About

Corrado Gisonni is author of over 150 papers, also published in review journals, and co-author of the “Italian Handbook for Sewer System Design" and author of "Wastewater Hydraulics - from theory to practice" (co-authored by Willi H. Hager). Current research topics are: sewer hydraulics, supercritical open channel flows, water distribution network, fluvial hydraulics and river engineering. In addition transients in water supply systems has received particular research attention. Since 2012, he is Full Professor (Chair of Hydraulic Engineering and Hydraulic Structures) at the Engineering Dept. of the Università della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ (formerly, Seconda Università di Napoli). From 2016 to 2022, Corrado Gisonni was Chair of the European Regional Division - International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (I.A.H.R.). Since 2019, he is in charge as Government Commissioner for the safety of the Gran Sasso hydraulic system (Italy), directly engaged by the Italian President of the Ministers Council. On Jun 20, 2023, The IAHR Council unanimously approved the nomination of Corrado Gisonni as an inaugural Fellow Member of IAHR.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

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Universities and Academia

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Principle research interests include engineering hydraulics in sewers, water supply systems and river training techniques.

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