Giordano Pier Francesco

Pier Francesco Giordano is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at POLIMI. He is an IDEA League Fellow and a recipient of a MSCA Individual Fellowship. He received his Ph.D. cum laude in 2021 at DABC.
He holds an Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from UMINHO (Portugal) and UPC (Spain), as well as B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering from UNIBO (Italy), both awarded cum laude.
His research focuses on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), aiming to advance monitoring and asset management practices for civil structures and infrastructure systems. His main areas include Value of Information (VoI), vibration-based SHM, and InSAR satellite monitoring. He is actively engaged with IABSE and serves on the board of EVACES. He is involved in several Italian and European research projects and has authored numerous articles published in leading international journals in the field.

Career

2017 – 2021: PhD in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (ABC-PhD), Politecnico di Milano (DABC), Italy – Cum LaudeThesis: The Value of Structural Health Monitoring in Emergency Management.
2016 – 2017: Erasmus Mundus Advanced Master’s in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC), UPC (Spain) & UMinho (Portugal)Thesis: Earthquake-induced damage assessment in a historical bell-tower based on long-term dynamic monitoring data.
2013 – 2016: International MSc in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), University of Bologna, Italy – 110/110 Cum LaudeThesis: Seismic assessment of a Pombalino buildingErasmus exchange at IST Lisbon (2014–2015).
2010 – 2013: BSc in Civil Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy – 110/110 Cum LaudeThesis: The reactivation of the Roman aqueduct in the city of Bologna.

Research

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of civil structures and infrastructure systems.
Value of Information (VoI) and Bayesian decision theory.
Vibration-based SHM.
InSAR satellite monitoring for displacement measurement and structural assessment.
Bridge management systems and risk-informed asset management.

Selected Publications

P.F. Giordano, A. Kamariotis, G. Giardina, E. Chatzi, M.P. Limongelli (2025). Uncertainty propagation in satellite InSAR data analysis for structural health monitoring. Automation in Construction, 177, 106371; DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106371

P.F. Giordano, M. Kwapisz, A. Miano, R. Liuzzo, A. Vorwagner, M.P. Limongelli, A. Prota, M. Ralbovsky (2025). Monitoring of a Multi-Span Pre-Stressed Concrete Bridge using EGMS InSAR data and comparison with On-Site Sensor Results. Structural Concrete; DOI: doi.org/10.1002/suco.202400881

P.F. Giordano, S. Quqa, M.P. Limongelli (2023). The Value of monitoring a Structural Health Monitoring System, Structural Safety, 100, 102280; DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2022.102280.

P.F. Giordano, C. Iacovino, S. Quqa, M.P. Limongelli (2022). The value of seismic structural health monitoring for post-earthquake building evacuation, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022, 20(9), pp. 4367–4393; DOI: 10.1007/s10518-022-01375-2.

S. Quqa, P.F. Giordano, M.P. Limongelli (2022). Shared micromobility-driven modal identification of urban bridges, Automation in Construction, 134, 104048; DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.104048

P.F. Giordano, L.J. Prendergast, M.P. Limongelli (2020). A framework for assessing the value of information for health monitoring of scoured bridges. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring 10(3), 485–496; DOI: 10.1007/s13349-020-00398-0.

Grants, awards and Honours

Award of the IDEA League Fellowship for academic staff to spend a three-month visiting period at IDEA League partners: ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and TUDelft, The Netherlands (2023) - €15.000.

Award of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships, which is one of the most prestigious recognitions in Europe (2023) - €156.778,56.

Community Service

Board Member of the International Association for Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures (EVACES).

Member of IABSE Italy and Organisational Co-Chair of the IABSE Congress Milan 2027.