Dr. Susanna Dazzi

University of Parma

My Profile

About

I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma (Italy), where I got my PhD in 2016. My main research interest is the development and application of numerical models for flood simulation. I focus both on the implementation of 2D shallow-water codes with enhanced computational efficiency thanks to GPU parallelization, and on field-scale engineering applications of flood simulations (e.g., river flood propagation, urban inundations, levee-breach and dam-break flows, hydraulic hazard assessments). Additional research fields include: machine-learning methods for flood forecasting, local time stepping algorithms, numerical modelling of unsteady mixed flows.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Flooding, hydraulic simulation, numerical models

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
IAHR Italy Young Professionals Network	Treasurer	2014-03-25	2015-03-20

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Flood Simulation in Urban Areas Obtained by GPU-Accelerated 2D Shallow Water Model with Internal Boundary Conditions	2020
Simulation of the December 2017 Flood on the Enza River Using a 2D SWE Code Coupled With a Levee Breach Erosion Model	2018

My Videos

Title	Year
Discussion of the 2nd Flood Risk Management Webinar: Wading into Floods from Dam and Dike Failures	2025
Renato VACONDIO & Susanna DAZZI - Large-scale simulations of dam- and levee-breach induced flooding: challenges and applications [2nd tcFRM]	2025
[Day4] Flood Risk Management - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date