Paolo Jossa is full professor of Structural Engineering in Naples. He published many scientific papers in journals and in national and international conference proceedings. He always has shown most extensive interests. This is witnessed by three books: Dai progetti per lo sviluppo e per l’ambiente al progetto ambientale, (From development and environment projects to the environmental project) (ESI, 1992); Conoscenza e rappresentazione del costruito (Knowledge and representation of historical heritage) (ESI, 1997); Tecniche di previsione ed analisi dimensionale nella Fisica classica e nella Meccanica strutturale (Prediction techniques and dimensional analysis in classical Physicsand in structural Mechanics) (Aracne, 2014).