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Claudio Borri (born 3 October 1953) is an Italian engineer, academic, writer full professor of
Construction Science Construction management (CM) aims to control the quality of a construction project's scope, time, and cost (sometimes referred to as a project management triangle or "triple constraints") to maximize the project owner's satisfaction. It uses proj ...
at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the
University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...
.


Biography

Claudio Borri start his academic studies of
Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...
at
University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...
,
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
and then at
Ruhr University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. He graduated in
Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...
in 1978 and in 1983 in
Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...
he obtained his doctorate in
Structural Mechanics Structural mechanics or mechanics of structures is the computation of deformations, deflections, and internal forces or stresses (''stress equivalents'') within structures, either for design or for performance evaluation of existing structures. ...
, became
associate professor Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the ''Commonwealth system''. In the ''North American system'', used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position ...
and then full professor in 1991 of Structural Mechanics with the
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of
Wind Engineering Wind engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering, structural engineering, meteorology, and applied physics that analyzes the effects of wind in the natural and the built environment and studies the possible damage, inconvenience or benefit ...
at the Faculty of Engineering,
University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...
. In 1999 Borri founded the ''Inter-university Research Center for Construction Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering'' (in
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
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 The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...
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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 The Strait of Messina Bridge () is a proposed suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula. The bridge has been controversial due to the impact of earthquake ...
, 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 Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. 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 Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research List of structural elements, structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of ...
Borri has drawn up structural engineering designs of shell structures,
wind Wind is the natural movement of atmosphere of Earth, air or other gases relative to a planetary surface, planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heatin ...
effects on large
buildings A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout ...
and structures (such as television towers and antennas, large roofs, tall buildings,
bridges A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somet ...
and walkways), large wind
turbines A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced can be used for generating electrical ...
and wind energy structures. He has also carried out technical consultancy for
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in Italy and
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in cases of collapses of buildings or structural elements, affected on construction sites (construction of
wind farms A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...
,
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, new roads).


Works

In 1998 Borri participated in the project of the new
roof A roof (: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of tempera ...
of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, taking care of the 3D dynamic analysis under the actions of turbulent
winds Wind is the natural movement of atmosphere of Earth, air or other gases relative to a planetary surface, planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heatin ...
. Also in 1998 in the Santa Palomba transmitter project in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
he was chief consulting activity in
wind engineering Wind engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering, structural engineering, meteorology, and applied physics that analyzes the effects of wind in the natural and the built environment and studies the possible damage, inconvenience or benefit ...
, aerodynamics and
structural design Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made structures. Structural engineers also must understand and c ...
. In 2014, in the project
pedestrian crossing A pedestrian crossing (or crosswalk in American and Canadian English) is a place designated for pedestrians to cross a road, street or Avenue (landscape), avenue. The term "pedestrian crossing" is also used in the Vienna Convention on Road Sign ...
of the
Terni railway station Terni railway station () serves the town and ''comune'' of Terni, in the region of Umbria, central Italy. Opened in 1866, it forms part of the Ancona–Orte railway, and is also a junction station for two secondary lines, the Terni–Sulmona ra ...
(also known as ''Umbria Getaway''), he deals with
aerodynamic Aerodynamics () is the study of the motion of atmosphere of Earth, air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics, and is an ...
and aeroelastic tests in the
wind tunnel A wind tunnel is "an apparatus for producing a controlled stream of air for conducting aerodynamic experiments". The experiment is conducted in the test section of the wind tunnel and a complete tunnel configuration includes air ducting to and f ...
. In 2021 he participated in the renovation project of the
Stadio Artemio Franchi The Stadio Artemio Franchi is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. It is currently the home of ACF Fiorentina. The old nickname of the stadium was "Comunale". When it was first constructed, it was known as the ''Stadio Giovanni Berta'', after ...
in
Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...
as an
aerodynamics Aerodynamics () is the study of the motion of atmosphere of Earth, air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics, and is an ...
and structures
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.


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
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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 Wind engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering, structural engineering, meteorology, and applied physics that analyzes the effects of wind in the natural and the built environment and studies the possible damage, inconvenience or benefit ...
which in 2023 was held for the first time in
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
in
Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...
. Also in 2023 Borri was appointed President of the ''International Association for Wind Engineering'' (IAWE in
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
), 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 Wind engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering, structural engineering, meteorology, and applied physics that analyzes the effects of wind in the natural and the built environment and studies the possible damage, inconvenience or benefit ...
. * * * *


Awards

During his career Borri received the following
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. *1994: ''Max-Planck Forschungspreis (Research Award)'' in Structural Mechanics, in
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*2001: ''
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'' in Engineering Sciences by the University of
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*2006: ''Honorary degree'' in Wind Engineering by the
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,
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*2010: ''Humboldt Alumni Award'', in
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*2012: ''IFEES Presidential Award'' by IFEES, in
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*2014: ''Nikola Tesla Golden Chain'' for ''Outstanding contributions to Engineering Education'', in
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*2019: ''Scruton Lecturer, part of the ''Institution of Civil Engineers'' (ICE), in
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See also

*
Strait of Messina Bridge The Strait of Messina Bridge () is a proposed suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula. The bridge has been controversial due to the impact of earthquake ...
* Messina Bridge technical committee *
Wind Engineering Wind engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering, structural engineering, meteorology, and applied physics that analyzes the effects of wind in the natural and the built environment and studies the possible damage, inconvenience or benefit ...


References


External links


ICWE2023
the 16th ICWE International Conference on Wind Engineering
CRIACIV web site
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