential Calculus on Structures with Uncertain Parameters” Tutors: Prof. Mario Di Paola,Prof. Isaac Elishakoff.
- February 2003-December 2003: Visiting Scholar at FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering a Boca Raton, FLORIDA(USA). Tutor: Prof. Isaac Elishakoff.
- November 1999: Master Degree in Buildin Engineering cum laude, University of Palermo

Teaching activities:

-2010-present: Professor of "Modeling of Structures", Department of Engineering, University of Messina.
-2015-present: Professor of "Static and seismic behaviour of masonry structures", Department of Engineering, University of Messina.
- 2005-2015: Assistant of "Strength of Materials", University of Palermo and University of Messina.
- 2003-2004: "Substitute Lecturer" of "Analytical Methods in Mechanical Engineering", FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boca Raton, FLORIDA (USA).

Research Topics (selected):

- Static and dynamic analyses of structures with uncertain parameters
- Analysis of structures under stochastic excitations
- Structural Reliability
- Classical problems concerning the strength of Materials.

Past Fundings for the research:
-PRIN2003, PRIN2004, PRIN2008, PRIN2009, PRIN2015;
- Young Researches Projects: 2001; 2002.

International Journals referee activity:

She is reviewer for several international journals, such as:
- Journal of Vibration and Control
- International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
- Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
-International Journal of Solids and Structures
-ASCE-ASME Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B. Mechanical Engineering
-Meccanica
-MethodsX
-Journal of Vibration and Acoustic
-Journal of Structural Engineering
-Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
-Proceedings of the Royal Society A
-Ocean Engineering
-Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
-Steel and Composite Structures, An International Journal
- Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal
- Aerospace Science and Technology

National and International Conferences:

- X International Conference on Structural Dynamics (Eurodyn 2017), Roma, 10-13.09.2017 (speaker).
- XXIII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata (AIMETA), Salerno, 4-7.09.2017 (speaker)
- 12th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR 2017), Vienna (Austria), 6-10.08.2017 (speaker).
- Second International Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Sciences and Engineering (UNCECOMP 2017), Rodi (Greece), 15-17.06.2017 (speaker).
- Seventh International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics (CSM7), Santorini (Greece), 15-18.06. 2014 (speaker).
- 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013), New York (USA),16-20.06.2013 (speaker).
- Stochastic Mechanics 2012, Ustica (Palermo), 7-10.06.2012 (speaker).
- XX Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata (AIMETA), Bologna, 12-15.09.2011.
- International Symposium on Recent Advances in Mechanics, Dynamical Systems and Probability Theory (MDP), Palermo, 3-6.06.2007 (speaker).
- Fifth International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics (CSM5), Rhodos (Greece), 21-23.06.2006 (speaker).
- Ninth International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR 2005), Rome (Italy),20-23.06.2005.
- XVII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata (AIMETA),Firenze, 11-15.09.2005 (speaker).
- Sixth International Conference on Sandwich Structures, Ft.Lauderdale, Florida (USA), 31.03-2.04 2003