Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Chairman of the Engineering Company Studio Geotecnico Italiano
Selected Scientific and Professional Recognitions:
Chairman of the International Committee for the Safeguard of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 1990-2001
President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Term 1994 1997
US National Academy of Engineering, Foreign Associate, 2005
Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Science. Since 1993 to present
Member of the International Advisory Group of the European Bank for the Reconstruction, and Development of the New Shelter for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. From 1998 to present
Corresponding Member of the Lagrangian Society of Science, Torino since 1992
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) in Civil Engineering, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania
Doctor in Civil Engineering (Honoris Causa), University of Ghent, Belgium, 2004
Honorary Professor, Academia Sinica of Guangzhou, China
Honourable International Member of the Japanese Geotechnical Society since 1998
Editor in Chief of the International Journal Geomechanics and Geoengineering
Associate International Editor of the Soils and Rock International Journal
2005 Recipient of the Ralph B. Peck Award granted by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Recipient of the 2001 Karl Terzaghi Award granted by the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
2005 Award Recipient from the Japanese Geotechnical Society for the best JGS 2003 Paper
Bestowed by the President of the Italian Republic the honour of Commendatore della Republica Italiana in 2001
Prize XX Century for the Safeguard of Monuments and Works of Art (Technical and Scientific Section)
Recipient of the De Beer Prize for the period 1994 1998 assigned by the Belgian Geotechnical Society
Prize Saviour of the Art for 2001
Recipient of the 2003 L. Fibonacci Award, granted by the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Technical University of Lisbona (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa) 2004 2005
