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Dr Elisa Bertolesi
Lecturer in Structural Engineering

Howell Building 250

Summary

Elisa Bertolesi is Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brunel University London (UK). Dr Bertolesi obtained her PhD (with Honours) in Architecture, Built Environment & Construction Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy). The PhD Thesis obtained international recognition when it was awarded the Postgraduate Project Prize by the prestigious International Masonry Society (London, UK).

Dr. Bertolesi participated in seven projects that obtained funding in open competition from the European Commission, BBVA Foundation and the Spanish State Research Agency. Her work in these projects included structural monitoring by means of optical sensors and full-scale experimental testing and advanced numerical modelling of masonry and steel structures and structures subjected to extreme events. Since 2018, Dr. Bertolesi has been collaborating with the spin-off company CALSENS (www.cal-sens.com) and the Building Resilient Group (https://b-resilient.webs.upv.es/collaborators/) at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain).

Dr. Bertolesi is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA) and member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), CEng, MICE and Dr. Bertolesi is a full College member of the EPSRC.

Her academic profile is characterised by a high degree of international activity. To date Dr Bertolesi has published more than 35 papers in high-impact journals (h-index 19 - Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56395484400). In addition, Dr Bertolesi is a peer reviewer for 17 high impact factor journals and collaborates with the editorial board of the Journal of Composites for Construction (ASCE), Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) and Early Career Board Member of Building and Environment (Elsevier) . The most important recognition of her scientific achievements was her appointment as Managing Editor of the prestigious first-quartile JCR-indexed Journal Construction and Building Materials. Dr Bertolesi participated as Guest Editor for the collection "Numerical Modelling Trends for Historical Masonry Structures", published by Frontiers in Built Environment (Computational Methods in Structural Engineering).

Qualifications

  • Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Brunel University London (UK) - 2020 - present
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Juan de la Cierva, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) - 2020 - 2020
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) - 2018-2020
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) - 2017-2018
  • PhD (with Honours) in Architecture, Built Environment & Construction Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

Responsibility

  • Coordinator of Level 3 BEng/MEng Dissertation projects.
  • Academic Investigator.
  • Equality, Diversity Inclusion Champion.

Newest selected publications

Vargas, L., Sandoval, C., Bertolesi, E. and Calderón, S. (2023) 'Seismic behavior of partially grouted masonry shear walls containing openings: Experimental testing'. Engineering Structures, 278. pp. 115549 - 115549. ISSN: 0141-0296

Journal article

Bertolesi, E., Grande, E. and Milani, G. (2022) 'Modeling approaches and computational methods for masonry structures strengthened by fiber reinforced composite materials'.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ICCMSE 2021. AIP Publishing. ISSN: 0094-243X

Conference paper

Bertolesi, E., Grande, E. and Milani, G. (2022) 'Closed-form solution for NSM strengthening systems applied to brittle substrates'.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ICCMSE 2021. AIP Publishing. ISSN: 0094-243X

Conference paper

Grande, E., Bertolesi, E., Milani, G., Rotunno, T. and Fagone, M. (2022) 'Curved masonry supports strengthened with TRM materials: Advanced Fe modelling'.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ICCMSE 2021. AIP Publishing. ISSN: 0094-243X

Conference paper

Caredda, G., Porcu, MC., Buitrago, M., Bertolesi, E. and Adam, JM. (2022) 'Analysing local failure scenarios to assess the robustness of steel truss-type bridges'. Engineering Structures, 262. pp. 114341 - 114341. ISSN: 0141-0296 Open Access Link

Journal article
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