Professor of Structural Engineering

Department of Structural Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085

flanza@ucsd.edu
(858) 822-1458 Fax: (858) 534-6373

• Non-Destructive Evaluation & Structural Health Monitoring (NDE/SHM) Laboratory
• Full Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Post-doctoral Studies, Center for Non-destructive Evaluation, The Johns Hopkins University (1998-1999)
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy (1997)
• M.S. and Fulbright Scholar, Engineering Mechanics, Michigan State University (1996)
• Laurea (M.S.), Summa cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy (1993)

Honors and Awards:

• Structural Health Monitoring “Person of the Year” Award for “outstanding contributions to the field of SHM,” Editorial Board of International Journal of Structural Health Monitoring (2007)
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing Research Fellowship Award (2002 and 2006)
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing Faculty Grant Award (2003)
• UCSD Hellman Faculty Fellowship (2000 and 2002)
• Fulbright Scholarship, US Institute for International Education (1995)
• Italian Department of New Technology, Energy and Environment Award (1993)
• COMETT European Union award (1993)
• “Giuseppe Manzella” Italian National Foundation Award for best academic thesis in experimental mechanics (1993)

Research Activities:

• Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM)
• Ultrasonic sensing methods for smart structures
• Wave propagation
• Digital signal processing
• Experimental mechanics
• Composite materials

Other Related Experience (teaching, industrial, etc.):

• 1993-1994 Mandatory military service, Italian Coast Guard, Palermo
• 1993-1996 Research Assistant, Mechanics and Aeronautics Department, University of Palermo, Italy
• 1997-1998 Research and Teaching Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Michigan State University
• 1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and Materials Science & Engineering Department, The Johns Hopkins University

Selected Publications:

• Salamone, S., Bartoli, I., Lanza di Scalea, F., and Coccia, S., “Guided-wave Health Monitoring of Aircraft Composite Panels under Changing Temperature,” Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, doi:10.1177/1045389X08101634, 2009.
• Srivastava, A. and Lanza di Scalea, F., “On the Existence of Symmetric or Antisymmetric Lamb Waves at Nonlinear Higher Harmonics,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 323 (3-5), pp. 932-943, 2009.
• Srivastava, A. and Lanza di Scalea, F., “Quantitative Structural Health Monitoring by Ultrasonic Guided Waves,” International Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM), Special Issue on Structural Health Monitoring, in press, 2009.
• Marzani, A., Viola, E., Bartoli, I., Lanza di Scalea, F., and Rizzo, P., “A Semi-analytical Finite Element Formulation for Modeling Stress Wave Propagation in Axisymmetric Damped Waveguides” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 318(3), pp. 488-505, 2008.
• Lanza di Scalea, F. and Salamone, S., “Temperature Effects in Ultrasonic Lamb Wave Structural Health Monitoring Systems,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(1), pp. 161-174, 2008.
• Sabra, K., Srivastava, A., Lanza di Scalea, F., Bartoli, I., Rizzo, P., and Conti, S., “Structural Health Monitoring by Extraction of Coherent Guided Waves from Diffuse Fields,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(1), pp. EL8-EL13, 2008.
• Lanza di Scalea, F. “Ultrasonic Testing Applications in the Railroad Industry,” Chapter 15: Special Applications of Ultrasonic Testing, in Non-destructive Testing Handbook, 3rd edition, P.O. Moore, ed., American Society for Nondestructive Testing, pp. 535-552, 2007.
• Rizzo, P. and Lanza di Scalea, F. “Wavelet-based Unsupervised and Supervised Learning Algorithms for Ultrasonic Structural Monitoring of Waveguides,” Chapter 8, Progress in Smart Materials and Structures Research, P. L. Reece, ed., Nova Editorial, pp. 227-290, 2006.
• Matt, H. and Lanza di Scalea, F., “Macro-fiber Composite Piezoelectric Rosettes for Acoustic Source Location in Complex Structures,” Smart Materials and Structures, 16(4), pp. 1489-1499, 2007.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., Matt, H. and Bartoli, I., “The Response of Rectangular Piezoelectric Sensors to Rayleigh and Lamb Ultrasonic Waves,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(1), pp. 175-187, 2007.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., Matt, H., Bartoli, I., Coccia, S., Park, G. and Farrar, C., “Health Monitoring of UAV Wing Skin-to-spar Joints Using Guided Waves and Macro Fiber Composite Transducers,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 18(4), pp. 373-388, 2007.
• Park, G., Farrar, C., Lanza di Scalea, F., and Coccia, S., “Performance Assessment and Validation of Piezoelectric Active-Sensors in Structural Health Monitoring,” Smart Materials and Structures, 15, pp. 1673-1683, 2006.
• Bartoli, I., Marzani, A., Lanza di Scalea, F., and Viola, E., “Modeling Wave Propagation in Damped Waveguides of Arbitrary Cross-section,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 295(3-5), pp. 685-707, 2006.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., Rizzo, P., Coccia, S., Bartoli, I. and Fateh, M., “Laser/air-coupled Hybrid Non-contact System for Defect Detection in Rail Tracks: Status of FRA Prototype Development at UC San Diego,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record no. 1943, pp. 57-64, 2006.
• Rizzo, P. and Lanza di Scalea, F., “Feature Extraction for Defect Detection in Strands by Guided Ultrasonic Waves,” Journal of Structural Health Monitoring, 5(3), pp. 297-308, 2006.
• Matta, F., Rizzo, P., Karbhari, V., and Lanza di Scalea, F., “Acoustic Emission Damage Assessment of Steel/CFRP Adhesive Bonds for Rehabilitation,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 10(3), pp. 265-274, 2006.
• Rizzo, P., Lanza di Scalea, F., Banerjee, S. and Mal, A., “Ultrasonic Characterization and Inspection of Open Cell Foams,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 131(11), pp. 1200-1208, 2005.
• Rizzo, P., Bartoli, I., Marzani, A. and Lanza di Scalea, F., “Defect Classification in Pipes by Neural Networks Using Multiple Guided Ultrasonic Wave Features Extracted After Wavelet Processing,” ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Special Issue on NDE of Pipeline Structures, 127(3), pp. 294-303, 2005.
• Lanza di Scalea, F. and Green, R.E., Jr., “A Hybrid Non-contact Ultrasonic System for Sensing Bond Quality in Tow-placed Thermoplastic Composites,” Journal of Composite Materials, 34(21), pp. 1860-1880, 2000.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., Soonsung, H. and Cloud, G.L., “Whole-Field Strain Measurements in Pin-Loaded Plate by Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry and the Finite Element Method,” Experimental Mechanics, 38(1), pp. 55-60, 1998.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., “Measurement of Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Composites using Strain Gages,” Experimental Mechanics, 38(4), pp. 233-241, 1998.
• Lanza di Scalea, F., Cappello, F. and Cloud, G.L., “A Study on the Effects of Clearance and Interference Fits in a Pin-Loaded Cross-Ply FGRP Laminate,” Journal of Composite Materials, 32(8), pp. 783-803, 1998.

Professional Memberships:

• Railway Maintenance Committee, U.S. National Transportation Research Board
• Fulbright Alumni Association
• Acoustical Society of America
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing
• Society for Experimental Mechanics

Institutional and Professional Service:

Editorial/reviews
• Associate Editor, ASNT’s Journal of Research in Nondestructive Evaluation
• Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Structural Health Monitoring
• Proposal Reviewer for US National Science Foundation (Civil and Mechanical Systems Division, Sensors Initiative), US National Institute of Health (Ultrasound Imaging Program), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Structural Mechanics Program), US Department of State (Science and Technology Center Program – ex-Soviet Union Nuclear Weapons Antiproliferation Initiative)
• Manuscript Reviewer for J. of Sound and Vibration, Smart Materials and Structures, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE J. of Aerospace Engineering, J. of Composite Materials, Experimental Mechanics, Int’l Journal of Structural Health Monitoring

Conference Committees
• Program Committee Member, International Workshops on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, CA (2007, 2009)
• Program Committee Member, NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT) Conferences, 2006 to 2008
• Program Committee Member, Conference on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, SPIE Int'l Symposia, San Diego, CA, 2002 to Present
• Program Committee Member, Smart Structures and NDE Joint Conference: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, San Diego, CA, 2006 to Present
• Program Committee Member, Conference on NDE and Health Monitoring of Aerospace Materials and Composites, SPIE Int'l Symposia, San Diego, CA, 2002 to 2005
• Organizing Committee Member, 11th International Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, Berlin, Germany, 2002

University Committees
• Chair, UCSD Structural Engineering Dept. Graduate Affairs Committee (2004 to 2007)
• Member, UCSD Master of Engineering Degree Committee (2005-2006)
• Member, UCSD School of Engineering Dean's Search Committee (2002)
• Member, UCSD Aerospace Engineering Program Committee (2002)
• Member, UCSD School of Engineering Ethos Committee (2001)

International Cooperation
• Member, International Scientific Board - Research Program on Advanced Materials, CARIPLO FOUNDATION, Milano, Italy (2008-)
• Member, International Scientific Committee, Centro Studi e Ricerche per l’Identificazione dei Materiali e delle Strutture “Michele Capurso,” Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (2004-)
• UCSD Reference, Academic Cooperation Agreement between UCSD School of Engineering and University of Trento School of Engineering (2007-)
• UCSD Reference, Academic Cooperation Agreement between UCSD School of Engineering and University of Palermo School of Engineering (2006-)