Giovanna Acampa, born in Florence (Italy) in December 4th, 1962, graduated in Architecture in 1989 at the University of Florence. She was Adjunct Professor in “Real Estate Appraisal” since 1998 at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence. In 2012 she became Temporary University Researcher acting as Assistant Professor in " Real Estate Appraisal " (scientific sector ICAR/22) at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Enna Kore. From2015 she is Associate Professor and she teaches several Appraisal, Evaluation and Management courses, in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture. She is member of the committee of the Doctorate in ““Civil and Environmental Engineering”. She has supervised 3 PhD students and about 40 master students. She is author of over 40 publications on topics like: urban transport systems, sustainable mobility, air transport systems, technical/economic feasibility of transport interventions, agent-based modelling applied to transport planning. He has been the scientific responsible of several feasibility studies and transport plans at municipal, provincial and regional levels. She has been Scientific Responsible for the University of Kore of the MSCA-RISE 2017 – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange WARMEST (Low altitude remote sensing for the monitoring of the state of cultural heritage sites: building an integrated model for maintenance). She was visiting professor at the Escola Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès of the University Politècnica de Catalunya, and at Gdansk University of Technology ( Staff Mobility in the frame Erasmus Plus and courses within PhD studies within the POWER program)
She is the Director at the “Osservatorio Regionale Prezzi del Mercato Immobiliare e dei Costi di manutenzione, ristrutturazione e restauro delle Opere Edili” (Regional Monitor on Property Market Prices and on maintenance, renovation and restoration costs in Construction Works) of the University of Enna Kore.
Overview of the main academic achievements
- she published more than 40 indexed (Scopus/ISI) publications including articles, book chapters and peer-reviewed conference proceedings that received more than 300 citations
- She acts as frequent reviewer for high-impact scientific journals and she is member of the editorial board of the journal VALORI e VALUTAZIONI. Topic Editor of the Open Access Journal by MDPI SUSTAINIBILITY. Guest editor of a Special Issue “Buildings and Infrastructures Management: Models Strategies and Evaluation Tools”.
- She has participated in prestigious conferences related to Appraisal and Evaluation research topics.
- She has been responsible for 1 EU project related to optimization of maintenance costs of cultural heritage buildings H2020 RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange).
Competence and expertise, leadership capacity and potential for collaboration
Giovanna Acampa has several research collaborations with Italian and international peers, and she leads the Kore BIM research group inside the University of Enna Kore, composed of young researchers, Post-Doc and assistant professors. Some of the most significant competences and experiences are listed below:
- Project evaluation: quantitative and qualitative methodologies for evaluation of projects, cost evaluation tools.
- Multi-criteria analysis to support decision-making process
- Practice based evaluation to promote public participation in public programs
- Building Information Modelling : HBIM and IBIM feasibility tools to design process assessment
- Manteinance costs: with specific reference to heritage, buildings and infrastructures.
- Management: Optimization of management choices
She is in charge of different responsibility roles on behalf on UNIKORE:
- 2011-today: Director at the Estimation and construction management laboratory (L.E.M) using several softwere for buiding information modelling (REVIT, AECOSIM, …..)
- 2013 -2017: Responsible for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Kore University of Enna and ANCE Enna (National Association of Building Contractors) for the purpose of collaboration on issues of common interest and mutual exchange of expertise in training and research programmes, as well as the provision of synergistic actions to promote integration between teaching, research, the public works system and the local production system.
- 2017- today: Responsible for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Kore University of Enna and the Agenzia del Demanio as reference lecturer in the field of research on Project Management techniques and BIM technologies
- 2019- today: Coordinator of the scientific and educational cooperation activities between the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the Kore University of Enna and The Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering (Israel).
Giovanna Acampa established successful research collaborations with researchers from European Universities and Research Institutes, documented by collaboration in research projects (listed below) and also by joint research papers, e.g. with:
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Valles School of Architecture UPC- Barcelona - Spain (Prof.Pere Fuertes – Erasmus Teaching Exchange agreement)
- Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering – Israel (Prof. Moshe Tshuva)
- Gdansk University of Technology -Polland (Prof. Justyna Borucka – Erasmus Teaching Exchange agreement)
- "Universitatea Dunarea De Jos " in Galati -Romania- (Prof. for the development of joint research activities
She is currently member of the following scientific associations:
- SIEV (Italian Society of Appraisal and Evaluation)
- AIV (Italian Evaluation Association)
Participation in research projects:
International projects
- 2017-today : Scientific responsable for WARMEST (loW Altitude Remote sensing for the Monitoring of the state of Cultural hEritage Sites: building an inTegrated model for manteinance) H2020 RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange).
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National/Regional projects
- 2011- 2013 Responsible for evaluation method “SIBSAC - Sistema Integrato per la Bonifica ed il Trattamento di Sedimenti e Acque ad Elevata Salinità"- CUP B71C11000520005
- 2016 – today Responsible for estimating costs and economic evaluations of treatments within the Project Clara - financed by MIUR code SCN 00451 - DD prot.n.1969 del 04.062014
- 2017 -today Responsible for estimating costs and economic evaluations within the Project Omega3 (on the subject of extraction by supercritical CO2 for the valorisation of fish production waste for the nutraceutical sector). POR FESR SICILIA 2014-2020
- PRIN 2017- Line C. Title of the research project "WEAKI TRANSIT: WEAK- demand areas Innovative TRANsport Shared services for Italian Towns" . Project coordinator: Matteo Ignaccolo. Head of the research unit: Tiziana Campisi. Role in the call for proposals: Participant with the role of person responsible for estimating costs and evaluations. Project accepted for funding. 27-01-2020 to date
- PRIN 2022- PRNN. Title of the research projectURGET VADEMECUM 2030-50 (URban de-pollution and de-carbonisation from emissions GEnerated by Transport systems: eVAluation of DEdicated Methodologies, technologies and EConomic thresholds for an unprecedented Mobility at 2030-50)
Legenda
Giovanna Acampa, born in Florence (Italy) in December 4th, 1962, graduated in Architecture in 1989 at the University of Florence. She was lecturer in “Real Estate Appraisal” since 1998 at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence. In 2012 she became Temporary University Researcher acting as Assistant Professor in " Real Estate Appraisal " (scientific sector ICAR/22) at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Enna Kore. From2015 she is Associate Professor and she teaches several Appraisal, Evaluation and Management courses, in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture. She is member of the committee of the Doctorate in ““Civil and Environmental Engineering”. She has supervised 3 PhD students and about 40 master students. She is author of over 40 publications on topics like: urban transport systems, sustainable mobility, air transport systems, technical/economic feasibility of transport interventions, agent-based modelling applied to transport planning. He has been the scientific responsible of several feasibility studies and transport plans at municipal, provincial and regional levels. She has been Scientific Responsible for the University of Kore of the MSCA-RISE 2017 – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange WARMEST (Low altitude remote sensing for the monitoring of the state of cultural heritage sites: building an integrated model for maintenance). She was visiting professor at the Escola Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès of the University Politècnica de Catalunya, and at Gdansk University of Technology ( Staff Mobility in the frame Erasmus Plus and courses within PhD studies within the POWER program)
- She acts as frequent reviewer for high-impact scientific journals and she was member of the editorial board of the journal VALORI e VALUTAZIONI. Topic Editor of the Open Access Journal by MDPI SUSTAINIBILITY. Guest editor of a Special Issue “Buildings and Infrastructures Management: Models Strategies and Evaluation Tools”.
