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Dr Iacopo Carnacina

School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Email: I.Carnacina@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 2584

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Dr Carnacina is a Reader in Water and Environmental Engineering for the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment and joined LJMU in 2017 as Senior Lecturer for the same school. Here, he teaches at various levels on topics related to water engineering, sustainable infrastructures and river and basin management.

Prior to this, he has been Lecturer and Researcher in River Engineering at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education within the department of Water Science and Engineering. In 2006 he obtained his master's degree in Hydraulic, Transportation and Territory Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy. In 2010 he obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the doctorate school of the University of Pisa “Leonardo da Vinci” Italy, with a thesis on the effect of debris accumulation on bridge pier scour. Since 2007, he has also been a member of the professional body of Civil Engineers of the province of La Spezia, Italy.

Previously, he was involved in the CARNOT/VITRE research project on sediment transportation of combined sewer networks using acoustic devices at the French Institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks (IFSTTAR). There, he analysed the evolution and main morphological features of organic sediment deposits.

After that, he worked for more than 5 years at AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe modelling firm, where he developed fluvial, pluvial and storm surge stochastic numerical models for the continental United States, Brazil, China, Central Europe, UK and Japan. There, he also worked as a model manager and scientific lead for the new North Sea storm surge model in collaboration with Deltares, which resulted in the development of new solutions using Delft3D-Flexile Mesh.

He is interested in local erosion in correspondence with hydraulic structures such as bridges, river training structures and dams, large-scale numerical flood models and flood protection. He has also contributed to the study of sustainable river training structures, with a focus on local erosion phenomena and morphology, design, energy dissipation and two-phase flow development. His research will focus on the sustainable impact of hydraulic structures with a focus on micro-hydropower development in rural regions' use of sustainable resources to optimize efficiency and minimize the environmental impact.

Languages

Italian
English
French

Degrees

2010, University of Pisa, Italy, PhD Civil Engineering
2006, University of Pisa, Italy, MEng Civil Engineering
2004, University of Pisa, Italy, BEng Civil Engineering

Certifications

2011, Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Paris, France, Lecturer qualification (France, Maître de Conférence) n°11260216614
2007, University of Pisa, Qualification for Security responsible for temporary and mobile construction works (Italian Decree law D.Legs 81/08 Ex. Law 494/96)
2006, University of Pisa, Italy, Professional Civil Engineer

Academic appointments

Reader in Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Senior Lecturer Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - 2022
Lecturer/Researcher River Basin Hydraulics, Water Science Engineering, IHE-Delft, 2017 - 2017
Researcher, GER, The French institute of science and technology for transport, spatial planning, development and networks, 2010 - 2011
Researcher, Civil Engineering, University of Pisa, 2010 - 2010

Postgraduate training

PGCertLTHE, UK, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - 2018

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