Prof. Giorgio Carta is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering.

Education and academic career

• Degree in Civil Engineering (110/110 e lode), October 2003, University of Cagliari, Italy;
• PhD in Structural Engineering, March 2007, University of Cagliari, Italy;
• MSc in Structural Engineering (distinction), September 2009, University of Sheffield, UK;
• National Scientific Habilitation (5/5) for Associate Professor, 08/B2 (Scienza delle Costruzioni);
• National Scientific Habilitation (5/5) for Full Professor, 08/B2 (Scienza delle Costruzioni);
• Post-doc for 4 years at the University of Cagliari (Italy);
• Research Fellow for 1 year at the University of Liverpool (UK);
• Research Fellow for 4 years at Liverpool John Moores University (UK);
• Lecturer for 3 years at the University of Cagliari, Italy;
• Since November 2022, he is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari.

Research

His research activity is mainly focussed on the following topics:

• elastic and mechanical metamaterials;
• propagation of elastic waves;
• auxetic materials;
• dynamics of solids and structures;
• plasticity.

He is author of 44 scientific papers, published in international journals.

He has participated in many national and international conferences.

Teaching

• March 2022 - TO DATE: lecturer of the course "Scienza delle Costruzioni" ("Mechanics of Solids and Structures"), bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Cagliari;
• March 2024 - TO DATE: lecturer of the course "Progetto Meccanico" ("Mechanical Project"), master degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Cagliari;
• March 2021 - February 2022: lecturer of the course "Fondamenti di Costruzioni Meccaniche", degree in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Cagliari;
• February 2021: lecturer of the PhD course "Introduction to the Mechanics of Elastic Metamaterials", University of Cagliari;
• July 2018: lecturer of the PhD course "Metamaterials and seismic risk analysis for structural and mechanical systems", University of Trento;
• March 2012 - February 2014: lecturer of the course "Scienza delle Costruzioni 2", degree in Civil Engineering, University of Cagliari;
• March 2010 - February 2011: lecturer of the course "Sicurezza ed Affidabilità delle Costruzioni 2", degree in Civil Engineering, University of Cagliari.

Last update: February 2024