GUESTS LECTURES: Prof. Raimondo Betti is Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, where he has been a faculty member since 1991. His research focuses on structural health monitoring, including damage detection, system identification, and corrosion assessment of suspension bridge cables. He has developed advanced algorithms and sensor networks for the monitoring and safety evaluation of critical infrastructure. Prof. Betti earned his Laurea in Civil Engineering from “La Sapienza” University of Rome and his PhD from the University of Southern California. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to bridge engineering and structural monitoring, receiving awards such as the NSF National Young Investigator Award. Prof. Enzo Siviero is an Italian civil engineer and scholar renowned for his work in structural architecture, bridge design, and infrastructure. He was Professor of Structural Engineering at IUAV University of Venice and has served as Rector of eCampus University since 2016. His academic and professional career bridges engineering, architecture, landscape, and cultural heritage conservation. He has authored or edited hundreds of scientific publications and designed, restored, or tested numerous bridges and major infrastructure works in Italy and abroad. Internationally recognized as the “bridge man,” he has received several honors for his contributions to engineering education, bridge culture, and structural design. The course aims to present the issues related to the conception and conservation of large bridges, with a particular focus on suspension and long-span bridges. The course will address the issue from various perspectives, starting with the historical aspect and that of structural safety degradation. Professor Betti, who monitors New York's large bridges, will offer an American perspective on suspension bridges and their maintenance and monitoring. Professor Siviero, who has extensive practical experience as a designer as well as a professor of Structural Engineering, will address the historical, design, and, above all, conservation aspects of the heritage represented by these structures

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History of bridges, with a focus on Italian ones. Long-span bridges: theory and experience. Bridge conception and design with a brief overview of works and a discussion of engineering, architecture, and landscape issues. A commentary on bridge conservation issues. Safety, maintenance, monitoring, and rehabilitation of the US infrastructure system. New York's suspended bridges: history, design, and preservation. Methodologies for the assessment of the internal conditions of main cables and safety degradation. A commentary on suspended bridge conservation issues. Debate on great bridges: history, engineering, conservation, and landscape.

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