Curriculum

Augusto Cannone Falchetto is an Associate Professor of Roads, Railways, and Airports at the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Padua, Italy. He has a diverse international academic background, having worked as a faculty member in institutions in Finland, the United States, Germany, and Japan. His research interests span material mechanics, scaling, chemo-mechanics, rheology, mix design, and environmental performance. Augusto is actively involved in several international professional communities, including the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI). He currently serves as Chair of the RILEM Technical Committee 323-APD on Alternative Paving Materials – Design and Performance.

  Publications

Below are three of my most recent publications. For a complete list, please visit my Google Scholar profile:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jSwEgtkAAAAJ&hl=en

• Zhang F., Cannone Falchetto A., Wang D., Li Z., Sun Y, Lin W., Prediction of asphalt rheological properties for paving and maintenance assistance using explainable machine learning, Fuel, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135319
• Sun Y., Wijepala U., Wang D., Zhang F., Cannone Falchetto A., Optimizing rejuvenator dosage for high RAP content asphalt binders under multiple recycling cycles: a study based on an alternative rheological approach, Case Studies in Construction Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e04690
• Zhang F., Jia M., Kong L., Sun Y., Cannone Falchetto A., Gao J., Wang W., Utilizing Steelmaking By-Products for Pavement Deicing: A Sustainable Waste Management Approach in Circular Economy, Waste and Biomass Valorization, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-025-02917-w

  Research Activity

Areas of Research

• Sustainable and Innovative Materials for Infrastructure
• Mechanics and Behavior of Materials
• Modeling, Simulation, and Computational Methods
• Data-Driven Approaches and Uncertainty Quantification
• Sustainability and Environmental Assessment

  Teaching

Doctoral Courses

• ADVANCED DESIGN OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES 2025

Master Courses

• ENERGY HARVESTING SMART APPLICATIONS FOR CARBON-NEUTRAL CITIES, AA 2025 (INQ4105905)
• LABORATORY OF MATERIALS FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES, AA 2025 (INQ0090958)
• ENERGY HARVESTING SMART APPLICATIONS FOR CARBON-NEUTRAL CITIES, AA 2024 (INQ4105905)
• LABORATORY OF MATERIALS FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES, AA 2024 (INQ0090958)

  Thesis opportunities

Students interested in writing a thesis on topics related to "Roads, Railways, and Airports" are kindly invited to contact me via email at augusto.cannone@unipd.it or by phone at 0498279510. Thesis topics will be defined together with the student, selecting from a wide range of available proposals covering key areas such as materials, experimentation, modeling, design, and sustainability, among others.Students are also encouraged to suggest their own ideas.