· Experimental behaviour, numerical modelling, design and analysis of flawed structures with emphasises on fatigue and fracture.        

· Computational mechanics: development of Finite elements technique.     

· Meshless methods with application to fracture mechanics.    

· Structural optimisation,   Fracture and fatigue repair optimisation.

· Composite materials and structures under static and fatigue loading,  Composite materials optimisation.

· Buckling and fracture interaction in thin-walled structures.

· Discontinuous FE for brittle material’s simulation.

· Multiaxial fatigue assessment in materials and structures.

► Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals:

· International Journal of Fatigue (Elsevier publisher), 2001 - 2007.

· ISRN Mechanical Engineering (open access, ISRN Hindawi Publishing Corporation, ISSN: 2090-5122, e-ISSN: 2090-5130),  2010- .

· Journal of Civil Engineering Research (open access, Scientific & Academic Publ. Co. Rosemead CA 91731, USA, p-ISSN: 2163-2316,  e-ISSN: 2163-2340),  2011-.

· Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Material Science (MNSMS) (open access, Scientific Research Publishing Inc., Irvine CA 92619-482, USAp-ISSN: 2164-5345, e-ISSN: 2164-5353),  2011-.

· ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences” ((open access, ISSN 1819-6608), 2011-.

► Referee for scientific Int. Journals:

1.      ‘Engineering Fracture Mechanics’,

2.      ‘Int. J. of Fatigue’,

3.      ‘Int. J. of Mechanical Sciences’,

4.      'Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures'

5.      ‘Int. J. of Energy Technology and Policy’,

6.      ‘Structural Durability & Health Durability’,

7.      'Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering',

8.      'Int. J. of Solids and Structures',

9.      'Sadhana',

10.    'Structural Engineering and Mechanics',

11.    ‘Thin-Walled Structures’,

12.    ‘J. of Zhejiang University - Science A’,

13.    ‘Composite Structures’,

14.    'Materials & Design',

15.    ‘World Applied Sciences J.’,

16.    ‘Nuclear Engineering and Design’,

17.    ‘Materials Science and Engineering A’,

18.    ‘Materials Science and Engineering B’,

19.    ‘Archives of Mechanics’,

20.    ‘J. of the American Institute of Aeronautics and   Astronautics (AIAA)’,

21.    ‘Experimental Mechanics’,

22.    ‘Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures’,

23.    ‘ISRN Mechanical Engineering’,

24.    ‘Journal of Materials Science’,

25.    ‘Mechanics Research Communications’,

26.    ‘Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences’,

27.    ‘International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology’.

► Scientific Conferences  organisation

 · Member of the organising committee of the International Conferences “Fatigue Crack Paths 2003” (FCP ‘03, ESIS), held in Parma,

   18-21  September 2003.

 · Member of the organising committee of the International Conferences “Crack Paths 2006” (CP ‘06, ESIS), held in Parma, 14-16 September 2006.

 · Member of the organising committee of the International Conferences “Crack Paths 2012” (CP 2012, ESIS), held in Gaeta, 19-21 September 2012.

 · Member of the Scientific Committee of the university of Parma for the Civil Engineering and Architecture fields, 2008-2011.

 ► Author and co-author of about 130 scientific papers

published in International Journals, International books and in Proceedings of  national and international conferences  (Complete List of publications).