Andrea Maranzoni
Associate Professor of Hydraulics (S.S.D. ICAR/01 – Hydraulics)
Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, Parma, I-43124, Italy
E-mail: andrea.maranzoni@unipr.it
ORCID 0000-0001-8841-1397
Metrics Overview (Scopus; February, 2023): Documents 29; Citations: 572; h-index: 14
Personal
Born on July 22, 1973 in San Secondo Parmense (Parma, Italy)
Education
- March 2004: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Curriculum: Hydraulic Engineering), University of Parma, Italy. Ph.D. thesis on “Numerical and physical modelling of 2D unsteady free surface flows”.
- February 2000: Degree in Civil Engineering (cum laude), University of Parma, Italy. Master Degree thesis on “Numerical simulation and experimental verification of mixed flows in pipes”.
Academic Experience
- February 2019- today: Associate Professor of Hydraulics at the Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
- December 2008-February 2019: Assistant Professor of Hydraulics at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
- January 2005-December 2008: Assistant Professor of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
2004: Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Research Interests
- Numerical and physical modelling of unsteady free surface flows
- Shallow water equations
- Assessment of flood hazard due to levee breach or dam-break
- Probabilistic mapping of flood hazard
- Mathematical modelling of mixed (free surface-pressurized) flows
- Flood routing in rivers and mitigation of flood hazard
- Hydrodynamic actions of floods on structures
- Finite volume methods for shallow water models
- Imaging techniques for water surface measurement
- Analysis of seismic-induced flow motions
- Analysis of the performance of side weirs
- Analysis of spatially varied flows
Teaching Experience
- 2021-present: Fundamentals of Hydraulics (Bachelor’s Degree, professionally oriented Course in Buildings, Infrastructure, and Land, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2017-today: Environmental and Coastal Hydraulics, 2nd Module (Master’s Degree Course in Civil Engineering, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2016-today: Fluid Mechanics (Bachelor’s Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2009-2015: Hydraulics (Bachelor’s Degree Course in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2007-2008: Hydraulics AB, 1st Module (Bachelor’s Degree Course in Civil Engineering, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2005-2008: Environmental Hydraulics (Master’s Degree Course in Environmental and Land Management Engineering, University of Brescia, Italy)
Advising PhD students
Susanna Dazzi, Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Parma, 2013-2015.
Advising Master and Bachelor students
Advisor and co-advisor of 30 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree theses at the Universities of Parma and Brescia, Italy.
Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Advances in Dam-Break Modeling for Flood Hazard Mitigation: Theory, Numerical Models, and Applications in Hydraulic Engineering”, MDPI Water (ISSN 2073-4441). Co-Editors: Francesca Aureli and Gabriella Petaccia.
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/dam_model_flood_hydraulic
Referee activities
Reviewer for: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Wiley), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE), Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier), Environmental Fluid Mechanics (Springer), Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (Taylor & Francis), Advances in Water Resources (Elsevier), Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (Canadian Science Publishing), Plos One (Public Library of Science), Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management (ICE Publishing), Urban Water Journal (Taylor & Francis), Water (MDPI), Water Science and Technology (IWA Publishing).
https://publons.com/researcher/1414425/andrea-maranzoni/
Funding
2018 - Annual funding for basic research (FFABR) of the Italian Ministry for Education, MIUR (€ 3000)
Research projects
RELAID: REnaissance of LArge Italian Dams, financed by the Italian Ministry for Education, MIUR, 2020-2022 (total 600000 €). Participant in the Parma University Research Unit.
https://relaid.wordpress.com/
Coordination activities
- 2022-present: RAQ – Quality Assurance Manager of the Bachelor’s Degree, professionally oriented Course in Buildings, Infrastructure, and Land, University of Parma, Italy
- 2020-2022: Vice Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy
https://dia.unipr.it/en/Faculties_Board
Memberships
Member of the Italian Hydraulic Group (GII)
Member of the Faculty Board of the PhD Programme in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy
Member of CIDEA - Interdepartmental Center for Energy and the Environment, University of Parma, Italy
Member of the Order of Engineers of Parma, Italy, since 2000.
