Federico Massimo Mazzolani is Emeritus Professor of Structural Engineering at the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture of the University of Naples “Federico II”, Doctor Honoris Causa at Technical University of Bucharest (1995) and Doctor Honoris Causa at Politehnica University of Timisoara (1996). His main research topics are: structural analysis and design, steel and aluminium structures (connection, stability), earthquake engineering (seismic design, passive control) and structural restoration (consolidation, upgrading). He is Author of more than 800 papers in journals and conference proceedings, 50 monographs and 34 books (26 in English, 2 in Chinese).