Francesco Bella

Prof. Francesco Bella Associate Professor (qualified as Full Professor in 2014) of Roads, Railways and Airports. Roma TRE University - Department of Engineering Vito Volterra n. 62 - 00146 Rome (Italy) Phone +39-06-57.33.34.16; fax +39-06-57.33.34.41 E-mail: francesco.bella@uniroma3.it EDUCATION PhD in Environmental Design of Transport Infrastructures (1996) Master’s degree in Civil Engineering summa cum laude (1990) CURRENT POSITION AND ACCADEMIC CAREER Associate professor of Roads, Railways and Airports (2006). Qualified as Full Professor (2014) Assistant professor (1995) Professional engineering (1990) RESEARCH INTERESTS and RESEARCH PROJECTS Research interests Optimization of road design taking into account human factors and drivers behaviour using the advanced technology of driving simulation Design consistency and its relation to traffic safety Analysis of road safety and models for accident risk evaluation of road infrastructures Safety of vulnerable road users Effectiveness of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems in different driving conditions Assessment of the environmental impact of road infrastructures Evaluation of the traffic interferences in road work zone and management and organization of road and railway work area Road pavement defects diagnosis. Research projects Several projects of significant national interest (PRIN) funded by Ministry Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Research Many research projects funded by Roma Tre University and by local public and private agencies Research project funded by National Research Council - CNR Visiting researcher at the Departamento de Transportes Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (1997) International Co-operations Universitat Politècnica de València - Highway Engineering Research Group (HERG), (prof. Alfredo Garcia Garcia) on topics related to safety and operational effects of road geometrics prof. Francesco Bella – Curriculum Vitae May 2016 3 French Institute of Science and Technology for Transports, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR) - Laboratory for road Operations, Perception, Simulators and Simulations (Dr. Jean-Michel Auberlet; Dr. Viola Cavallo) on topics related to safety of vulnerable road users. AWARDS "Honorable mention for excellence in visualization research " of the Transportation Research Board, attributed to the study "Can the driving simulators contribute to solving the critical issues in geometric design?" (2009); Best paper in the 3 rd International SIIV Congress given to the study " Driver perception of crest and sag combinations at the driving simulator: effects on drivers’ behaviour " (2005). SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES Member of the Scientific Committee of CRISS - Inter-University Research Center for Road Safety (Roma TRE University, University of La Sapienza and Polytechnic of Milan) (2001- ongoing); Member of the Management Board of CRISS (2008-ongoing) Member of the Visualization in Transportation Committee for the Transportation Research Board, Washington (2006-2016) Member of the Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance Committee for the Transportation Research Board, Washington (2009-2016) “Friend” of the Operational Effects of Geometrics Committee for the Transportation Research Board, Washington (2007-ongoing) Member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Transportation Studies: an International Journal (2005-ongoing). Special Editor for Advances in Transportation Studies: an International Journal (2014) Member of Italian Society for Road Infrastructures – SIIV (1996-ongoing). Member of National Committee on Environmental Impact for World Road Association-PIARC (1992-1996). Member of the Scientific Board of Science and Technology Library – Roma Tre University (2013-ongoing) Member of the Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee at the first International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation – RSS2007, Rome, 2007 Member of the Scientific Committee at the second first International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation – RSS2009, Paris, 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee at 4th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, Valencia, 2010 Member of the Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee at the 4th International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation – RSS2013, Rome, 2013 Chairman at 3rd International Conference International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation – RSS2011, Indianapolis, 2011 and at 4 th International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation – RSS2013, Rome, 2013 SCIENTIFIC EVALUATOR AND PAPER REVIEWER for international and national organizations for the assessment of investment in scientific research program prof. Francesco Bella – Curriculum Vitae May 2016 4 Chilean Government Commission for Scientific and Technological Development (2007 – 2009) Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research – NOW (2011) Israel Science Foundation (ISF) - Government of Israel (2013) Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Research (2010-ongoing) Autonomous Province of Trento – Italy (2013) for international journals Accident Analysis and Prevention Transportation Research Part C Transportation Research Part F Transportation Research Record Safety Science Traffic Injury and Prevention Human Factors IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Journal of Transportation Safety & Security European Transport Research Review Advances in Transportation Studies: an International Journal Journal of Transportation Engineering Journal of Advanced Transportation for European PhD theses Committee member for the following PhD dissertations  Operational analysis of two-lane highways depending on the distribution and characteristics of their passing zones (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015)  Analysis of passing on two-lane rural roads and proposal of models to improve geometric design and marking (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015) SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS WITH AUTHORITIES Italian Ministry of the Environment (2000-2008), Scientific Coordinator of the research group for Environmental Assessment and Environmental Monitoring of the National Operative Program (PON) “Trasporti” (transport infrastructures program co-funded by European Structural Funds in the budgetary period 2000-2016) Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (2009-2012), Scientific Coordinator of the research group for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Environmental Monitoring of the National Operative Program (PON) “Reti e mobilità” (transport infrastructures program co-funded by European Structural Funds in the budgetary period 2007-2013) Technical committee of the Environmental Observatory for High speed Train Rome-Naples (1998-2002). TEACHING prof. Francesco Bella – Curriculum Vitae May 2016 5 Course of “Road and railway construction technology” for the Master’s degree in Road Design and Transportation Systems Engineering (1998-ongoing) Course of “Road and railway pavements” for the Master’s degree in in Road Design and Transportation Systems Engineering (2004-ongoing) Member of the Teaching Board of PhD School in Engineering of the University of Roma Tre (2007-ongoing). Co-Coordinator of European and International Student Mobility Programs for Civil Engineering (2011-ongoing) Promoter for Erasmus bilateral agreements between the Department of Civil Engineering of Rome TRE University and several European Universities Supervisor for more than 100 Master’s degree theses and Bachelor degree theses related to: road geometric design, human factors and driving, driver behaviour induced by road alignment, cross-section and traffic, driver perceptions, design consistency, validation of the driving simulation as tool for road design evaluation, road safety assessment, work zone design, effects of pavement conditions on safety of powered two wheelers, driver performance using naturalistic driving data, effectiveness of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems in different driving conditions, interaction motor vehicle - vulnerable users (pedestrians and cyclists). He has several teaching co-operations with European Universities and International Research Centers to develop Master’s degree theses and Doctoral Thesis; in this context, he acts as Supervisor for visiting students and outgoing students. Relevant Higher Education Teaching Lecturer of the module "Driving simulation for the road design evaluation” within the 2nd SIIV course of Higher Education to the Research on "Road Safety” organized SIIV Italian Society for Road Infrastructures (2004) Teaching activities in II level Master courses on “Road safety” and “Environmental assessment of transport infrastructures” (2003, 2004, 2007) at several Italian Universities. PUBLICATIONS AND BIBLIOMETRIC PARAMETERS Francesco Bella is author of more than 120 papers on refereed journals and conference proceedings. 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Francesco Bella

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