The Conference is organized by the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering (AIF) and the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II.

The establishment, at the University of Naples Federico II, of the first Second level Master's Degree in Italy and Europe, specifically dedicated to Civil and Industrial Forensic Engineering is at the origin of the IF CRASC Conferences. Alongside the traditional sector of Structural Forensic Engineering (typically focused on the topic of collapses), in recent years the attention of the scientific, professional and civil community has grown significantly not only on the legal aspects (procedures and responsibilities) related to the activity carried out by engineers, but also on the complex of activities developed in the sectors of Industrial Engineering and Information. This has led to extending the themes of the Conferences dedicated to Collapses, Structural Reliability and Consolidation, to the multiple sectors of Forensic Engineering.

The remarkable success achieved by previous Conferences and initiatives on the same topic undertaken in Italy and abroad from 2009 to date, has allowed the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering (AIF) to organize the IF CRASC '25 Conference together with the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II. The Conference is also co-organized with the Order of Engineers of the Province of Naples, which will provide the acknowledgment of CFPs for each day attending the Congress.

• Pre-registration Authors deadline: 30 September 2024
• Abstracts deadline: 31 October 2024
• Abstracts acceptance: 30 November 2024
• Authors registration deadline: 15 March 2025
• Papers deadline: 15 March 2025
• Papers acceptance: 30 March 2025
• Non author partecipants registration deadline: 31 May 2025
• Congress: 15-17 July 2025

Notice: For tax and accounting reasons, it will be impossible to register for the Conference after the deadline, nor in person at the Conference venue.

Legal aspects of Engineering

• Activities of experts and technical consultants
• Procedural aspects
• Professional responsibilities
• Insurance aspects

Civil Forensic Engineering

• Contract management
• Management of works
• Building defects and flaws
• Unauthorized construction
• Geotechnical issues
• Health engineering
• Estimation of economic damages
• Digital technologies for surveying and diagnostics
• Digital twins for the management of engineering works

Industrial and IT Forensic Engineering

• Fires, explosions and impacts
• Noise pollution
• Chemical and electromagnetic pollution
• Accidents in the aeronautical, chemical, electrical, railway, naval and road sectors
• IT security
• Falsification of audio and video contents
• Identification of fake information in data networks
• Robotics and drones for monitoring, inspections and interventions

Structural Forensic Engineering

• Negative performance of buildings in operation
• Collapses and structural failures
• Dynamic identification and structural monitoring
• Non-destructive techniques
• Artificial Intelligence methods

Reliability, risk, robustness and resilience of structures

• Characterization of random and epistemic uncertainties
• Reliability analysis
• Multi-hazard and multi-risk assessments
• Life cycle behavior of structures
• Extreme events and climate change effects
• Robustness and resilience of structures and infrastructures
• Risk mitigation strategies

Structural strenghtening

• Advanced materials and innovative techniques
• Modeling and analysis of existing and consolidated structures
• Reinforcement methods for multiple events and risks
• Protection of cultural heritage
• Sustainability of interventions

• Tuesday 15th July

• Wednesday 16th July

• Thursday 17th July

Federico II Congress Centre - Via Partenope, 36 - 80121 Naples (Italy)