# Claudio Borri

Claudio Borri (born 3 October 1953) is an Italian engineer, academic, writer full professor of Construction Science at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Florence.

## Biography

Claudio Borri start his academic studies of Civil Engineering at University of Florence, Italy and then at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He graduated in Florence in 1978 and in 1983 in Bochum he obtained his doctorate in Structural Mechanics, became associate professor and then full professor in 1991 of Structural Mechanics with the Chair of Wind Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence.
In 1999 Borri founded the Inter-university Research Center for Construction Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering (in Italian the acronym is CRIACIV), of which he became director in 2004, holding this position until 2012 when he was elected departrment head of Civil Engineering and Environmental (in Italian the acronym is DICEA), of the University of Florence.

## Career

Member of the scientific committee of the Stretto di Messina S.p.A., the mandatary company for the construction of the Strait of Messina Bridge, from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2023.
Chairman of the 16th edition of the International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE) which will take place in Florence from 27 to 31 August 2023. Director of the CRIACIV (Centro Interuniversitario di Aerodinamica delle Costruzioni e Ingegneria del Vento in english language Inter-University Research Centre on Building Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering)
As a structural engineer Borri has drawn up structural engineering designs of shell structures, wind effects on large buildings and structures (such as television towers and antennas, large roofs, tall buildings, bridges and walkways), large wind turbines and wind energy structures.
He has also carried out technical consultancy for tribunals in Italy and Germany in cases of collapses of buildings or structural elements, affected on construction sites (construction of wind farms, tunnels, new roads).

## Works

In 1998 Borri participated in the project of the new roof of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, taking care of the 3D dynamic analysis under the actions of turbulent winds.
Also in 1998 in the Santa Palomba transmitter project in Rome he was chief consulting activity in wind engineering, aerodynamics and structural design.
In 2014, in the project pedestrian crossing of the Terni railway station (also known as Umbria Getaway), he deals with aerodynamic and aeroelastic tests in the wind tunnel.
In 2021 he participated in the renovation project of the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence as an aerodynamics and structures consultant.

## Conferences

Professor Borri was president of the Italian national conference on wind engineering in 1990 (IN-VENTO-90), then in 1996 Europaean Dynamics (EURODYN 1996), in 2002 European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2002), in 2005 the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (in Italian the acronym is AIMETA 2005) and then in 2009 the European African Conference on Wind Engineering (EACWE 2009).
In 2023 he was President of International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE16), an important conference on wind engineering which in 2023 was held for the first time in Italy in Florence. Also in 2023 Borri was appointed President of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE in Italian), a position he will hold until 2027.

## Books

Professor Claudio Borri has written more than a dozen books, the most important hereinafter, most often dealing with the theme of wind engineering.
* Borri, Claudio; Pastò, Stefano (2007). Lezioni di ingegneria del vento. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788892738966.
* Borri, Claudio; Betti, Michele (2008). Lectures on solid mechanics. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788884538536.
* Borri, Claudio; Tesi, Alberto (2009). Formazione e la professione dell'ingegnere: qualità e accreditamento nel confronto europeo. Florence: CUES.
* Borri, Claudio; Manni, Claudio (2010). Aeroelastic phenomena and pedestrian-structure dynamic interaction on non-conventional bridges and footbridges. Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN 9788864532028.

## Awards

During his career Borri received the following awards.
* 1994: Max-Planck Forschungspreis (Research Award) in Structural Mechanics, in Bonn, Germany
* 2001: Honorary degree in Engineering Sciences by the University of Sofia, Bulgaria
* 2006: Honorary degree in Wind Engineering by the University of Tallinn, Estonia
* 2010: Humboldt Alumni Award, in Berlin, Germany
* 2012: IFEES Presidential Award by IFEES, in Buenos Aires
* 2014: Nikola Tesla Golden Chain for Outstanding contributions to Engineering Education, in Dubai
* 2019: Scruton Lecturer, part of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), in London