Geodeco S.p.A. - Personnel

education:	Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Laurea in Mining Engineering, University of Rome. Rome, Italy
registration:	Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Genova (Professional Engineer License, Province of Genoa, Italy)
affiliations:	Associazione Geotecnica Italiana (Italian Geotechnical Society) American Society of Civil Engineers Canadian Geotechnical Society Associazione per l'Ingegneria Offshore e Marina (Society for Offshore and Marine Engineering) International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering International Society for Rock Mechanics International Geotextile Society
languages:	Italian, English

professional background:

1982	Engineering Degree (Laurea) from the University of Rome with a thesis on the behaviour of shallow tunnels supervised by Prof. M. Ottaviani.
1982-1983	Researcher at the University of Rome, working in the fields of numerical modelling and constitutive behaviour of soils and rocks applied to tunnelling.
1983-1987	Research and teaching assistant at the University of Alberta, Canada, under the direction of Prof. N.R. Morgenstern. Ph.D. degree from the University of Alberta with a thesis on the behaviour of tunnels near the advancing face (supervisors: Prof. N.R. Morgenstern and Prof. P.K. Kaiser; external committee member: Prof. E. Hoek, University of Toronto). Participated to a study for an underground nuclear waste repository.
1987-1991	Project Engineer at D'Appolonia Consulting Engineering Company (Genoa, Italy), working on several geotechnical and rock engineering projects. Most projects were related to large industrial facilities, nuclear power plants, harbour and offshore structures, earth dams, geotechnical investigations at sea and on land.
1991-1994	Project Manager at D'Appolonia Consulting Engineering Company (Genoa, Italy), in charge of geotechnical engineering projects. The main projects were related to foundations of on-shore and offshore structures, seismic response and liquefaction studies, environmental geotechnics. Also involved in several studies related to petroleum geomechanics, including evaluation of borehole stability, rock drillability, recovery and testing of deep reservoir sampling.
1994-1998	Independent consulting engineer (since July 1994), working in the fields of soil mechanics, soil dynamics and rock engineering. Involved in projects in Italy and abroad, including foundation design of major plants in the Nile delta (Egypt) and in Poland, interaction studies for gas storage tanks located in seismic areas, soil liquefaction studies for pipelines in the North Sea, foundation design for gas and steam turbines, design of harbour structures, hydraulic tunnels and open cut excavations in urban areas.
1998-	As President of Geodeco S.p.A. Dr. Pelli was involved in the development of a computer system for seismic microzonation keeping into account soil non-linearity, and in several major research projects were such system was applied. He also carried out non-linear site response analyses for three nuclear power plants in Switzerland, and led a study on pile-soil seismic interaction in liquefaction-prone soil in Italy. At the same time Dr. Pelli was also involved in many other projects related to harbour and offshore structures in Italy, Kazakhstan and Nigeria, to Large Dams in Italy, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia and to deep excavations in urban areas and in difficult ground conditions. Additional activities included the geotechnical design of vibrating machines in co-generation power plants and the stabilization of large landslides affecting the safety of human settlements.

short courses attended:

1985	"Reliability and Probability Methods in Geotechnical Engineering", by Prof. M.E. Harr, Purdue University, held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
1986	"Stability and Bifurcation in Geomechanics", by Prof. I.G. Vardoulakis, University of Minnesota, held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
1988	"Design and Construction of Tunnels", by Prof. K. Kovari, Technical University of Zurich, et al., held at Ismes S.p.A., Bergamo, Italy.
1992	"Rock Engineering Systems", by Prof. J.A. Hudson, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, held in Chester, UK.

other activities:

1991	Organiser of a Seminar on Rock Mechanics and Borehole Stability at Agip S.p.A., Milan, Italy, with Prof. P.K. Kaiser.
1991	Invited speaker on offshore geotechnical investigations for the Course "Problems of Offshore and Marine Structures", organised by the Society for Offshore and Marine Engineering (AIOM), held at the Technical University of Milan, Italy.
1994	Invited speaker on earthquake-induced cyclic mobility problems in sand for the Seminar "Foundation Problems for Offshore and Marine Structures", organised by the Society for Offshore and Marine Engineering (AIOM), held at Ismes S.p.A., Bergamo, Italy.
1995	Official Discussor on soil-structure seismic interaction at the "Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics", St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
1999	Invited lecturer on characterisation of cohesive soils during a short course organised by the Association of Professional Geologists of the Province of Genoa, Italy.

publications:

Ottaviani, M. and F. Pelli, 1983, "Influence of Depth and of Distance between the Axes on Surface Displacements Due to the Excavation of Twin Shallow Tunnels", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Geology and Underground Constructions, Lisbon, Portugal.

Pelli, F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1986, "Three Dimensional Simulation of Rock-Liner Interaction Near Tunnel Face", Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics (NUMOG II), Ghent, Belgium, pp. 359-368.

Pelli, F., 1987, "Near Face Behaviour of Deep Tunnels in Rock", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 406 p.

Pelli, F. and R. Vanzini, 1991, "Seismic Stability of Offshore Structures on Sloping Seabed", Tenth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Volume of Italian Contributions to the Conference Theme, Associazione Geotecnica Italiana, Florence, Italy, pp. 147-152.

Pelli, F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991, "The Influence of Near Face Behaviour on Monitoring of Deep Tunnels", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 226-238.

Pelli, F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991, "An Interpretation of Ground Movements Recorded during Construction of the Donkin Morien Tunnel", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 239-254.

Pelli, F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991, "Simulation of Rock-Liner Interaction for Tunnels in Isotropic and Anisotropic Rock Masses", Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Aachen, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 793-798.

Pelli, F. and R. Vanzini, 1991, "Stabilità di Strutture Off-shore Fondate su Pendio e Soggette a Sisma" (in Italian with summary in English), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 4, pp. 161-169.

Pelli, F., Vassallo, G.P. and F. Lagasco, 1992, "Seismic Stability of Offshore Slopes", Proceedings of the French-Italian Conference on Slope Stability in Seismic Areas, ANIDIS & AFPS, Bordighera, Italy, pp. 261-272.

Pelli, F. and M. Ottaviani, 1992, "Definizione della Resistenza non Drenata delle Argille del Mare Adriatico mediante Prove Penetrometriche Statiche" (in Italian with summary in English), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 3, pp. 157-171.

Pelli, F., Vassallo, G.P. and M. Masserini, 1993, "Shear Strength of an Offshore Sand from CPT", Fourth Canadian Marine Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Bazzurro, P., Pelli, F., Manfredini, G.M. and C.A. Cornell, 1994, "Stability of Sloping Seabed-Seismic Damage Analysis: Methodology and Application", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, pp. 821-829.

Pelli, F., Vassallo, G.P. and F. Casola, 1994, "Earthquake-Induced Permanent Deformations in the Landfalls of Submerged-Floating Tunnels in Sand", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, pp. 587-594.

Pelli, F. and M. Ottaviani, 1994, "Classificazione dei Terreni del Mare Adriatico Mediante Prove Penetrometriche Statiche" (in Italian with summary in English), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 1, pp. 33-41.

Pelli, F., 1995, Nota Tecnica: "Una Tecnica di Congelamento per il Trasporto e la Preparazione dei Campioni Sabbiosi" (in Italian), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 3, pp.225-228.

Pelli, F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1995, Technical Note: "Near Face Stresses for Tunnels in Non-Isotropic and Non-Linear Rock Masses", Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 125-132.

Pelli, F., Tokimatsu, K., Yoshimi, Y. and E. D'Appolonia, 1995, "Liquefaction Potential Evaluation for the Messina Straits Crossing by Field and Laboratory Testing", Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 207-210.

Pelli, F., Parker, E.J., Conte, L. and M. Bosoni, 1995, "Cyclic Mobility Effects on Soil-Pile Interaction in Dense Sand", Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol.1, pp. 377-380.

Constantopoulos I., Lagasco, F. and F. Pelli, 1995, "Effects of Gmax on the Seismic Design of Pipelines", Seventh International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Chania, Crete, Greece, pp. 405-413.

Parker, E.J., Collins, P.M., Pelli, F., Brancato, C. and D. De Manna, 1995, "Cost Reduction through Drilling Optimisation", OMC 95 - Offshore Mediterranean Conference, Ravenna, Italy.

Pelli, F., 1995, Official Discussion of the State of the Art Paper No. 9, "Simple Physical Models for Foundation Dynamics", by J. P. Wolf, Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol. 3.

Pelli, F., 1995, Official Discussions on the Papers: "Foundation Soil Influence on the Seismic Response of Piers", by P.P. Diotallevi and R. Polluzzi, "Evaluation of Seismic Response of Pile Supported Structures with a 3-D Nonlinear Approach", by Y.X. Chai, P.L. Gould and C.S. Desai, and "Seismic Response of Full Size Pile Group", by Y.C. Han and G.C.W. Sabin, Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol. 3.

Pelli, F. and A. Carletti, 1998, "Characterisation of Soft Deposits in the Eastern Nile Delta", First International Conference on Site Characterisation (ISP ’98), Vol. 1, pp.257-262.

Bazzurro, P., Cornell, C.A. and F. Pelli, 1999, "Efficient PSHA for nonlinear soil sites with uncertain properties", Proceedings of ERES99, Catania, Italy, June 15-17.

Pelli F. and A. Rossanese, 2000, "Settlements of an Instrumented Landfill on Soft-Delta Soil with Vertical Wick Drains", International Conference on Geotechnical & Geological Engineering –GeoEng2000-, Melbourne, Australia, November 2000.

Pelli F., C. Baracco and M. Bonfante, 2000, "Relevance of Ground Water Pressure for the Design of an Hydraulic Tunnel in Weak Rock", 14. Nationales Symposium fur Felsmechanick und Tunnelbau -EUROCK 2000-, Aachen, Germania, March 2000.

Mangini M., F.Pelli, 2002, “E-Commerce and engineering consulting services”, ECPPM 2002 – eWork and eBusiness in AEC, 9-11 Sept., Portoroz, Slovenia.

Mangini M and Pelli F “eBusiness scheme for engineering consulting services”, ITcon Vol. 8, Special Issue eWork and eBusiness , pg. 309-318, http://www.itcon.org/2003/23, (2003).

Pelli, F., P. Bazzurro, M. Mangini, and D. Spallarossa (2004). “Probabilistic seismic hazard mapping with site ampliﬁcation effects.” in Proc. of the 11th International Conf. on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Berkeley, California, 7–9 January 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 230–237.

Pelli, F. (2004). “Effetti di amplificazione locale nell’analisi probabilistica di pericolosità sismica su scala territoriale.” (in Italian) Convegno Nazionale: "Rischio Sismico, Territorio e Centri Storici", Sanremo, Italy, 2-3 July 2004.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P., Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S. (2004), " Site Amplification Effects for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Mapping in North-West Italy", XXIX General Assembly of the EuropeanSeismological Commission, 12-17 Sept., Potsdam, Germany (abstract and oral presentation).

Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S., Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2004), "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Using a Logic Tree Approach: an Application to Western Liguria (North-Western Italy)", XXIX General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 12-17 Sept., Potsdam, Germany, (abstract and oral presentation).

Pelli, F., D. Minuto, E. Isetta, and G. Lombardi (2004). “Geotechnical characterisation of an overconsolidated Pliocene clay by field and laboratory tests.” in Proc. of the 2nd International Conf. on Site Characterization (ISC’2), Porto, Portugal, 19–22 Sept. 2004.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P.(2005), “L'amplificazione locale in formazioni nonlineari per siti specifici e per studi di microzonazione territoriale”, abstract esteso e presentazione orale al 23° Convegno Nazionale del Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida, Roma, Nov.2005.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), "Non-linear site response analyses for two nuclear power plant sites considering cyclic mobility effects", Eighth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, S. Francisco.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P., Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S., (2006), “Psha in northern italy accounting for non-linear soil behaviour and epistemic uncertainty”, First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (1st ECEES), Geneva, Switzerland.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), “A simplified approach for site amplification assessment in non-linear soil deposits”, Third International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Grenoble, France.

Goulet C. A., Stewart J. P., Bazzurro P., Pelli F. (2006), “Integration of ground response analysis results into probablistic assessment of site specific ground shaking potential”, Third International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Grenoble, France.

Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), “An example of multidisciplinary-automated approach to probabilistic seismic hazard assessment”, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Management of Earthquake Risks, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Bazzurro P., Pelli F., Mangini M., Goulet C., and J. P. Stewart (2006), “Statistics of Nonlinear Ground Motion Amplification Functions for NEHRP Soil Categories “, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), 2006 Annual Meeting, Palm Springs CA, abstract e poster.