Biographical sketch

Prof. Enrico Marchi

Born in 1925

Current Position

Full Professor of Hydraulics at the Institute of Hydraulics of the University of Genova, Italy

Director of the Institute of Hydraulics at the University of Genoa, Italy.

Education

1950 Graduated at the University of Bologna

Academic and Professional Experience

1950-1960 Assistant-professor at the Hydraulic Institute of University of Bologna.

1962 He was promoted, by open competition, to his present position at the University of Genova.

1970 He was invited speaker on the "Problems of Po Regulation and Flood Control" at the " Tulla Tagung" in Karlsuhe.

1977 He was invited speaker on the "Problems of vertical Wall Breakwater Design" at the XVII Congress of the IAHR held in Baden-Baden.

1983 General lecturer at the Conference "Laguna, fiumi e lidi" of Venice.

1990 General lecturer at the Symposium in honour of G. De Marchi in Milan.

1992 General lecturer at the "23rd Inst. Conference on Coastal Engineering" (ICCE `92) in Venice.

E. Marchi has been:

Member of C.T.A. of "Magistrato per il Po",

Member of C.T. of "Magistrato alle Acque" of Venice,

Member of C.T. of "Autorità di Bacino del fiume Po",

Member of the "Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici",

President of GNI (National Group of Hydraulics),

and he actually is:

President of AIMETA (Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics),

Fellow of "Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere", Genova,

Fellow of "Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere", Milano,

Fellow of "Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei", Roma

Publications

He has contributed over eighty research papers and is co-author of a book on "Meccanica dei Fluidi", 1981.