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Floriana Petrone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, part of the College of Engineering. Her research focuses on advanced numerical modeling of structural systems, high-performance computing for civil engineering challenges, structural damage assessment, and probabilistic safety analysis. She is actively seeking motivated graduate students to work on projects involving seismic design optimization and experimental testing of structural health monitoring techniques.
Dr. Petrone’s work emphasizes practical applications such as improving building resilience to earthquakes and developing innovative methods for structural safety evaluation. Her research group employs cutting-edge tools like optical sensor systems for measuring building drift during seismic events, contributing to safer infrastructure design.
Her publications span topics including progressive collapse analysis of reinforced concrete structures, calibration of capacity models, and composite material behavior. She holds a patent for a self-supporting steel truss system in mixed steel-concrete structures.
