Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Room E1-430 EITC
15 Gillson Street
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6
Dr. Graziano Fiorillo, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Fiorillo obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Building Engineering from the University of Naples “Federico II”, in Italy, and practised structural engineering in Europe for 7 years before obtaining his PhD at the City University of New York in 2016. He received the 2012 New York State Intelligent Transportation Society award for best student paper. He contributed to the development of a risk-informed procedure for calibrating Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) importance factors for highway bridges.
Dr. Fiorillo also contributed to the development of a probabilistic framework based on satellite data and socio-economic indicators, efficient sampling techniques and high-performance computing platforms for the risk-assessment of filoviruses outbreaks in Africa.
Research
Area
Bridges, Buildings, and Civil Infrastructures..
Expertise
Analysis of Structures, Risk and Reliability of Structures in Civil Engineering, High Performance Computing, Bridge and Building Engineering.
Research description
Dr. Fiorillo works on the quantification of redundancy and robustness of bridge systems using advanced software packages, and on the development probabilistic frameworks for the system reliability and risk analysis of bridge networks.
Dr. Fiorillo also works on machine learning approaches for risk assessment of bridges and for the characterisation of bridge element deterioration using bridge inspection data.
Graduate Student Opportunities
There are M.Sc. positions available in Dr. Fiorillo’s research group.
M.Sc. position in Sediment Transport: Students interested in this position should have a strong background in multi-phase computational fluid dynamic and the software OpenFOAM. If you meet the requirements, please send an email with your Curriculum Vitae to Dr. Fiorillo with the heading "MSc CFD"
M.Sc. position in Building Energy Efficiency: Students interested in this position should have a strong background in heat transfer, building energy efficiency and the software EnergyPlus. If you meet the requirements, please send an email with your Curriculum Vitae to Dr. Fiorillo with the heading "MSc Building Energy"
M.Sc. position in Bridge Structures: Students interested in this position should have a strong background in structural analysis, optimization and programming skills. If you meet the requirements, please send an email with your Curriculum Vitae to Dr. Fiorillo with the heading "MSc Bridges"