About

Full Professor of Hydraulics at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh) of the Polytechnic University of Bari and PhD in Hydraulic Engineering for the Environment and Land. EDUCATION 1996: PhD in Hydraulic Engineering for Environment and Land (cycle VIII, consortium with the University of Calabria), defending the thesis on "Non-buoyant Jets in Still and Wave Environment". Final exam chaired by Prof. Enrico Marchi at the Politecnico di Milano. 1992: Graduated cum laude in Civil Engineering, Hydraulics Section, at the Polytechnic University of Bari, defending the thesis on "Velocity laws and flow resistance in conduits with non-circular sections". EMPLOYMENT 2006: Full Professor of Hydraulics at the Polytechnic University of Bari. 2001-2006: Associate Professor of Hydraulics at the Polytechnic University of Bari. 1999-2001: Researcher of Hydraulics at the Polytechnic University of Bari. 1997-1999: Biennial fellowship for post-doctoral research in Hydraulics, Polytechnic University of Bari. SOME ACADEMIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2020: Appointed expert member of the ministerial commission for the preparation of the National Research Plan - PNR 2021-2027 for the section "Knowledge and technological innovation and sustainable management of marine ecosystems". 2018: Elected representative of the teaching staff for Full Professors of the Area CUN 08 in the Academic Senate of the Polytechnic University of Bari. Since 2017: Deputy member of the Disciplinary Board of the Polytechnic University of Bari. Since 2015 - present: Scientific Director of the LIC - Coastal Engineering Laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Bari. 2014 - 2015: Coordinator of the first level degree of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2014 - 2020: Coordinator of the PhD course in "Environmental and Building Risk and Development". Since July 2013 - present: Member of the Research Commission of the Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh) of the Polytechnic University of Bari. 2013-2019: Deputy Rector of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the Research and Technology Transfer. 2013 - present: Representative of the Polytechnic University of Bari in the Council of the National Consortium for Marine Sciences (Co.N.I.S.Ma.). 2011 - 2014: member of the Workgroup of the Interpolytechnic School of Doctorate (PhD of high qualification) of the Italian Polytechnic Universities (Turin, Milan and Bari) for the environmental area. 2009 - 2011: president of the IAHR Education and Professional Development Section (Intern. Ass. For Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research; www.iahr.org). 2012 - present: member of the National Council of the Italian Hydrotechnique Association. 2011 - 2015: member of IAHR council. 2007 - 2009: secretary of the IAHR Education and Professional Development Section. 2007 - present: person in charge of the Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics of National Consortium of Italian Universities for the Sea Sciences (www.conisma.it). 2007 - 2009: member of Rector's workgroup for the new engineering courses. 2007 - 2010: president of the Apulian Section of the Italian Association of Hydrotechnique. 2006 - 2009: member of Rector's workgroup of the project Arianna for students' orientation (Ministry of Research for the Polytechnic University of Bari). 2006: Deputy Director of the Dpt. of Env. Eng. and Sustainable Development, Polytechnic University of Bari. 2006 - 2009: Head of the Board of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2nd Eng. Faculty, Polytechnic University of Bari. 2005 - present: Member of the Fluid Mechanics Committee of IAHR.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Author of several papers and books, reviewer and editor of several international journals, his main research topics are related to maritime, river and environmental hydraulics, about wave mechanics, sea currents, erosion processes and problems of the diffusion of pollutants in water bodies. He is responsible for several national and international research projects. Further information is available on the website www.michelemossa.it/en.

Major Achievements:

7/3/2023: Elected President of the Technical Committee on Ecohydraulics of the IAHR (International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research). The results of the lectures are published on the "News section" of the IAHR homepage: Election results The updated web page of the Technical Committee of Ecohydraulics is the following: Technical Committee Ecohydraulics 16/1/2023-15/1/2024: Renewal of the association with the CNR-IRSA (decree of the director of the CNR - IRSA of 22/12/2022). 19/12/2022. The most voted of the professor of the course in Civil and Environmental Engineering was prof. Michele Mossa. 6/5/2022: Appointed member of the Board of the Linguistic Center of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Rector's Decree no. 544 of 6 May 2022). 22/4/2022: Plenary speaker at the Global Summit on Environmental Science and Applications on the contribution of Hydraulics on the effects of climate change (The Scientistt, EnScience2022, Tokyo, Japan, April 21-23, 2022, virtual event). 14/3/2022: Collaboration with the Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia Founded by Giovanni Treccani S.p.A. for the online section "Enciclopedia". 21/12/2021: On the occasion of the Christmas Concert of the Polytechnic University of Bari, which took place on Tuesday 21 December 2021, there was the "Engineering Project" award ceremony. The most voted of the teachers of the three-year degree course in Civil and Environmental Engineering was prof. Michele Mossa. 2/12/2021: Invited keynote lecture “Alteration of spreading processes in natural flows and interaction between waves and vegetation in coastal zones in times of climate change", 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress, online 30 Nov.-2 Dec 2021 (https://iahr.org/index/detail/524). 19/11/2021: Receives the silver seal of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the first three years in the role of Senator. 19/10/2021: Within the top 2% of scientists of their main subfield discipline during the calendar year 2020. The list drafted by three researchers from Stanford University: Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2021), “August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V3, https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.3 1/10/2021: Becomes associated with the CNR-IRSA for research collaboration (decree of the director of the CNR - IRSA of 22/9/2021). 14/9/2021: Appointed member of the University Commission in matters of incompatibility and extra-institutional positions (Rector's Decree no. 676). 9/7/2021: Appointed by the MUR (Ministry of University and Research) in the Commission for National Scientific Qualification for the Competition Sector 08 / A1-Hydraulics, Hydrology, Hydraulic and Maritime Constructions (art.8, paragraph 1, ddn 251 of 29 January 2021). 30/6/2021: Elected representative of the teaching staff for the role of the Full Professors of the Area CUN 08, Civil Engineering and Architecture, and others not part of the Areas 01, 02, 03 and 09, in the Academic Senate of the Polytechnic University of Bari, for the academic triennium 2018-2021 (Rectorial decree no. 507 of 6th July 2021). 22/6/2021: On the occasion of the World Environment Day (June 5) and the Oceans Day (June 8), Audible, an Amazon group company, created a podcast series dedicated to frontier projects and actions implemented by 8 Italian regions to adapt the consequences of climate change (Calabria, Lazio, Campania, Trentino, Puglia, Umbria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany). It is a journey to discover communities that work every day to make the beautiful country more sustainable and respectful of the environment. For the episode dedicated to the Puglia region, there is an intervention of prof. Michele Mossa, where the LIC - Coastal Engineering Laboratory is described. For promo and press release use this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/52t3qtwagvz8n4g/AAAIDmYCeoo8o31GhXIW0ZIWa?dl=0e To register (for the first 30 days free) and listen to podcasts, use this link: https://www.audible.it/pd/Adaptation-Italia-Full-Series-Audiolibri/374804674X?source_code=AITtm15205312101M4 21/5/2021: Invited by CNR - IRSA (National Research Council - Water Research Institute) to hold a seminar entitled "The protection of the marine environment in the context of PNR 2021-2027: the case of the alteration of dispersion processes in natural flows and the interaction between waves and vegetation in times of climate change ". 15/12/2020: Appointed President of the Evaluation Commission referred to art. 4 of the "Regulation for the discipline of the remuneration of permanent researchers' professors, pursuant to art. 6, paragraph 14, of Law no. 240/2010" (Rector's Decree n. 830 of 9/12/2020). 16/10/2020: Within the top 2% of scientists of their main subfield discipline during the calendar year 2019. The list drafted by three researchers from Stanford University: Ioannidis JPA, Boyack KW, Baas J (2020), Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 18(10): e3000918. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. 24/4/2020: Appointed expert member of the ministerial commission for the preparation of the National Research Plan - PNR 2021-2027 for the section "Knowledge and technological innovation and sustainable management of marine ecosystems", in the area "Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture, environment ". 03/03/2020: Person in charge of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the framework program agreement signed with the University of Tennessee (USA). 17/4/2019: He was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation of the Engineering Center for Care of Earth (Ecce) Workshop, Catholic University of America, Washington, April 17, 2019. Motivation of the award: The issue of Caring for the Earth is something that we need to be proactive about and we need everyone involved in this issue; prominent scientists, engineers and leaders will be awarded for their work to generate solutions for the wellbeing of humanity. 17/4/2019: Plenary speaker at the 11th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, Pryzbyla Center, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA, 16-17 April 2019. Web site. 10/1/2019: Person in charge of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the framework program agreement signed with the University of Notre Dame (USA). 19/10/2018: Person in charge of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the Erasmus+ agreement with TU Wien (Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria). 18/10/2018: Person in charge of the Polytechnic University of Bari for the framework program agreement signed with LEGI UMR 5519 CNRS, Grenoble INP, Universite Grenoble Alpes. 2017: Invited lecture on field monitoring in Environmental and Maritime Hydraulics at the International Water Association (IWA) congress, Buenos Aires. 2012: Plenary speaker at IDRA 2012, Mixing and transport processes in environmental flows, Brescia.