Education 

Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 1972; 

Geotechnical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977 

Main research areas 

- Finite element analysis of consolidation and seepage. 

- Numerical techniques for the back analysis of in situ measurements. 

- Tunnels and underground openings. 

- Visco-plastic behaviour of geomaterials. 

- Strain localization and softening of geotechnical media.

- Numerical analysis of soil improvement (artificial freezing, grouting, drainage).