Dr Marco Francesco Funari
About
Marco joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Surrey in July 2022.
He completed his MSc in Architectural Engineering in 2015, and PhD in Structural Engineering in 2019, both from the University of Calabria (Italy), and was a visiting PhD researcher at the University of Dundee (UK). His PhD program focused on developing advanced numerical models to simulate crack propagation and delamination phenomena in layered structures. In parallel, He also pursued his interest in masonry structures by collaborating with several international institutions.
In 2020, Marco worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Minho in the EC project OPHERA and subsequently in the ERC project Stand4Heritage. He was mainly responsible for developing an integrated analytical and numerical approach for the out-of-plane seismic assessment and subsequent intervention design of heritage masonry structures.
Marco’s research expertise falls in the framework of structural engineering with an emphasis on numerical and analytical approaches for the structural assessment of existing structures.
Since 2016, He has been a Chartered Engineer providing specialist consultancies as Structural Engineer to several public and private entities in Italy and Portugal.
My qualifications
Previous roles
ResearchResearch interests
Marco’s research line finds motivations in his keen interest for built cultural heritage, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, his enthusiasm toward new digital technologies, and his strong background in structural engineering and computational methods.
Currently, his research domain includes three macro-topics:
- Structural integrity protection of existing and heritage structures
- Computational optimisation for the efficient design of structures
- Crack propagation in layered and sandwich structures
Research interests
Marco’s research line finds motivations in his keen interest for built cultural heritage, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, his enthusiasm toward new digital technologies, and his strong background in structural engineering and computational methods.
Currently, his research domain includes three macro-topics:
- Structural integrity protection of existing and heritage structures
- Computational optimisation for the efficient design of structures
- Crack propagation in layered and sandwich structures
Teaching
ENG2102 - Structural Design 2
Publications
Highlights
- Colombo, C., Savalle, N., Mehrotra, A., Funari, M. F., & Lourenço, P. B. (2022). Experimental, numerical and analytical investigations of masonry corners: Influence of the horizontal pseudo-static load orientation. Construction and Building Materials, 344, 127969.
- Funari, M. F., Silva, L. C., Lonetti, P., Spadea, S., & Lourenço, P. B. (2022). Numerical Simulation of Fracture in Layered and Sandwich Structures: A Systematic Literature Review. Composites Part C: Open Access, 100294.