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Alessio Ferrari
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
PhD
birth date: 31.08.1976
nationality: Italian

office(s): GCD0425
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 32324
MISSION
Scientist at the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS/EPFL)
BIOGRAPHY
2009 - present, Researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland).

2008 - 2009, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Spain). Financed by the European Community within the Marie Curie Research and Training Network ‘Mountain Risks’. Supervisors: Prof. Jordi Corominas, Prof. Alberto Ledesma.

2007 - 2008. Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland). Financed by the European Community within the Marie Curie Research and Training Network ‘Mountain Risks’. Supervisor: Prof. Lyesse Laloui.

2007, PhD in Geotechnical Engineering.
Consortium Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria – Università degli Studi di Palermo – Università della Calabria.
Thesis: Characterization of a compacted scaly clay in unsaturated condition: effects of suction on shear strength (in Italian).
Supervisors: Prof. N. Moraci (Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria) & Prof. C. Airò Farulla (Università degli Studi di Palermo). Presented in February 22nd, 2007 to the committee composed of Prof. M. Maugeri, Prof. L. Picarelli & Prof. F. Colleselli.

2003 - 2004, Civil Engineer, Progetti e Opere srl (Italy), consulting company.

2003, Qualification as Civil and Environmental Engineer, Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Palermo (Italy).

2003, 5-year Degree in Environmental Engineering – “Laurea in Ingegneria per l’Ambiente ed il Territorio – indirizzo Difesa del Suolo” (magna cum laude), Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy).

1995, High School Degree (60/60 i.e. with first class honours), Liceo Scientifico E. Basile, Palermo (Italy).
MAIN PUBLICATIONS

L. Laloui, A. Ferrari, and S. Salager. Testing the Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of a Shale. In Shale Physics and Shale Chemistry: New Plays, New Science, New Possibilities. European Association of Geoscientist and Engineers, 2012. [ Details | Full Text ]

A. Seiphoori, A. Ferrari, and L. Laloui. An advanced calibration process for a thermo-hydro-mechanical triaxial system. In Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, volume 1, pages 396-403, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ]

L. Laloui, A. Koliji, and A. Ferrari. Review of the book 'Unsaturated soils: A fundamental interpretation of soil behaviour' by E. j. murray and V. sivakumar. 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

A. Ferrari, J. Corominas, A. Ledesma, and L. Laloui. Linking hydrogeological and geomechanical landslide modeling. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, April 3-8, 2011, 2011. [ Details ]

A. Ferrari, A. Koliji, and L. Laloui. Assessment of structural changes in double-structured materials under HM loading conditions. International Workshop "Characterisation of materials with inherent micro structure: Towards modelling of hydro-mechanical behaviour", Bochum, March 3, 2011, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ]

A. Ferrari and L. Laloui. Coupled hydrogeological and geomechanical modelling for the analysis of slowly-moving landslides. Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, Texas, USA, March 13-16,2011, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ]

A. Ferrari and L. Laloui. Coupled Hydrogeological and Geomechanical Modelling for the Analysis of Slowly-Moving Landslides. In Geo-Frontiers 2011 - Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, pages 1683-1692. ASCE, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ]

A. Ferrari, A. Ledesma, D. González, and J. Corominas. Effects of the foot evolution on the behaviour of slow-moving landslides. Engineering Geology -Amsterdam-, 117:217-228, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

C. Airò Farulla, A. Battiato, and A. Ferrari. The void ratio dependency of the retention behaviour for a compacted clay. In Unsaturated Soils, pages 417-422, London, 2010. Unsaturated Soils. [ Details | Full Text ]

L. Laloui, J. Eichenberger, and A. Ferrari. Analyse et modélisation de glissements de terrain. Tracés, Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande, (15/16):15-18, 2010. [ DOI | Details ]

J.-P. Malet, T. Glade, N. Casagli, J. Eichenberger, A. Ferrari, and L. Laloui. Rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides based on a numerical analysis. In Mountain Risks: Bringing Science to Society, pages 67-72, Strasbourg, France, 2010. CERG Editions. [ Details | Full Text ]

L. Laloui, A. Ferrari, and J. Eichenberger. Effect of climate change on landslide behaviour. Geo-Strata, October:36-41, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. P. S. Selvadurai, S. N. Atluri, A. Ferrari, L. Laloui, and C. Bonnard. Hydro-Mechanical Modelling of a Natural Slope Affected by a Multiple Slip Surface Failure Mechanism. In Contact mechanics in the engineering sciences, pages 211-230. Tech Science Press, 2010. [ Details ]

S. Salager, A. Ferrari, M. Nuth, and L. Laloui. Investigations on water retention behaviour of deformable soils. In Unsaturated Soils, pages 485-490, London, 2010. Taylor & Francis Group. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Airo` Farulla, A. Ferrari, and E. Romero. Volume change behaviour of a compacted scaly clay during cyclic suction changes. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 47:688-703, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

L. Laloui, S. Salager, A. Ferrari, and L. Laloui. New experimental tools for the characterization of highly overconsolidated clayey materials in unsaturated conditions. In Mechanics of unsaturated geomaterials, pages 113-126. John Wiley & sons, 2010. [ Details | Link ]

A. Ferrari, L. Laloui, and C. Bonnard. Hydro-mechanical modelling of a natural slope affected by a multiple slip surface failure mechanism. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 52(3):217-235, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

A. Ferrari, L. Laloui, and C. Bonnard. Geomechanical modelling of a natural slope affected by a multiple slip surface failure mechanism. In Proceedings of the 1st international symposium Com-Geo (Computational methods in Geomechanics), Proceedings, State of the Art Books and Monographs in Engineering Sciences. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING (IC 2E), 2009. [ Details ]

L. Laloui, A. Ferrari, and C. Bonnard. Geomechanical modeling of the Steinernase landslide (Switzerland). In Rainfall-induced landslides, pages 186-195. doppiavoce, 2009. [ Details | Full Text ]

Ledesma, A., Corominas, J., González, D.A and Ferrari, A. (2009). Modelling slow moving landslides controlled by rainfall. In Proceedings of the 1st Italian Workshop on Landslides, June 8 – 10, 2009. Naples, Italy.

Ferrari, A., Airò Farulla, C. and Romero, E. (2009). On the volumetric response of a compacted clay subjected to wetting and drying cycles. In 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Newcastle, Australia.

Airò Farulla, C., Ferrari, A. and Romero, E. (2007). Hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted scaly clay during controlled-suction testing. In 2nd International Conference on Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils. Edited by T. Schanz. Weimar, Germany. Mar 07-09. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 345-354.

Cardoso, R., Romero, E., Lima, A. and Ferrari, A. (2007). A comparative study of soil suction measurement using two different high-range psychrometers. In 2nd International Conference on Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils. Edited by T. Schanz. Weimar, Germany. Mar 07-09. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 79-93.

Airò Farulla, C., Ferrari, A. and Romero, E. (2007). Deformability of compacted tectonised scaly clay in controlled-suction oedometer tests. Third Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 21-23 April 2007, Nanjing, China.

Airò Farulla, C. and Ferrari, A. (2005). Controlled suction oedometric tests: analysis of some experimental aspects. Proc. Int. Symposium: Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (EXPERUS), Trento, Italy. 43-48. Balkema Publisher.
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