Luca Caracoglia

Professor,  Civil and Environmental Engineering

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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 Turbines.

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.

WERG

Selected Research Projects

Faculty

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 […]

Faculty

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 NSF to design a facility that can test tornado effects on real-life scale building models.

Faculty

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 […]

Faculty

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 […]

PhD

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.

Luca Caracoglia

Faculty

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.

Luca Caracoglia

Faculty

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.

Luca Caracoglia

Faculty

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.

Viet LE

Alumni

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.

Luca Caracoglia

Faculty

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.”

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