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Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email:
Phone: (412) 624-9575
Fax: (412) 624-0135
Office: Benedum 942 |
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Education
- Ph.D. (Structural Engineering), University of California San Diego, 2004
- M.S. (Structural Engineering), University of California San Diego, 2002
- Laurea (M.S.) (Aeronautical Engineering), University of Palermo, Italy, 1998
Professional Interests
Dr. Rizzo's academic and professional interests are in the fields of nondestructive testing/evaluation, structural health monitoring, signal processing and automatic pattern recognition for real-time prognosis of structures, and implementation of embedded sensor network for health monitoring of civil, mechanical and aerospace structures. His recent works focused on the development of a rail flaw detection system based on non-contact hybrid laser/air-coupled ultrasonic sensors to improve the reliability and the speed inspection of current systems, and on the development of an on-board structural health monitoring system for unmanned aerial vehicles wings based on integrated ultrasonic. For more information, visit
Dr. Rizzo's home page.
Representative Publications:
- Matta, F., Rizzo, P., Karbhari, V., and Lanza di Scalea, F., (2006). "Acoustic Emission Damage Assessment of Steel/CFRP Adhesive Bonds for Rehabilitation", ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 265-274.
- Rizzo, P., and Lanza di Scalea, F., (2006). "Wavelet-based Feature Extraction for Automatic Defect Classification in Strands by Ultrasonic Structural Monitoring", International Journal of Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 253-274.
- Lanza di Scalea, F., Rizzo, P., Coccia, S., Bartoli, I., and Fateh, M., (2006). "Laser-Air-Coupled Hybrid Detection in Rail Tracks: Status of FRA Prototype Development at UC San Diego", Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1943, pp. 57-64.
- Rizzo, P., (2006). "Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Progressively Loaded Multi-Wire Strands", Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 297-309.
- Rizzo, P., Lanza di Scalea, F., Banerjee, S., and Mal, A., (2005). "Ultrasonic Characterization and Inspection of Open Cell Foams", ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 131, No. 11, pp. 1200-1208.
- Rizzo, P., and Lanza di Scalea, F., (2005). "Ultrasonic Inspection of Multi-Wire Steel Strands with the Aid of the Wavelet Transform", Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 685-695.
- Rizzo, P., Bartoli, I., Marzani A., and Lanza di Scalea, F., (2005). "Defect Classification in Pipes by Neural Networks using Multiple Guided Ultrasonic Wave Features", ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Special Issue on the Nondestructive Evaluation of Pipeline and Vessel Structures, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 294-303.
- Lanza di Scalea, F., Rizzo, P., and Marzani, A., (2004). "Propagation of Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Adhesive Lap-shear Joints: case of Incident a0 Lamb Wave", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 115 (1), pp. 146-156.
- Rizzo, P., and Lanza di Scalea, F., (2001). "Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Bridge Stay Cables in Large-Scale Testing", Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 41(3), pp. 282-290.
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