Simoncelli Marco

Marco Simoncelli is a researcher at the Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering, and Built Environment (DABC) at the Politecnico di Milano. He graduated with honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Pavia in 2013 and received his PhD from the Politecnico di Milano in March 2018. He was a visiting PhD researcher at the University of Sydney, Australia in 2016. He was the Department Director's delegate for research infrastructures and laboratories from 2023 to 2025. He was also a visiting researcher at the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan in 2026. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 publications in international and national journals. Marco Simoncelli is currently a member of the board of directors of the Collegio dei Tecnici dell'Acciaio (CTA). Marco Simoncelli is also a member of the MENSA Italia association, which aims to discover and encourage human intelligence for the benefit of humanity.

He was the research unit leader and deputy PI of the SARCOS research project, funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), for the study of composite steel-concrete slabs made with recycled aggregate concrete. He is currently the research unit leader within the European-funded RFCS-SAVERACK project, focusing on the seismic protection of metal racking. The project involves numerous European universities, industrial partners, and design firms.

Career

PhD with honors in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Master in Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università degli studi di Pavia
Bachelor degree in Ingegneria Civile, Università Politecnica delle Marche

Research

Research activities are both numerical and experimental, focusing primarily on steel and aluminum structures, with a particular focus on those made with cold-formed profiles. Special attention has also been paid to the problem of non-uniform torsion or warping and its associated effects. A significant contribution has been made to the study of the seismic and static behavior of metal structures used for goods storage. The results published over the years have been used as a basis for discussion in updating the most important industry standards (Eurocodes). Research has also focused on the post-breakage behavior of glass structural elements. In this context, the results of various experimental test campaigns on glass with different thicknesses, constraints, and polymeric materials have been published. The experimental (and numerical) results have also been submitted to the working groups for the standard update. The most recent research topics also address environmental sustainability: i) the construction of composite steel-concrete slabs with concrete containing recycled aggregates; ii) study of the residual life of wind turbines; iii) study of the residual life of corroded steel bridges.

Selected Publications

Bernuzzi C., Gobetti A., Gabbianelli G., Simoncelli M. “Warping Influence on the Resistance of Uprights in Steel Storage Pallet Racks”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 101, 224-241, 2014.

Simoncelli M., Tagliaferro B., Montuori R. “Recent development on the seismic devices for steel storage structures”, Thin-walled structures 155, 106827, 2020.

Bernuzzi C., Crespi P., Montuori R., Nastri E., Simoncelli M., Stochino F., Zucca M. “Resonance of steel wind turbines: Problems and solutions”, Structures 32, 65-75, Aug. 2021.

Nastri E., Simoncelli M., Zucca M. “Main aspects related to the design of steel wind turbines” Structural Magazine 234, 1-14, 2021.

Acito M., Mastrangelo R., Magrinelli E., Simoncelli M. “Design strategies of vibration mitigation systems for an existing suspended footbridge” Engineering Structures 249, 113279, 2021.

Biolzi L., Simoncelli M. “Overall response of 2-ply laminated glass plates under out-of-plane loading” Engineering structures 256, 113967, 2022.
Biolzi L., Cattaneo S., Simoncelli M. “Post-failure behavior of 2-ply laminated glass plates with different interlayers” Engineering fracture mechanics 268, 108496, 2022.

Bernuzzi C., Rottenbacher C., Simoncelli M., Venini P. “Modal identification of storage racks for cheese wheels” Structural Control and Health monitoring 29(10), e3052, 2022.

Barazzetta G., Guerritore C., Simoncelli M., “An Exemplary Case Study of Post-WWII Reconstruction in Milan” Nexus Network Journal 25(2), 319-338, 2023.

Simoncelli M., Aloisio A., Zucca M., Venturi G., Alaggio R. “Intensity and location of corrosion on the reliability of a steel bridge” Journal of constructional steel research 206, 107937, 2023.

Bernuzzi C., Pisani M.A., Simoncelli M. “Debonding strain for steel-concrete composite slabs with trapezoidal metal deck” Steel and composite structures, 49 (1), 19-30, 2023.

Bernuzzi C., Simoncelli M. “The transformation matrix in the 7DOFs beam formulation”, Thin-walled Structures 190, 110951, 2023.
Simoncelli M., Zucca M., Ghilardi M. “Structural health monitoring of an onshore steel wind turbine”, Journal of civil structural health monitoring 14(6), 1423-1437, 2024.

Pinna F., Zucca M., Simoncelli M., Stochino F., “Explosion venting in dust collectors: A critical review of standards for reduced pressure and reaction force duration”, Journal of Loss.

Grants, awards and Honours

Member of the Board of Directors of the College of Steel Technicians.

Member of the MENSA Italia association.

Community Service

A scientific member of the journals Costruzioni Metalliche, Structural Magazine, and Elevatori Magazine, which represent a benchmark in the Italian engineering landscape. Marco Simoncelli is actively involved in European standards discussions, such as the one dedicated to the development and updating of Eurocode 3 Part 1-3, ECCS-TWG7.5, and the one dedicated to updating the standards for industrial shelving (EN15512). He organizes and presents at conferences and professional development courses for various associations of engineers and architects throughout Italy. He is a member of the Mobility Committee of the Politecnico di Milano for student mobility.