Alberto Carpinteri (born 23 December 1952) is an Italian professor and engineer.

Biography

Alberto Carpinteri is professor in science of construction, Visiting Professor at the Shantou University - College of Engineering and former full professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin. Alberto Carpinteri was also director of the National Institute of Metrological Research (2011-2013),^[1] member of the New York Academy of Sciences and President of many scientific institutions as the International Congress on Fracture, ICF (2009-2013),^[2] the European Structural Integrity Society, ESIS (2002-2006),^[3] the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures, the IA-FraMCoS (2004-2007),^[4] the Italian Group for Fracture (1998-2005).^[5]

Carpinteri was also member of the executive committees of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, IUTAM (2004-2012) and the Society for Experimental Mechanichs, SEM (2012-2014). He was also Editor-in-Chief of the Italian magazine "Meccanica".

He is mainly known^[6] for his contribution in the study of piezonuclear fission, which is the purported theory that "compressing solids can provoke nucleus-splitting reactions without emitting gamma-rays or producing nuclear waste".^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

In 2013 INRiM was set in temporary receivership and Carpinteri dismissed after the resignation of two-thirds of the board of directors in objection of Carpinteri's support in the purported theory of piezonuclear fission.^[12][13]

Alberto Carpinteri conducted many lectures worldwide^[14][15] and published books and academic papers^[16][17] on the piezonuclear theory. On the same topic Carpinteri is also currently contributing to the "Clean Energy from Hydrogen-Metal Systems" project financed by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 plan.^[18][19]

Prizes and honours

• Odone Belluzzi Prize for Science of Constructions, University of Bologna (1976)
• Medal Robert L'Hermite, RILEM (1982)
• NATO Senior Scholarship – Lehigh University, Pennsylvania (1982) – Northwestern University, Illinois (1985)
• Medal of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (1993)
• Honorary degree in physics, Constantinian University, Rhode Island (1994)
• Honoris Causa Professor, Nanjing University, China (1996)
• Honoris Causa Professor, Albert Schweitzer University of Ginevra, Switzerland (2000)
• Wessex Institute of Technology International Prize, Southampton, UK (2000)
• Griffith Medal for Fractural Mechanics, ESIS (2008)
• Giuliano Preparata Award, assigned by the Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS) ^[20] for the studies on Low Energy Nuclear Reactions published in the book "Acoustic, Electromagnetic, Neutron Emissions from Fracture and Earthquakes" (2015)

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