معرفی
Alessia Ferrari is a fixed-term researcher in the Department of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Parma, Italy. She lectures on Hydrology within the Bachelor’s degree programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering and serves as the reference teacher for the same programme across multiple academic years (2020/2021 – 2025/2026).
Research Focus
Ferrari’s research integrates advanced numerical modelling with real-world flood-risk management. Key themes include:
- High-resolution 2-D shallow-water simulations using GPU-parallel codes.
- Porosity-based approaches for large-scale urban flood modelling.
- Levee-breach hydraulics and emergency-action planning.
- Calibration of hydraulic models using tools such as PEST.
- Integration of machine-learning techniques with physics-based flood forecasting.
Publication Trends
Across more than 25 peer-reviewed works (2015-2025), Ferrari has concentrated on computational hydraulics applied to extreme flood events in Northern Italy (e.g., Parma 2014, Lamone 2024). Her papers consistently advance numerical schemes (ADER, HLLEM Riemann solvers) and GPU acceleration while validating models against field data, thereby bridging theoretical development and practical flood-mitigation strategies.
Contact & Office
E-mail: alessia.ferrari@unipr.it
Office: Science and Technology Campus – Pavilion 10, Engineering Scientific Headquarters, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
