Claudio Borri

Claudio Borri (born 3 October 1953) is an Italian civil/structural engineer, academic, professional consultant & Professor Emeritus at University of Florence since November 2023. After 2001 he became Full professor of Continuum/Structural Mechanics and Strength of Materials (Construction Science), Chair of Computational Mechanics and Wind Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Florence.

Prof. Borri has served as President of the European Soc. for Engineering Education (SEFI, Brussels, 2005-07) and of IFEES (Int. Federation of EE Societies, Washington DC, 2006-08). In August 2023 he was elected as President of IAWE (int. Association for Wind Engineering.

Biography

Claudio Borri started his academic studies of Civil Engineering at University of Florence, Italy and then at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He graduated in Florence in 1978 and in 1983 in Bochum he obtained his doctorate in Structural Mechanics, became associate professor and then Full Prof. of Structural Mechanics with the Chair of Wind Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering,University of Florence.

Chairman of the 16th edition of the International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE) which took place in Florence from 27 to 31 August 2023. Director of the CRIACIV from 2004 to 2012 (Centro Interuniversitario di Aerodinamica delle Costruzioni e Ingegneria del Vento in english language Inter-University Research Centre on Building Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering).

As a structural engineer Prof. Borri has performed several tenths of structural engineering consultancies for shell structures, wind effects on large buildings and structures (such as television towers and antennas, large roofs, tall buildings, bridges and walkways), large wind turbines and wind energy structures,

Works

In 1989 Borri was a consultant of Prof. M. Majowiecki (designer) and participated in the project of the new roof of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, taking care of the 3D numerical dynamic-nonlinear analysis under the action of turbulent winds.

In 1998 he was Chief consulting and design activity in wind engineering, aerodynamics and structural design. in the Santa Palomba transmitter and related infrastructures (cable bridges, smaller tower, etc.) project in Pomezia, Rome for the RAI (Italian Broadcasting Corp.); General contractor: Thomcast AG, Tuergi/CH; Struct. Engrg. by Thomcast GmbH, Mannheim).

In 2021 he participated in the renovation project of the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence as an aerodynamics and structures consultant. . After 2024 Prof. is coordinating a design team for the new bridge and short viaduct by passing Asciano historic town center (Siena).

Awards During his career Borri received the following awards.

1994: Max-Planck Forschungspreis (Research Award) in Structural Mechanics, in Bonn, Germany 2001: Honorary degree in Engineering Sciences by the University of Sofia, Bulgaria 2006: Honorary degree in Wind Engineering by the University of Tallinn, Estonia 2010: Humboldt Alumni Award, in Berlin, Germany 2012: IFEES Presidential Award by IFEES, in Buenos Aires 2014: Nikola Tesla Golden Chain for Outstanding contributions to Engineering Education, in Dubai 2019: Scruton Lecturer, part of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), in London