CURRICULUM VITAE
FEDERICO VAGNON
PERSONAL INFORMATION
First name
Last Name
Affiliation
Federico
Vagnon
PhD Student
Department of Earth Science - University of Turin
Phone
+39 0116705325
E-mail
federico.vagnon@unito.it
Nationality
Italian
Date of birth 5th September 1989
Place of birth Giaveno (TO), Italy
RESEARCH TOPICS AND COLLABORATIONS
Since January 2014
Application of the Rock Engineering System at the debris flows
phenomena to obtain the interaction matrix to assess the residual
hazard after barrier construction
Numerical simulation of debris flows
Debris flow impact estimation against obstacles and barriers
Laboratory tests to simulate the dynamic of a debris flow on a barrier
in collaboration with the Department of Civil, Environmental
Engineering and Architecture (DICATeA) of the University of Parma
2013
Participation in the operations of LCM (Linear Cutting Machine)
activated at the Department of Environmental Engineering (DIATI) Politecnico of Turin
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
May 2015 - July 2015
1st - 13th September 2014
Since January 2014
October 2011 - October 2013
Erasmus Traineeship at the Department if Applied Mathematics - ETS
Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puerto, UPM - Madrid under the
supervision of Professor Manuel Pastor. Topic of the traineeship:
numerical simulation of debris flows using SPH code.
“LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation” LARAM School at the
University of Salerno
Registered to Doctoral School of Science and Innovative Technologies
at University of Torino (cycle XXIX) - research activities on the topic
“Teoretical and experimental study on the barrier optimization against
debris flows risk” at the Department of Earth Science - University of
Turin - supervisor: Prof. Eng. Anna Maria FERRERO
Master Degree on Environmental Engineering at Politecnico of Turin 110/110 cum laude.
Title of master thesis: “Mechanical excavation in rock: experimental,
analytical and numerical analysis of the parameters that influence TBM
discs action”. Supervisor: Prof. Eng. Marilena CARDU, Prof. Eng.
Pierpaolo ORESTE, Eng. Giorgio IABICHINO
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Activities: laboratory tests to investigate interaction between discs
and rocks;
definition of an analytical modelto evaluate stress induced
under discs force application on rock;
realization of numerical analysis to verify the proposed
model;
realization of a finite difference model using FLAC2D.
Bachelor Degree on Environmental Engineerin at Politecnico of Turin 105/110.
Title of thesis: “The underground railway link of Turin: methods and
means used”. Supervisor: Prof. Ing. Marilena CARDU
Activities: description of the excavation technique with hydromill;
description of the excavation with idraulic hammer
technique;
field activities to analyze muck cycle.
September 2008 - October 2011
FURTHER INFORMATIONS
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS INTERESTS
Geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, underground works,
debris flows behaviour and hazard assessment, landslide
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue: Italian
Other language:
Understanding
Speaking
Listening
Reading
English
B2
Spanish
B1
Writing
C1
Spokeninteraction
B2
Spoken production
B2
B2
B1
A2
A2
A2
Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Certificates: IELTS 5.0 with level 5.5 - April 2011
CONFERENCE AND CONGRESSES
12th -13th December 2011
Refresher course: “Protection works against rock fall: design aspects”
at Politecnico of Turin. Organizer: Prof. Ing. Daniele PEILA
14th - 16th July 2014
IARG2014 Chieti(PE) - Oral presentation “Studio teorico sperimentale
per l'ottimizzazione di barriere per la mitigazione del rischio da colate
di detrito”
10th - 13th May 2015
ISRM2015 Montreal (Canada) - Oral presentation “Theorethical and
experimental study on the flexible barrier optimization against debris
flow risk”
Torino, 19th June 2015
Best regards,
Federico VAGNON
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