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Biography
Bachelor's and master's degree in Energy and Nuclear engineering (University of Bologna, Italy), Ph.D in Risk and Uncertainty (University of Liverpool, U.K.).
Expertise Summary
Modelling of complex system, Risk assessment and Uncertainty, Safety Analysis, Fault Trees, Binary Decision Diagrams, Bayesian and Credal Networks, Petri Nets, Advanced Monte Carlo, Simulation modelling
Teaching Summary
Risk assessment and Safety analysis of complex systems, Mathematical Modelling and Simulation, Numerical Methods for Engineering
Research Summary
The main focus of the current research lies with the development and integration of numerical techniques for the safety assessment of complex engineering systems. The aim is very much to overcome the… read more
Current Research
The main focus of the current research lies with the development and integration of numerical techniques for the safety assessment of complex engineering systems. The aim is very much to overcome the limitations of currently available techniques promoting the shift towards more realistic modelling of real-world complex installations, capturing the dynamic features and dependencies underlying modern systems. The range of methodologies involved includes, but is not limited to, Binary Decision Diagrams, Markov Models, Petri Nets, Fault and Event Trees.
Past Research
In 2016 I was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, where I collaborated with the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, focusing on the implementation of risk assessment techniques and uncertainty modelling, with particular focus on engineering installation subject to natural hazards adopting Bayesian and Credal Networks. In 2017 I partecipated in the SMART project (EPSRC funded) in collaboration with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in India, focusing on the development of machine learning techniques for the on-line monitoring of nuclear power plants. In 2018 I collaborated with the Virtual Engineering Centre of the University of Liverpool and several major industrial partners on the Digital Reactor Design Programme (BEIS funded), focusing my research on the modelling of uncertainty in digital twins. In 2019 I started my collaboration with the Resilience Engineering group of the University of Nottingham, working on the Nuclear Resilience (NuRes) project and investigating modelling frameworks for the simulation of cyber-physical systems under threat.