Luca Caracoglia
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office
- 441 Snell Engineering Center
- 617.373.5186
Research Focus
Structural dynamics; wind engineering; wind energy; wind-induced vibration; fluid-structure interaction; linear and nonlinear cable dynamics; climate change
Education
- Ph.D., University of Trieste, Italy, Structural Engineering, 2001
- 5-year Diploma, University of Trieste, Italy, Civil Engineering 1997
Licensure
- Professional Engineer: TBA
Research Overview
Structural dynamics; wind engineering; wind energy; wind-induced vibration; fluid-structure interaction; linear and nonlinear cable dynamics; climate change
Wind Engineering Research Group
Here at the Wind Engineering Research Group (WERG), numerical methods are developed and wind tunnel experimental tests are conducted to investigate the structural damages and economic impacts that are induced by wind hazards such as hurricanes, thunderstorm downbursts, and tornadoes on high-rise buildings, wind towers, long-span bridges, and other civil infrastructure. In recent years, emerging issues such as climate change effects and wind-load resilience of civil infrastructures have been examined. Research activities also include sustainable wind energy systems, horizontal axis wind turbines and wind-based energy harvesting.
Selected Research Projects
- Collaborative Research: Active Control of Nonlinear Flow- Induced Instability of Wind Turbine Blades under Stochastic Perturbations
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation - Exploiting the Wind Energy Resource through Aeroelastic Vibration and Torsional Flutter
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation - Performance-Based Wind Engineering: Stochastic Approximation for the Wind-Induced Dynamics of the Next- Generation Tall Buildings and Tower Structures
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]
Dec 06, 2023
Caracoglia Part of Team to Test Life Size Buildings Against Simulated Tornados
CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia is part of a team of researchers across nine universities who have been given a four-year, $14 million grant by the U.S. National Science Foundation to design a facility that can test tornado effects on real-life scale building models.
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]
Dec 23, 2021
COE Professors Selected in Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]
May 04, 2021
One Program, Two PhDs, Two Continents
Northeastern’s new international doctorate program—the Global Experiential PhD—provides students with an opportunity to earn separate PhDs from two universities in two continents while dramatically expanding the breadth of their research. As an added benefit, the program also expands the international job opportunities for graduates.
Jan 11, 2021
Caracoglia Speaker at 4th International Wind Engineering Seminar
CEE Associate Professor Luca Caracoglia was a semi-plenary speaker as part of a panel of experts who discussed recent developments in Bridge Aerodynamics at the 4th International Wind Engineering Seminar.
Oct 29, 2020
Luca Caracoglia’s Research on Artificial Intelligence for Tornado Engineering was featured by MathWorks
Recent research results by CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia and Dr. Viet Le on Artificial Intelligence for Tornado Engineering were featured by MathWorks.
Sep 14, 2020
Caracoglia Selected as ASCE Fellow
CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his contributions in research, education, and outreach in the areas of structural engineering, structural dynamics, probabilistic mechanics, wind engineering and wind energy.
Jul 31, 2020
In-Vento 2020 Online Event Featuring CEE PhD Graduate of the Wind Engineering Research Lab
The Italian Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV) and the wind engineering group of Politecnico di Milano, Italy will organize the IN-VENTO 2020 online event, which will feature presentations delivered by PhD students from several leading universities, including recent CEE PhD graduate Viet LE from Northeastern’s Wind Engineering Research Group.
Jun 04, 2020
Meso-scale Wind Energy Harvester
CEE Associate Professor Luca Caracoglia was awarded a $440K NSF grant for “Exploiting the Wind Energy Resource through Aeroelastic Vibration and Torsional Flutter.”