PROFESSOR CLAUDIO IUPPA

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claudio.iuppa@unime.it

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental and Land Engineering, University of Catania, 25/07/2008

  • Master’s Degree in Environmental and Land Engineering (110/110 cum laude), University of Catania, 19/07/2011

  • PhD in Hydraulic, Sanitary-Environmental, and Transport Infrastructure Engineering (28th cycle), University of Catania, 29/01/2016
    Thesis: Optimization of cast marine dams for wave energy extraction (Supervisor: Prof. Enrico Foti)

  • National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Associate Professor (Field 08/A1), 31/01/2022

 

ACADEMIC CAREER

  • 01/2018 – 05/2018: Research Fellow (SSD ICAR/01 – Hydraulics), University of Catania (DICAR)

  • 05/2018 – 11/2020: Postdoctoral Researcher (SSD ICAR/01 – Hydraulics), University of Catania (DICAR)

  • 01/12/2020 – 28/02/2023: Fixed-term Researcher (RTD-A, art. 24, c.3, lett. a – L.240/2010), SSD ICAR/01 – Hydraulics, University of Messina

  • 01/03/2023 – Present: Fixed-term Researcher (RTD-B, art. 24, c.3, lett. b – L.240/2010), SSD ICAR/01 – Hydraulics, University of Messina

 

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

  • National Scientific Coordinator of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project: ManagIng plastic traNspOrt in riverS and coaStal arEas (MINOSSE), 30/11/2023 – ongoing

  • Scientific coordinator of the agreement between the Strait Port System Authority and the University of Messina: Maritime hydraulic study supporting urban redevelopment actions in the Boccetta–Annunziata area, 04/05/2022

  • Member of the PhD Board in Engineering, University of Messina, from 18/04/2021 – ongoing

  • Member of the PhD Board in Civil, Environmental and Safety Engineering, University of Messina, 06/05/2023 – 31/05/2025

  • Member of AQ groups and Teaching Committees (Civil Engineering BSc L-7 and MSc LM-23; LM-72) and departmental delegations (class schedules, orientation), from 2021 – ongoing

  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Marine Science (Coastal Ocean Processes), from 28/05/2025 – ongoing

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Tecnica e Ricostruzione (Catania Order of Engineers), 05/10/2021 – 2025

  • Guest Editor of the Special Issue Wave-Driven Processes in the Coastal Zones in Water, 01/03/2021 – 30/06/2022

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • Lecturer of courses (University of Messina, SSD ICAR/01 – Hydraulics / CEAR-01/A):

    • Hydraulics – Module B (6 ECTS) – BSc Civil Engineering (L-7)

    • Fundamentals of Hydraulics of Natural Systems – Module B (6 ECTS) – BSc Civil Engineering (L-7)

    • Hydraulics and Hydrography (6 ECTS) – MSc Maritime and Air Transport Science and Logistics (LM-72)

  • Other teaching activities:

    • Teaching in qualification courses for teachers (A037, A039)

    • PhD teaching (36th cycle): Dimensional analysis, similitude, and physical models (1 ECTS, 6 hours)

    • Teaching assistant: Coastal and Port Engineering (University of Catania, SSD ICAR/01), since 2019

 

RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • PRIN 2022 PNRR – MINOSSE, 2023 – 2026

  • PASSport (Prediction via Machine Learning for Port Safety and Sustainability), 2025

  • PRIN 2022 – PLATONE, 2023 – 2026

  • ISYPORT (UNIME–UNICT collaboration), 2022 – 2024

  • TETI, 2021 – 2022

  • NEWS – Nearshore Hazard Monitoring and Early Warning System (INTERREG Italy–Malta), 2019 – 2020

  • Hydralab PLUS (EU), 2015 – 2018

  • SEAPORT (PON02_00153_2939551), 2014 – 2015

 

CONSULTANCY AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

  • Technical support at Consorzio Venezia Nuova (CVN), 2015 – 2017

  • Technical support for the Government Commissioner against Hydrogeological Instability in Sicily, for the preparation of the Regional Plan Against Coastal Erosion (PRCEC), 2020

  • Technical-scientific activities and support for agreements and collaborations with public bodies, including the Strait Port System Authority

 

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Research interests focus on coastal and marine hydraulics, particularly:

  • Wave energy extraction and optimization of integrated systems with cast dams

  • Numerical and experimental modeling of coastal hydrodynamic processes

  • Neural networks and deep learning for wave motion reconstruction and forecasting in port areas

  • Transport of plastics and microplastics in riverine and coastal environments

  • Oil spill propagation in ports using artificial intelligence methods

 

RESEARCH IDENTIFIERS

  • Web of Science ResearcherID: AAC-8287-2019

  • Scopus ID: 56719759300

  • ORCID: 0000-0001-9257-2230