Stefano Pampanin

• Performance-Based Seismic Design and Assessment Philosophy
• Displacement-Based Design
• Role, assessment and mitigation of residual deformations
• Seismic design of self-centering precast/prestressed buildings and bridges
• Vulnerability assessment and seismic response of existing reinforced concrete buildings
• Retrofit/Strengthening strategies
• Modeling of the seismic behavior of precast/prestressed and connections and systems
• Use of high performance materials for seismic application

Professional Affiliations, Activities and Achievements (last 5 years):

• Co-convenor of fib (international federation of concrete) WG 7.5, "Seismic Design of Buildings incorporating High-Performance Materials"
• Member of fib WG 7.3-7.4 ("State-of-the-art on Seismic Design of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Buildings") and WG 7.6, "Critical Comparison of Major Seismic Codes for Concrete Buildings"
• Council Member, NZCS, Concrete Society
• Member of the ACI 440-F Sub-committee on Seismic Strengthening of Concrete Buildings using FRP Systems
• Management Committee Member, NZ Society of Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE)
• NZS3101: 2005 Concrete Code, Standards NZ. Member of Task Group on Precast Concrete
• Ivan Skinner Award 2005 (EQC/NZSEE) given 'for the advancement of earthquake engineering in New Zealand."
• Otto Glogau Award 2005 (NZSEE)
• NZSEE 2005 Award for Best Research Conference Paper
• Best Research Paper : 2008 NZSEE Conference, April 2008, New Zealand
• NZCS Sandy Cormack Award 2004 for the most original and innovative conference paper contribution
• fib Award 2003 for Young Engineers (under 40 years old) - Category Research - for outstanding contribution in the research on reinforced concrete.
• Member of the International Faculty of the ROSE School (European School for Advanced Studies on Reduction on the Seismic Risk), Pavia, Italy.