Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Wenzel, phd

Structural Engineer at WENZEL Consulting Engineers GmbH 

Year of Birth:

Nationality: 

German, English, Italian

EDUCATION

2020
 

2016
 

2014

CAREER

since 2020
 

2016-202
 

2019
 

2018
 

2013 - 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Moritz Wenzel has worked bridge engineering projects since his teenage years. Taking advantage of his roots, he was able to develop a good understanding for technical problems and practical civil engineering solutions early on. During his PhD, he focused on deepening his understanding for complex dynamic problems and sophisticated data analysis through Python. He is currently working on major bridge projects in India, Costa Rica and other parts of the world, and is looking into the assessment of existing bridges through structural health monitoring systems. Outside his company obligations he is part of a research effort studying high-speed cable cars.

Focuses of Expertise and Activities: 

Structural dynamics, performance based earth quake engineering, seismic hazard analysis, structural health monitoring, Life Cycle Engineering (LCA & LCC),

Major Research Projects:

2016 – 2020: XP-Resilience

 Project Reference: 721816
Call: H2020-MSCA- ITN-2016
Period: 09/2016 - 08/2020

To implement and support the Seveso II Directive 2012/18/EU which regulates the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (European Parliament, 2012), XP-RESILIENCE intends to establish a network of individual research projects working towards Advanced Modelling and Protection –via metamaterial-based isolators/layouts- of Complex Engineering Systems for Disaster Reduction and Resilient Communities.

Main Results: Innovative matamaterial-based seismic isolation systems. Probabilistic methods for seismic risk assessment.

Awards

• Winner of the Rudy Scavuzzo price at the 2018 AMSE conference on Pressure Vessels and Piping Systems for the best PhD conference paper. (1) (denoted with 1200$)

• 1.Place at the "CO_BE" (Cost Benefits of Integrated Planning) competition. (denoted with 300e)

Publications:

2017

Vincenzo La Salandra, Moritz Wenzel, Oreste S. Bursi, Giorgio Carta, and Alexan- der B. Movchan. “Conception of a 3D metamaterial-based foundation for static and seismic protection of fuel storage tanks”. In: Frontiers in Materials 4 (2017).

2019

Francesco Basone, Moritz Wenzel, Oreste S. Bursi, and Marinella Fossetti. “Finite locally resonant Metafoundations for the seismic protection of fuel storage tanks”. In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 48.2 (2019).

2020

Moritz Wenzel, Francesco Basone, and Oreste S. Bursi. “Design of a Metamaterial- Based Foundation for Fuel Storage Tanks and Experimental Evaluation of Its Ef- fect on a Connected Pipeline System”. In: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology 142.021903-1 (2020).

2020

Moritz Wenzel, Oreste S. Bursi, and Ioannis Antoniadis. “Optimal finite locally reso- nant metafoundations enhanced with nonlinear negative stiffness elements for seis- mic protection of large storage tanks”. In: Journal of Sound and Vibration 483.115488 (2020).

2018

Saeed Babanajad, Yun Bai, Helmut Wenzel, Moritz Wenzel, Hooman Parvardeh, Ali Rezvani, Robert Zobel, Franklin Moon, and Ali Maher. “Life Cycle Assessment Frame- work for the U.S. Bridge Inventory”. In: Transportation Research Record 2672.12 (2018).

2020

Moritz Wenzel. “Development of a Metamaterial-Based Foundation System for the Seismic Protection of Fuel Storage Tanks”. PhD thesis. Trento, 2020.

Conference Papers

• M. Wenzel, F. Basone, O.S. Bursi, (2018). “ Novel Metamaterial- Based Foundation Concept Applied to a Coupled Tank-Pipeline Sys- tem”, ASME 2018 Pressure Vessels and Piping Con- ference. Awarded with the Rudy Scavuzzo Price.
  H. Crowley, D. Rodrigues, V. Silva, V. Despotaki, X. Romao, J.M. Castro, S. Akkar, U. Hancilar, K. Pitilakis, D. Pitilakis, M. Belvaux, S. Wiemer, L. Danciu, A.A. Correia, O.S. Bursi, M. Wenzel. (2018). “ Towards a Uniform Earthquake Risk Model for Europe”, 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• M. Wenzel, O.S. Bursi, (2018). ”Metamaterial-Based Foundation System for the Seismic Isola- tion of Fuel Storage Tanks”, 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessa- loniki, Greece.
  M. Wenzel, R. Andreotti, O.S. Bursi, (2019). ”Metamaterial-Based Foundation System En- dowed with Non-Linear Oscillators for the Protection of Fuel Storage Tanks”, International Workshop on Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures - MIMS19, Cetara, Amalfi Coast, Italy.

• M. Wenzel, O.S. Bursi, (2019). ”Seismische Metamaterialien - Ein neuer Trend im Erdbebenin- genieurwesen und die Entwicklung eines auf Metamaterialien Basierenden Fundaments” [Seis- mic Metamaterials - A new trend in seismic engineering and the development of a Metamaterial- Based Foundation], 16. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik (D-A-CH 2019), Innsbruck, Austria.

• G. Karagiannakis, M. Wenzel, P. Kowalczyk, M. Farhan, A. Zhelyazkov, F. Celano, S. Capri- nozzi, M. Pedot, B. Kalemi, H. K. Bennani, N. Graine, L. E. Vasquez Munoz, J. Randaxhe , M. J. Mahesh, (2020). ”Seismic Risk and Resilience Assessment of Industrial Facilities: Case Study on a Black Carbon Plant”, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering 17WCEE, Sendai, Japan.