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Marco Uzielli è Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato (RTD-B) presso il DICeA. E' titolare del corso di Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering nell'ambito del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Geoengineering e del corso di Geotecnica Ambientale e Miglioramento dei Terreni nell'ambito del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell'Ambiente e del Territorio.
È inoltre Socio Fondatore e Direttore Scientifico di Georisk Engineering S.r.l., Società avente la qualifica di spin-off accademico dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze e svolgente attività internazionalmente in ambito professionale e di ricerca nei settori dell'ingegneria geotecnica e della gestione dei rischi da eventi naturali e dal cambiamento climatico.
È stato “visiting lecturer” presso numerose istituzioni accademiche. Mantiene numerose collaborazioni attive di ricerca in ambito nazionale ed internazionale.
È membro dei Technical Committee TC304 “Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management” e TC309 "Machine learning" della International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
PUBBLICAZIONI
Capitoli di libri
Uzielli, M., Cassidy, M.J., Hossain, M.S. (2017). Bayesian prediction of punch-through for spudcans in stiff-over-soft clay. Geotechnical Special Publication GSP286 “Geotechnical Safety and Reliability”, C. Hsein Juang, R.B. Gilbert, L.M. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Zhang (Eds.), 247-265, American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN: 978-07-844-8073-1.
Phoon, K.K., Sivakumar Babu, G.L., Uzielli, M. (2016). Role of Reliability in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering. Forensic Geotechnical Engineering. V.V.S. Rao, G.L. Sivakumar Babu (Eds.), 467-491. Springer, ISBN: 978-81-322-2377-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2377-1_31.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2013). Bayesian characterization of transformation uncertainty for strength and stiffness of sands. Geotechnical Special Publication GSP229 “Foundation Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty”, James L. Withiam, Kok-Kwang Phoon, Mohamad Hussein (Eds.), 368-384, American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN: 978-07-844-1276-3.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W., Cassidy, M.J. (2012). Probabilistic assignment of design strength for sands from in-situ testing data. Modern Geotechnical Codes of Practice – Development and Calibration. Special Geotechnical Publication, G.A. Fenton, P. Arnold, M.A. Hicks, T. Schweckendiek (Eds.), 214-227, Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 978-1-61499-162-5.
Mayne, P.W., Uzielli, M., Illingworth, F. (2012). Shallow footing response on sands using a direct method based on cone penetration tests. Geotechnical Special Publication GSP227 “Full-Scale Testing and Foundation Design”, M.H. Hussein, K.R. Massarsch, G.E. Likins, R.D. Holtz (Eds.), 664-679, American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN: 978-0-7844-1208-4.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2011). Statistical Characterization and Stochastic Simulation of Load-Displacement Behavior of Shallow Footings. Geotechnical Special Publication GSP224 “GeoRisk 2011 - Geotechnical Risk Assessment and Management”, C. Hsein Juang, K.K. Phoon, A.J. Puppala, R.A. Green, G.A. Fenton (Eds.), 672-679, American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN: 978-0-7844-1183-4.
Phoon, K.-K., Sivakumar Babu, G.L., Uzielli, M. (2009). Potential role of reliability in forsensic geotechnical engineering. In "Introduction To Forensic Geotechnical Engineering", ISSMGE TC40 Report on Forensic Engineering (CDROM).
Lacasse, S., Nadim, F., Uzielli, M. (2007). Risk assessment of landslides. Geotechnical Special Publication GSP157 “Computer Applications In Geotechnical Engineering”, T.C. Siegel, R. Luna, T. Hueckel, L. Laloui (Eds.), American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN: 978-0-7844-0901-5.
Callerio, A., Faccioli, E., Uzielli, M., Kaynia, A.M. (2007). Risk analysis for the Corniglio landslide. In Landslides: from mapping to risk estimation. LessLoss Training Report, G.B. Crosta & P. Frattini (eds.), IUSS Press, Pavia.
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G., Phoon, K.-K. (2007). Random field characterisation of stress-normalized CPT parameters. In Risk and variability in geotechnical engineering, M.A. Hicks (ed.), Thomas Telford, London.
Crespellani, T., Madiai, C., Uzielli, M. (2003). FEM geotechnical analysis of the seismic damage to the church of S. Filippo in Nocera Umbra during the September 26, 1997 seismic sequence. In Geotechnical analysis of seismic vulnerability of monuments and historical sites, M. Maugeri & R. Nova (eds.), Pàtron, Bologna, 187-208, ISBN: 9788855527552.
Articoli su rivista
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2019). Probabilistic assignment of effective friction angles of sands and silty sands using quantile regression. Georisk Special Issue in Honour and Memory of Professor Tien H. Wu “Probabilistic applications in geotechnical engineering focusing on case histories”, Eds. K.K. Phoon & C.H. Juang. DOI: 10.1080/17499518.2019.1663388.
Uzielli, M., Rianna, G., Ciervo, F., Mercogliano, P., Eidsvig, U. K. (2018). Temporal evolution of flow-like landslide hazard for a road infrastructure in the municipality of Nocera Inferiore (southern Italy) under the effect of climate change, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3019-3035, DOI:10.5194/nhess-18-3019-2018.
Li, J., Hu, P., Uzielli, M., Cassidy, M.J. (2017). Bayesian prediction of peak resistance of a spudcan penetrating sand-over-clay. Géotechnique, DOI:10.1680/jgeot.17.p.154.
Li, J.H., Cassidy, M.J., Tian, Y., Huang, J., Lyamin, A.V., Uzielli, M. (2015). Buried footings in random soils: comparison of limit analysis and finite element analysis. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, DOI:10.1080/17499518.2015.1064141
Uzielli, M., Catani, F., Tofani, V., Casagli, N. (2015). Risk analysis for the Ancona landslide - I: characterization of landslide kinematics. Landslides 12:69-82, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-014-0474-0.
Uzielli, M., Catani, F., Tofani, V., Casagli, N. (2015). Risk analysis for the Ancona landslide - II: estimation of risk to buildings. Landslides 12:83-100, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-014-0477-x.
Stuedlein, A.W., Uzielli, M. (2014). Serviceability limit state design for uplift of helical anchors in clay. Geomechanics and Geoengineering 02/2014; 9(3). DOI:10.1080/17486025.2013.857049
Cassidy, M.J., Uzielli, M., Tian, Y. (2013). Probabilistic combined loading failure envelopes of a strip footing on spatially variable soil. Computers and Geotechnics 10/2012; 49:191–205. DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.10.008.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2011). Load-displacement uncertainty of vertically loaded shallow footings on sands and effects on probabilistic settlement estimation. Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards 01/2011; 6(1):1-20. DOI:10.1080/17499518.2011.626333.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2011). Serviceability limit state CPT-based design for vertically loaded shallow footings on sand. Geomechanics and Geoengineering 06/2011; 6(2-2):91-107. DOI:10.1080/17486025.2010.531146.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2011). Discussion of “Axial compression of footings in cohesionless soils. I: load-settlement behavior” by S.O. Akbas and F.H. Kulhawy (ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 135(11), 1562-1574). Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 137(1): 109-110.
Li, Z., Nadim, F., Huang, H., Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2010). Quantitative vulnerability estimation for scenario-based landslide hazards. Landslides 06/2010; 7(2):125-134. DOI:10.1007/s10346-009-0190-3.
Uzielli, M., Nadim, F., Lacasse, S., Kaynia, A.M. (2008). A conceptual framework for quantitative estimation of physical vulnerability to landslides. Engineering Geology 102 (2008), pp. 251-256, DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.03.011.
Cassidy, M.J., Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2008). Probability Risk Assessment of Landslides: A case study at Finneidfjord. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 45, 1250-1267, DOI: 10.1139/T08-055.
Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2007). Scenario-based probabilistic estimation of direct loss for geohazards. Georisk, Vol. 1(3): 142-154.
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G., Phoon, K.-K. (2005). Random field characterisation of stress-normalized CPT parameters. Géotechnique, Vol. 55(1): 3-20.
Articoli in atti di convegni referati
Uzielli, M., Zei, M., Cassidy, M.J. (2019). Probabilistic assignment of design undrained shear strength using quantile regression. Ching, J., Li, D. Q. & Zhang, J., (Eds), Proceedings, 7th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk, Research Publishing, 2019, 11-13 December 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, 899pp. ISBN: 978-981-11-2725-0, DOI:10.3850/9789811127250-toc.
Uzielli, M., Zei, M., Facciorusso, J., Madiai, C. (2019). Probabilistic estimation of linear and volumetric strain thresholds for Italian clays. Proceedings of ESREL 2019, Hannover, September 22-26, 2019. DOI: 10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_ 0004-cd.
Uzielli, M., Choi, J.C., Kalsnes, B.G. (2017): An expert-based landslide risk mitigation web portal. Proceedings of the 4th World Landslide Forum WLF2017, Ljubljana, May 29-June 2, 2017.
Rianna, G., Roca Collell, M., Uzielli, M., Van Ruiten, K., Mercogliano, P., Ciervo, F. (2017). An experience of knowledge co-production for setting up landslide risk management processes in a critical infrastructure: the case of Campania Region (Southern Italy). Proceedings of EGU 2017, Vienna, 23-28 April 2017.
Uzielli, M., Eidsvig, U., Vangelsten, B.V. (2016). Probabilistic modeling of physical vulnerability of road infrastructures to floods. Proceedings of FLOODRisk 2016 – 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management: Innovation, Implementation, Integration. Lyon, October 18-20, 2016, DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20160704009.
Eidsvig, U., Uzielli, M., Vangelsten, B.V. (2016). Approaches for assessment of vulnerability of critical infrastructures to weather-related hazards. Geophysical Research Abstract Vol. 18, EGU2016-7722-1. EGU General Assembly, Vienna.
Liu, Z.Q., Nadim, F., Lacasse, S., Uzielli, M. (2016). Bayesian kriging to characterize spatial variability. Proceedings of the 6th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications APSSRA’6, Shanghai. May 28-30 2016,Tongji University Press, 348-353.
Li, J., Uzielli, M., Cassidy, M.J. (2015). Uncertainty-based characterization of piezocone and T-bar data for the Laminaria offshore site. The Third International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG 2015), Oslo, Norway.
Cassidy, M.J., Li, J., Hu, P., Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2015). Deterministic and probabilistic advances in the analysis of spudcan behaviour. The Third International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG 2015), Oslo, Norway.
Li, J., Cassidy, M.J., Tian, Y., Huang, J., Lyamin, A.V., Uzielli, M. (2014). Comparative study of bearing capacity of buried footings using random limit analysis and random finite element method. Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics.
Tian, Y., Cassidy, M.J., Uzielli, M. (2013). Probabilistic Assessment of the Bearing Capacity of Shallow Strip Footings on Stiff-Over-Soft Clay. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris.
Stuedlein, A.W., Uzielli, M. (2013). Stochastic Simulation of Uplift Load-Displacement Behavior of Helical Anchors in Clays. 1st International Geotechnical Symposium on Helical Foundations, Amherst, MA (USA).
Phoon, K.K., Uzielli, M., Sivakumar Babu, G.L. (2010). Some observations of role of uncertainty in forensic geotechnical engineering. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forensic Approach to Analysis of Geohazard Problems (ed. G.L. Sivakumar Babu), December 14-15, 2010 I. I. T. Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Uzielli, M., Facciorusso, J., Mayne, P.W. (2010). Spatial characterization of shear wave velocity at the Amherst NGES site from SCPT by geostatistical kriging. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing – CPT’10, Huntington Beach, May 9-11, 2010.
Facciorusso, J., Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G. (2010). CPT-based comparative mapping of liquefaction hazard for large areas. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. San Diego, May 24-29, 2010.
Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S., Nadim, F. (2009). Probabilistic risk estimation for geohazards: a simulation approach. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk. Gifu, June 11-12, 2009. Rotterdam: Balkema.
Uzielli, M. (2008). Statistical analysis of geotechnical data. Keynote paper, Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization ISC’3, Taipei, April 1-4, 2008. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 9780415469364.
Uzielli, M., Mayne, P.W. (2008). Comparative CPT-based classification of Cooper Marl. Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization ISC’3, Taipei, April 1-4, 2008. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 9780415469364.
Uzielli, M., Simonini, P., Cola, S. (2008). Statistical identification of homogeneous soil layers in Venice lagoon soils. Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization ISC’3, Taipei, April 1-4, 2008. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 9780415469364.
Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2007). Probabilistic estimation of vulnerability to landslides. Proceedings of the 13th Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Margarita, July 16-20, 2007 (CD-ROM).
Lacasse, S., Nadim, F., Uzielli, M. (2007). Risk assessment for landslides. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Madrid, September 24-27, 2007 (CD-ROM).
Vangelsten, B.V., Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S. (2007). Probabilistic risk estimation for a Norwegian clay slope. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Madrid, September 24-27, 2007 (CD-ROM).
Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S., Nadim, F., Phoon, K.-K. (2007). Soil variability analysis for geotechnical practice. Keynote paper, In T.S. Tan, K.K. Phoon, D.W. Hight & S. Leroueil (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils. Singapore, November 29 – December 1, 2006. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis (CD-ROM).
Lunne, T., Long. M., Uzielli, M. (2007). Characterisation and engineering properties of Troll clay. In T.S. Tan, K.K. Phoon, D.W. Hight & S. Leroueil (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils. Singapore, November 29 – December 1, 2006. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis (CD-ROM).
Uzielli, M., Lacasse, S., Nadim, F., Lunne, T. (2007). Uncertainty-based analysis of Troll marine clay. In T.S. Tan, K.K. Phoon, D.W. Hight & S. Leroueil (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils. Singapore, November 29 – December 1, 2006. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis (CD-ROM).
Uzielli, M., Phoon, K.-K. (2006). Some observations on assessment of Gaussianity for correlated profiles. Proceedings of GeoCongress 2006, Atlanta, February 26-March 1, 2006. ASCE Geo-Institute, Reston (CD-ROM), ISBN: 978-0-7844-0803-2, DOI: 10.1061/40803(187)106.
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G., Phoon, K.-K. (2005). Investigation of correlation structures and weak stationarity using the CPT soil classification index. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability – ICOSSAR 2005 – Rome, July 19-22, 2005 (CD-ROM).
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G., Phoon, K.-K. (2004). Assessment of weak stationarity using normalized cone tip resistance. Proceedings of the 9th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability - PMC 2004, Albuquerque, July 26-28, 2004 (CD-ROM).
Facciorusso, J., Uzielli, M. (2004). Stratigraphic profiling by cluster analysis and fuzzy soil classification from mechanical cone penetration tests in the harbor area of Gioia Tauro, Italy. Proceedings of the International Conference on Site Characterization ISC-2, Porto, September 20-22, 2004.
Vannucchi, G., Uzielli, M. (2004). “Variabilità geotecnica ed affidabilità della sperimentazione.” Atti del Seminario ALGI sulla caratterizzazione geotecnica dei terreni, Firenze, 12-14 febbraio 2004.
Uzielli, M. (2002). Historical and geotechnical aspects of the seismic vulnerability of the church of S. Filippo in Nocera Umbra, Italy. Proceedings of the Second Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium "Geotechnical Problems on Modern Construction and Monumental Architectures", Samarkand, September 17-20, 2002.
Uzielli, M. (2002). Prediction of liquefaction-induced horizontal displacements by soft-computing approaches, Proceedings of the 15th European Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conference EYGEC 2002, Dublin (Ireland), September 11-14, 2002, 223-229. Selezionato dalla Associazione Geotecnica Italiana quale rappresentante italiano.
Crespellani, T., Uzielli, M. (2001). Geotechnical analyses and interpretation of seismic damage for the church of S. Filippo at Nocera Umbra, Italy. Proceedings of the TC4 Satellite Conference "Lessons learned from recent earthquakes", XV International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, August 23-25, 2001.
Articoli in atti di convegni non referati
Uzielli, M., Rianna, G., Mercogliano, P., Ciervo, F., Eidsvig, U. (2017). Temporal evolution of landslide hazard for a road infrastructure in the Municipality of Nocera Inferiore, Italy under the effect of climate change. Proceedings of IDRiM, Reykjavik, August 23-25, 2017.
Mercogliano, P., Uzielli, M., Pellegrini, V., Rianna, G., Zei, M. (2017). The integration of climate change in strategic environmental assessments (VAS): the case of heatwaves risk for the city of Prato. Proceedings of the SISC Fifth Annual Conference, Bologna, October 26-27, 2017.
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G., Zei, M. (2013). Stima probabilistica del bacino dei cedimenti in campo libero indotto da scavi in sotterraneo. Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica - IARG 2013, Perugia, 16-18 settembre 2013.
Uzielli, M., Vannucchi, G. (2012). Stima probabilistica dei cedimenti verticali indotti da scavi meccanizzati. Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica - IARG 2012, Padova, 2-4 luglio 2012.
Uzielli, M., Düzgün, Ş., Vangelsten, B.V. (2006). A first-order second-moment framework for probabilistic estimation of vulnerability to landslides. Proceedings of Geohazards – Technical, Economic and Social Risk Evaluation, Lillehammer, June 18-21, 2006.
Uzielli, M. (2004). Stima della distanza di fluttuazione della resistenza penetrometrica normalizzata rispetto alla pressione verticale efficace. Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica - IARG 2004, Trento, 7-9 luglio 2004.
Uzielli, M., Facciorusso, J. (2003). Ricostruzione stratigrafica da prove CPT meccaniche nell’area portuale di Gioia Tauro mediante tecniche di clustering e fuzzy. Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica - IARG 2003, Potenza, 18-20 giugno 2003.
Madiai, C., Uzielli, M. (2001). Aspetti geotecnici nel danneggiamento sismico della chiesa di S. Filippo a Nocera Umbra. Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica - IARG 2001, Milano, 10-11 maggio 2001.
Tesi di Dottorato
Uzielli, M. (2004). Variability of stress-normalized CPT measurements and application to seismic liquefaction initiation assessment
Tesi di Laurea
Uzielli, M. (2000). Studio dell'interazione terreno-struttura per la chiesa di S. Filippo in Nocera Umbra durante il primo evento sismico del 26/09/97 mediante un codice di calcolo agli elementi finiti.
Marco Uzielli è attualmente attivo nelle seguenti tematiche di ricerca:
Legenda
Marco Uzielli is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Florence. He holds the undergraduate courses “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering” in the second-cycle degree course in Geoengineering and “Environmental Geotechnics and Soil Improvement” in the second-cycle degree course in Environmental Engineering. He also holds the post-graduate course “Risk analysis for natural hazards” in the International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Marco was the Founder and is currently the Scientific Director of Georisk Engineering S.r.l., an engineering consultancy firm and academic spin-off of the University of Florence operating internationally in commercial and research projects on the topics of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering and disaster risk management for natural and climate change-related hazards.
He is a specialist consultant for the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia, Perth.
Marco has been a Visiting Lecturer at numerous institutions and maintains active collaborations with commercial and research partners worldwide.
Marco serves in Technical Committees TC304 “Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management” and TC309 "Machine Learning" of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
PUBLICATIONS
Chapters in books
Journal papers
Refereed conference papers
Non-refereed conference papers
Ph.D. Dissertation
Undergraduate Dissertation
Marco Uzielli is currently active in the following research topics:
