Giovanni Solari, Honorary Professor at Central South University. He is currently Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Genoa, Italy. He is the head of the Wind Tunnel Laboratory. Professor Solari is an internationally renowned expert in aerodynamics and random vibration, a member of the Italian National Academy of Sciences and the former President of the International Wind Engineering Association. Former President of the Italian Wind Engineering Association, he has in-depth research in wind engineering, structural dynamics, structural safety and reliability, stochastic processes, structural engineering, infrastructure systems, etc.He is also a visiting professor and senior consultant at Beijing Jiaotong University, a visiting professor at the University of Monaco in Montevideo, Uruguay, an adjunct professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, and an honorary professor at the Railway University of Shijiazhuang, China. He graduated from the University of Genoa in 1977. He became a tenured professor at the University of Genoa in 1990. In 2005, he became the dean of the School of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Genoa. From 2005, he became the European Institute of Advanced Studies. Academic members of the earthquake risk reduction (Rose School). Up to now, more than 200 high-quality journal articles have been published. In 2017, he won the Robert h. Scanlan Medal (Institute of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers), in 2016, he was awarded the “Lei” project senior fund by the European Research Council, and in 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest Civil Engineering and Technology, Romania, in 2014. The Institute of Civil Engineers Institute of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering received the Raymond C. Rees Research Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2013, the Otto HGFlachsbart Medal (Windtechnologische Gesellschaft eV Germany - Austria - Switzerland) also received the highest academic honor in the field of international wind engineering including AG Davenport Medal (2011) and Jack E. Cermak Medal (2006). Formerly Chairman of the International Wind Engineering Association, Chairman of the Italian Wind Energy Engineering Association, European and African Coordinator of the International Wind Energy Engineering Association; Chief Editor and Deputy of the prestigious publications such as Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics and Wind and Structures Editing and editing committees and other positions.

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