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Andrea Arena holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering and is Associate Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures at the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He teaches Structural Mechanics in the five-year Master's Degree Program in Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome and Structural Dynamics in the Master's Degree Program in Environmental and Sustainable Building Engineering at the Sapienza campus of Rieti.

He graduated in Civil Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome in 2008 and received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the same institution in 2012. Since August 2022, he has been an active member of the Technical Committee of the ASME International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC), held within the IDETC conference series. Since 2025, he has served as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics.

His research activity focuses on nonlinear structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, with applications to suspension and arch bridges, cable-supported structures, container cranes, ropeways, cable-driven parallel manipulators, pendular systems, rings, shells, and periodic structural systems. His interests also include computational fluid dynamics, nonlinear aerodynamic characterization of bridge deck sections, and the study of unsteady aerodynamic and aeroelastic phenomena in both compressible and incompressible flows.

A significant part of his work is devoted to nonlinear modeling, asymptotic methods, bifurcation analysis, and continuation techniques, as well as finite element and Galerkin-based approaches for the investigation of continuous and discrete structural systems. More recently, his research has focused on the nonlinear dynamic interactions, experimental investigation, and control of cable-supported mechanical systems, including container cranes, ropeways, and cable-driven parallel manipulators. His current interests also include the development of innovative cellular metamaterials, vibration isolation systems, and passive vibration control strategies employing viscoelastic and hysteretic devices.