Professor Liberato Ferrara
IAS Open Programme
Politecnico di Milano
Liberato Ferrara, PhD, is Professor of Structural Analysis and Design at Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi). He was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials, Northwestern University (USA) and visiting professor at Beijing Jiaotong University (PRC).
He was chair of H2020 project ReSHEALience, . He led PoliMi’s research group in two EU-FP7 projects ( and ) and coordinated bilateral scientific cooperation projects Italy/South Korea, Italy/India, Italy/Israel and Italy/Germany. He was chair of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) TC 544-Fiber Reinforced Concrete and was Italian representative in the COST Action 15020 SARCOS- Self healing as preventive repair in concrete structures.
His research interests span from material concepts to structural applications of advanced cementitious composites, self-healing concrete, 3D printing with cementitious materials, and the sustainability of cement-based materials and structures. He has co-authored more than 100 papers on these topics.
During their IAS Fellowship, Professor Ferrara is collaborating with Dr Ana Blanco Alvarez from the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering.