SALVATORE VERRE

Salvatore Verre, Researcher t.d. (RTdA) in Construction Technology at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences (DiSTA) since 2024. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Calabria in 2009 and, in the same university, he received his Master’s degree – Addressing Structures – in 2013 with a grade of 110 cum laude.
In 2015, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri (U.S.A.). In 2017, he received the degree of Ph.D. in Environmental, Construction and Energy Science and Engineering in the field of ICAR/09 from the University of Calabria.
In 2023, he achieved the National Scientific Qualification for the positions of university Associate Professor in the same SSD.
From 2023 to 2024 he was a Research Fellow at eCampus University.
He is Review Editor and Academic member of several journals.
Since 2018, he is a member of several Research Tasks at ReLUIS (Consortium of the Network of University Laboratories of Earthquake and Structural Engineering) and Member of the Rilem 290-IMC Commission: Durability of Inorganic Matrix Composites used for Strengthening of Masonry.

His research activity is focused on the following topics:
· Composite materials with organic SRP (steel reinforced polymer) and inorganic FRCM (fiber reinforced cementitious mortar) SRG (steel reinforced grout) mortar for strengthening concrete and masonry structures;
· Mechanical characterization of cementitious mortar composites and old wood;
· Adhesion between composite materials (cementitious mortar) and concrete and masonry substrates;
· FEM modeling of composite materials, reinforced concrete and masonry structures;
He is author/co-author of more than 50 scientific publications in international journals and international conference proceedings.

Email: salvatore.verre@uniecampus.it

Some recent publications are:

  1. John S. K., Cascardi A., Verre S., & Nadir Y. (2025). RC-columns subjected to lateral cyclic force with different FRCM-strengthening schemes: experimental and numerical investigation. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-30;
  2. Ombres L., Aiello M. A., Cascardi A., & Verre S. (2024). Modeling of steel-reinforced grout composite system-to-concrete bond capacity using artificial neural networks. Journal of Composites for Construction, 28(5), 04024034;
  3. Cascardi A., Verre S., Ombres, L., Aiello, M. A. (2024). Carbon Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Mortar confinement of concrete cylinders: the matrix effect for multi-ply wrapping. Composite Structures, 332, 2024, 117919;
  4. Verre S., Comodini F., Panico R., Cascardi A., Focacci F. (2024). Shear stress transfer at the SRG-concrete interface: influence of the number of layers. SMAR 2024 – 7th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures. Procedia Structural Integrity Procedia;
  5. Mazzuca P., Ombres L., Guglielmi M., Verre S. (2023). Residual mechanical properties of PBO FRCM composites after elevated temperature exposure: Experimental and comparative analysis. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35(11);
  6. Verre S., Cauteruccio G. F., Fortunato G., Zappani A. A., Ombres L., Brunetti M., Nocetti M., Ruggieri N., Togni M., Marranzini D., Iovane G., Faggiano B. Assessment of mechanical properties for ancient timber through visual and ND methods. In Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems (pp. 3920-3926);
  7. Carloni C., Verre S., Sneed L.H., Ombres L. Open issues on the Investigation of PBO FRCM-concrete Debonding. Composite Structures 299 (2022) 116062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116062;
  8. Sneed L.H., Verre S., Ombres L., Carloni C. (2022). Flexural behavior of RC beams strengthened and repaired with SRP composite. Engineering Structures 258, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114084;
  9. Ombres L., Mazzuca P., Verre S. (2022). Effects of Thermal Conditioning at High Temperatures on the Response of Concrete Elements Confined with a PBO-FRCM Composite System. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34(1), 04021413.
  10. Verre S. (2022). Numerical Strategy for Column Strengthened with FRCM/SRG System. Buildings, 12(12);
  11. Micelli F., Cascardi A., Verre S. (2022). Structural Assessment of a Heritage Buildings in the UNESCO Site of Alberobello. 5th International Symposium, New Metropolitan Perspectives, Reggio Calabria, Italy;
  12. Ombres L., Verre S. (2021). Shear strengthening of reinforced concrete beams with SRG (Steel Reinforced Grout) composites: Experimental investigation and modelling. Journal of Building Engineering, 103047;
  13. Aiello M. A., Bencardino F., Cascardi A., D’Antino T., Fagone M., Frana, I., . . . Verre S. (2021). Masonry columns confined with fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) systems: A round robin test. Construction and Building Materials, 298 doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123816;
  14. Verre S. (2021). Effect of Different Environments’ Conditioning on the Debonding Phenomenon in Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix-Concrete Joints. Materials, 14, 7566. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14247566;
  15. Aiello, M. A., Cascardi, A., Ombres, L., Verre S. (2020). Confinement of masonry columns with the FRCM-system: Theoretical and experimental investigation. Infrastructures, 5(11), 1-14. doi:10.3390/infrastructures5110101;
  16. Ombres L., Verre S. (2019). Flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams with steel reinforced grout: experimental and numerical investigation. Journal of Composites for Construction, 23(5) doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000960;
  17. Ombres L., Mancuso N., Mazzuca S., Verre S. (2019). Bond between Carbon Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix and Masonry Substrate. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (2019), 31-1:238-245. Doi: 10.1016/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002561;
  18. Carloni C., Verre S., Sneed L.H., Ombres L. (2017). Loading rate effect on the debonding phenomenon in fiber reinforced cementitious matrix-concrete joints. Composites Part B 108; 301-314, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.09.087;
  19. Sneed L.H., Verre S., Carloni C., Ombres L. (2016). Flexural behavior of RC beams strengthened with steel-FRCM composite. Engineering Structures 127;686-699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.09.006;
  20. Ombres L., Verre S. (2015) Structural behavior of fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) strengthened concrete columns under eccentric loading. Composites Part B 75;235-249