BIOGRAPHY
Alessandro Fascetti directs the Digital Twin Infrastructure Science for Operations and Visualization in Engineering Resilience (DISCOVER) laboratory and conducts research in the fields of digital twin modeling and multiscale computational simulation of materials and structures for civil engineering applications. His research focuses on the numerical simulation of coupled physical phenomena occurring at multiple time and length scales, with the goal of predicting degradation in critical infrastructure systems at the regional and national levels. His research also leverages data from remote and embedded sensing to augment the computational simulations by means of computer vision techniques, as well as immersive visualization (e.g., augmented and virtual realities, holographic projections).
Fascetti has received approximately $5 million in funding to date, and conducted research sponsored by, among others, the National Science Foundation, the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, NVIDIA and Epic Games Ltd. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, conference proceedings and technical reports.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
RESEARCH
- Digital twin modeling
- Computational mechanics
- Multiscale modeling
- Computer vision
- Infrastructure resilience
PUBLICATIONS
- Yan, X., Fascetti, A. “A Photometric Stereo and Vision Transformer-Based Framework for Automated Air Void Analysis in Hardened Concrete”. Cement and Concrete Research, 2025, 199, 108063. DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.108063
- Zhu, Y., Brigham, J.C., Fascetti, A. “Data-Driven Multiscale Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Digital Twin Modeling of Concrete Structures”. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2025, 445, 118183. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2025.118183
- Zhu, Y., Hassan, A., Kanvinde, A., Fascetti, A. “Multiscale Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling of Steel-Concrete Composite Column Bases under Pull-Out and Cyclic Loading Conditions”. Computers and Structures, 2025, 310C, 107705. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2025.107705
- Wang, Z., Oskay, C., Fascetti, A. “Multiscale Stochastic Modeling of Backward Erosion Piping Initiation, from Grain Kinetics to Weibull Statistics. Part I: Analytical Derivations”. Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2024, 49 (4). DOI: 10.1002/nag.3931
- Zhu, Y., Brigham, J.C., Fascetti, A. “LiDAR-RGB data fusion for 4D UAV-based monitoring of reinforced concrete bridge construction: the case study of the Fern Hollow bridge reconstruction”. ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2024, 151. DOI: 10.1061/jcemd4.coeng-15411
- Wang, Z., Oskay, C., Fascetti, A. “Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of the Temporal Evolution of Backward Erosion Piping”. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 171, 106381. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106381
- Wang, Z., Oskay, C., Fascetti, A. “Backward Erosion Piping in Geotechnical Infrastructure: A Rate Process Perspective”. Géotechnique, 2024. DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.23.00259
- Yan, X., Fascetti, A., Vandenbossche, J.M., Darnell, M., “Computer Vision-Based Estimation of The Effects of Vibration in Slipform Paving”. Transportation Research Records, 2024, 2678 (11). Best Paper Award from the AKC50 TRB Standing Committee at the 103rd TRB Annual Meeting. DOI: 10.1177/03611981241239971
AWARDS
- Most Valuable Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Athletics Department (2025)
- Roberta Luxbacher Faculty Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering (2024)
- Best Paper Award, The 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Standing Committee on Concrete Pavement Construction and Rehabilitation (AKC50) (2024)
- Doctoral Scholarship, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (2012)
- Excellent Student Award, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (2009)