Topics

• Design of foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines

• Failure envelopes of caisson foundations

• Seismic performance of slopes

• Development of simplified models for the assessment of the liquefaction hazard

• Evaluation of displacements induced by deep excavations in urban environment

• Propagation of flow-like lanslides through the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) Method 

• Mitigation of settlement of road embankments through deep-cement soil mixing 

Master Thesis

• Luca Turco (2025)

The design of monopiles for offshore wind turbines

Sapienza University of Rome, École centrale de Nantes

• Cristian Passeri (2022)

Kinematic effects on interaction domains for caisson foundations

Sapienza University of Rome

• Mateusz Kukulka (2022)

Assessment of seismic performance of slopes through advanced numerical analyses

Sapienza University of Rome

• Francesco Lavagnini (2022)

Evaluation of the mechanical properties of finite elements plate representing sheet piles for deep excavations in urban areas

Sapienza University of Rome

Master Thesis (co-supervision)

• Valerio Guglielmotti (2024)

Assessment of the effects induced by mechanised tunnelling on masonry buildings in the urban area of Rome

Supervisor Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, Sapienza Università di Roma

• Fabrizio Murillo Roldòs (2022)

Numerical simulation of dynamic centrifuge tests on the seismic performance of caisson foundations supporting bridge piers

Supervisor Prof. Gabriele Della Vecchia, Politecnico di Milano

• Riccardo Ronci (2021)

Theoretical and numerical study on the effectiveness of drains on mitigating the liquefaction hazard

Supervisor Prof. Riccardo Conti, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

• Giuseppe Lombardi e Ruggero Mazzola (2020)

Theoretical and numerical study of liquefaction phenomena in sandy soils

Supervisor Prof. Riccardo Conti, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

• Alessandra Rosati (2019)

Interaction domains for caisson foundations

Supervisor Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, Sapienza University of Rome

• Elisa Rovelli (2018)

Numerical analysis of flowslides propagation

Supervisor Prof. Claudio di Prisco, Politecnico di Milano

• Rosanna Rauseo (2018)

Assessment of seismic-induced displacements in slopes

Supervisor Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, Sapienza University of Rome

• Simone Fontana (2018)

Equivalence between the pseudo-static and the Newmark's method for slope stability analysis under seismic loading

Supervisor Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, Sapienza University of Rome

• Benedetta de Santis (2018)

Reduction of embankment settlement through deep-cement soil mixing 

Supervisor Prof. Sebastiano Rampello, Sapienza University of Rome