Nino SPINELLA

Nino Spinella is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering (S.S.D. CEAR-07/A, formerly ICAR/09) at the University of Catania. He earned a degree in Civil Engineering, majoring in Structures, from the University of Messina with honors and a thesis entitled "A model for evaluating the behavior of FRP-strengthened columns."

PhD in Civil, Safety, and Structural and Environmental Control Engineering, with a thesis entitled "Models for the shear and flexural response of steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams."

Research Assistant at the University of Toronto, Canada, working with Professor Frank J. Vecchio on the shear behavior of fiber-reinforced concrete structural elements and developing the nonlinear finite element software VecTor2 (www.vectoranalysisgroup.com).

Visiting Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin, working with Professor G. Mancini's group on the development of an analytical model and finite element software for the calculation of two-dimensional reinforced concrete elements.

Main research topics:

• Numerical and experimental behavior, primarily in shear, of reinforced and fiber-reinforced concrete structural elements
• Static and seismic strengthening of existing reinforced concrete or masonry structures with FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymers) – FRCM (Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix) – CAM (Active Fabrication Stitching) system
• Effects of corrosion on reinforced concrete structures (influence on seismic vulnerability) and prestressed concrete (bridges, Gerber saddles, bridge piers)