Curriculum

Stefano Alvisi received his M.Sc. Degree summa cum Laude in Civil Engineering in 2000 at the University of Ferrara. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Industrial Engineering, in 2004, at the University of Ferrara presenting the thesis: “Water demand forecasting for real time water distribution management”. From 1 January 2004 to 28 February 2004 he was holder of a regular ongoing collaboration at the University of Ferrara. From 1 July 2004 to 31 October 2008 he was holder of a research grant at the Engineering Department of the University of Ferrara. From 1 November 2008 to 31 March 2016 he was assistant professor at the Engineering Department of the University of Ferrara. Since 1 april 2016 he has been associate professor at the Engineering Department of the University of Ferrara.

Since the academic year 2008-2009 he has been holder of the course of Hydrology for the First level degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Ferrara. From the academic year 2005-2006 to the academic year 2007-2008 he was holder of the teaching contract for Hydraulic Infrastructure (official course) for the Specialist degrees in Civil Engineering and Engineering for the Environment and the Territory, and he has been holder of the teaching contract for “Computing procedures for hydraulic structure design” (integrative course of Hydraulic Constructions) for the First level degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Ferrara. In the academic year 2005-2006 he was holder of the teaching contract for “Hydrologic modelling application” (integrative course of Advanced Hydrology) for the Specialist degrees in Civil Engineering and Engineering for the Environment and the Territory at the University of Ferrara. Since the academic year 2003-2004 he has been an expert of Hydraulic Constructions. He is author of nearly fifty papers in internationals and nationals journals and conferences. His main research interests are water distribution system model calibration, water demand modelling and forecasting, real time water distribution management, pipe network rehabilitation and leakage detection, water distribution system security and data driven techniques for real time flood forecasting models. In the last years the study of models and procedures regarding some of these research topics was developed paying particular attention to parameter and model uncertainty characterization. He was granted with a Certificate of Excellence to recognize outstanding achievement as the best paper nominee in the “Battle of Water Calibration Network (BWCN)”, Tucson, Arizona, 2010. Furthermore, he is reviewer for the following international journals: Civil Engineering and Environmental System Journal (Spon Press – Taylor and Francis Group), Control Engineering Practice (Elsevier), Hydrological Sciences - Journal - des Sciences Hydrologiques (International Association of Hydrological Sciences – IAHS), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (European Geosciences Union - EGU), Journal of Hydroinformatics (International Water Association - IWA), Water Science and Technology (International Water Association - IWA), Water Resource Management (Springer) e Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union - AGU). Stefano Alvisi has been involved in several European and local research projects (e.g. POWADIMA (POtable WAter DIstribution MAnagement) Contract Number EVK1-CT-2000-00084; LARA (Laboratorio A rete Regionale sulle Acque) Ob.2) ; ENVIREN (Environmental Regional Network) and in technical agreement with local agencies (e.g. HERA Ferrara s.r.l).