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Gennaro Senatore

Herr PhD. Habil.

Postdoktorand
Institut für Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren

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70569 Stuttgart
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Scopus ID: 54394106500

Journal publications formulated within the scope of the CRC1244

K.A. Canny, G. Senatore, and L. Blandini, “Investigation of retrofit strategies to extend the service life of bridge structures through active control,” Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), vol. 30 (2), 2025, doi: 10.1061/JBENF2.BEENG-6925.

Role: research lead and corresponding author.

G. Senatore, F. Virgili, and L. Blandini, “Global optimal actuator placement for adaptive structures: New formulation and benchmarking,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 36(3), 2025, doi: 10.1177/1045389X241293861.

A.P. Reksowardojo, G. Senatore, L. Blandini, and I. F. C. Smith, “Application of Self-Diagnosis and Self-Repair on a Truss Prototype that Adapts to Loading Through Shape Morphing,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, vol. 2025 (1), 2025, doi: 10.1155/stc/8827609.  

Role: research lead and corresponding author.

G. Senatore, Y. Wang, “Topology Optimization of Adaptive Structures: New Limits of Material Economy,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 422, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.116710, (Highly Cited Paper).

A.P. Reksowardojo, G. Senatore, M. Bischoff, and L. Blandini, “Design and control of high-speed railway bridges equipped with an under-deck adaptive tensioning system,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 579, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2024.118362.  

Role: research lead and corresponding author.

A.P. Reksowardojo, G. Senatore, M. Bischoff, L. Blandini, “Design and control benchmark of rib-stiffened concrete slabs equipped with an adaptive tensioning system," Journal of Structural Engineering, 2024, doi:10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-12320.  

Role: research lead and corresponding author.

A.P. Reksowardojo, G. Senatore, “Design of ultra-lightweight and energy-efficient civil structures through shape morphing,” Computers & Structures, vol. 289, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2023.107149.  

Role: shared first author and corresponding author.

A.Trautwein, T. Prokosch, G. Senatore, L. Blandini, M. Bischoff, “Analytical and numerical case studies on tailoring stiffness for the design of structures with displacement control,” Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023, doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1135117.

A. Zeller, S. Dakova, C. Stein, M. Böhm, G. Senatore, A.P. Reksowardojo, L. Blandini, O. Sawodny, C. Tarín, “Bridge State and Average Train Axle Mass Estimation for Adaptive Railway Bridges,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics,  vol. 28 (4), p. 1880–1889, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2023.3277317.

Gennaro Senatore is Head of the Adaptive Structures Working Group at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), University of Stuttgart. He previously held research leadership roles at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), University College London, and Expedition Engineering in London. He has led interdisciplinary teams, supervised doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, and conducted research projects funded by major European agencies and industry partners. His research integrates computational design synthesis, structural optimization, and control systems engineering to create ultra-lightweight, low-carbon, resilient, and adaptive structural systems — pioneering novel methods and solutions for the built environment. These methods have been validated through the design, fabrication, and testing of near-full-scale physical prototypes. He has published over 30 articles in top-tier peer-reviewed scientific journals in the fields of computational structural mechanics, structural optimization, and adaptive systems.

He has advanced teaching practices through courses on ultra-lightweight construction, design through component reuse, and algorithmic modelling in computational design workflows. To broaden accessibility to structural design and optimization, he developed PushMePullMe, an interactive educational tool that combines game mechanics with numerical methods to support intuitive understanding of structural behavior. In professional practice, he has contributed to high-profile international projects through advanced computational workflows for the conceptual design of complex structural systems. As part of his commitment to knowledge transfer and methodological innovation, he served as a Lead Expert appointed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre to develop the New European Bauhaus Self-Assessment Method, a policy-aligned framework integrating performance across environmental, functional, aesthetic, technological, social, governance, and economic dimensions.

CV: https://www.gennarosenatore.com/assets/downloads/cv.pdf

Habilitation (venia legendi) – Adaptive Structural Systems & Computational Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, (Full Professor level), 08/2025

National Scientific Qualification – Structural Mechanics (08/B2), Italian Ministry of University and Research, Fascia II (Associate Professor level), 06/2022

Doctor of Engineering (PhD equivalent) in Urban Sustainability and Resilience, University College London, Thesis title: “Adaptive Building Structures”, 11/2016

  • A04: Form Finding, Structural Optimization and System Optimization (this project ended in December 2024), Scientific Lead
  • A06: Integration of Active Elements within a Building’s Structure, Scientific Lead
  • C07: Adaptation of Bridges – Increasing Durability and Optimizing Stiffness, Scientific Lead
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