Alberto Carpinteri
{{Short description|Italian professor and engineer (born 1952)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alberto Carpintieri
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
| fields = Physics. Civil Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
| workplaces = Shantou University, Polytechnic University of Turin, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica in Turin
| nationality = Italian
}}
Alberto Carpinteri (born 23 December 1952) is an Italian, now he is a chair professor of Shantou University, China.
Biography
Alberto Carpinteri is professor in science of construction, Chair Professor at the Shantou University - College of Engineering and former professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin. Alberto Carpinteri was also director of the National Institute of Metrological Research (2011-2013),{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-17|title=Homepage {{!}} INRIM|url=https://www.inrim.it/it|website=www.inrim.it}} member of the New York Academy of Sciences and President of many scientific institutions as the International Congress on Fracture, ICF (2009-2013),{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-17|language=en-US|title=Past Presidents – ICF|url=https://www.icfweb.org/site/?page_id=1318}} the European Structural Integrity Society, ESIS (2002-2006),{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-17|author=pinco palla|language=en-gb|title=ESIS History|url=https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/people/esis-history|website=www.structuralintegrity.eu}} the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures, the IA-FraMCoS (2004-2007),{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-17|title=FRaMCoS Snapshot|url=https://framcos.org/framcos-summary.php|website=framcos.org}} the Italian Group for Fracture (1998-2005).{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-17|language=it|title=IGF - Former IGF Presidents|url=https://www.gruppofrattura.eu/about-us/former-igf-presidents|website=www.gruppofrattura.eu}}
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{{cite journal|author =Emiliano Feresin |url=http://www.nature.com/news/italian-scientists-win-battle-to-halt-controversial-research-1.10823 |title=Italian scientists win battle to halt controversial research : Nature News & Comment |journal=Nature |date=13 June 2012 |doi=10.1038/nature.2012.10823 |s2cid=156565051 |access-date=26 November 2012|url-access=subscription }} 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".{{cite web |author=Tiziana Moriconi |url=http://www.galileonet.it/articles/4fcf1ea672b7ab5890000007 |title=Galileo – Giornale di Scienza {{pipe}} Cos'è il piezonucleare e perché è una follia finanziarlo |publisher=Galileonet.it |date=6 June 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125054729/http://www.galileonet.it/articles/4fcf1ea672b7ab5890000007 |archive-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author =Elena Dusi |url=http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2012/06/05/news/stop_al_finanziamento_di_studi_inutili_800_firme_contro_il_piezonucleare_di_elena_dusi-36583389/ |title="Basta soldi agli studi inutili" scienziati anti-fusione fredda |publisher=Repubblica.it |date=5 June 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012}}{{cite journal|author1=Antonio Spallone |author2=Odoardo Maria Calamai |author3=Paolo Tripodi |date=23 August 2010
|title=Remarks on "Piezonuclear neutrons from fracturing of inert solids"
|journal=Physics Letters A |doi=10.1016/j.physleta.2010.07.064 |volume=374 |issue=38 |pages=3957–3959|arxiv=1206.1863|bibcode=2010PhLA..374.3957S}}{{cite book|title=Deformed Spacetime|url=https://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical,+mathematical+%26+computational+physics/book/978-1-4020-6282-7|publisher=Springer|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4020-6282-7|series=Fundamental Theories of Physics}}Antonio Socci (7 November 2007). [http://www.antoniosocci.com/2007/11/la-scoperta-della-nuova-energia/ La scoperta della nuova energia ]
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.inrim.it/gen/organi_i.shtml |title=INRIM – l'Istituto |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030194539/http://www.inrim.it/gen/organi_i.shtml |archive-date=30 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.inrim.it/gen/doc/DPCM_14_febbraio_2013_Commissariamento_INRIM.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506200720/http://www.inrim.it/gen/doc/DPCM_14_febbraio_2013_Commissariamento_INRIM.pdf |archive-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Alberto Carpinteri conducted many lectures worldwide{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae Prof. Albero Carpinteri|url=https://staff.polito.it/alberto.carpinteri/cv/CARPINTERI_ExtendedCV%201.pdf}}{{cite web|title=Distinguished Lecture in Solid Mechanics - CalTech - Alberto Carpinteri|url=https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/distinguished-lecture-in-solid-mechanics}} and published books and academic papers{{cite web|title=Alberto Carpinteri - Politecnico di Torino|url=https://www.polito.it/personale?p=001650}}{{cite web|title=Pubblicazioni Alberto Carpinteri su ResearchGate|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Alberto-Carpinteri-39196492}} 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.{{cite web|title=Clean Energy from Hydrogen-Metal Systems|url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/951974/it}}{{cite web|title=CleanHME - Clean Energy from Hydrogen-Metal Systems - Politecnico di Torino|url=https://www.polito.it/ricerca/una-ricerca-integrata/anagrafe-della-ricerca?progetto=1212/2020}}
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) {{Cite web|url=https://www.iscmns.org/prizes.htm|title=ISCMNS Prizes}} 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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