Maria Lia Napoli

ERC sectors

• Promising Young Investigator Contest (ePIC) conferred by IACMAG 2020, Italy (2021)
• Riconoscimento per la pubblicazione "A semi-quantitative approach to assess the propensity of rockfall source areas to instability based on the Susceptibility Index to Failure (SIF): the case study of Capo Calavà (Italy)" presentata all'VIII Convegno Nazionale dei Ricercatori di Ingegneria Geotecnica, tenutosi a Palermo il 5-7 luglio 2023 conferred by GNIG, Italy (2023)

• 2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPLEX FORMATIONS, Participation to the organizing committee
• INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPLEX FORMATIONS: CHARACTERIZATION AND CASE STUDIES, Participation to the organizing committee

• Collegio di Ingegneria Civile ed Edile. Componente invitato
• Collegio di Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio. Componente invitato

PhD

• Some basics of the analysis and mitigation of landslides risk. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE. Teaching assistant

Master of Science

• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2024/25, CIVIL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Geotechnical Engineering for the Sustainability of Buildings. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Progettazione geotecnica per la resilienza del costruito. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2023/24, CIVIL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Geotechnical Engineering for the Sustainability of Buildings. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Geotechnical Engineering for the Sustainability of Buildings. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA EDILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Analysis and design of geotechnical structures and earthworks. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle rocce. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Geotechnics. A.A. 2024/25, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Geotecnica. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA PER L'AMBIENTE E IL TERRITORIO. Collaboratore del corso
• Geotecnica. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA PER L'AMBIENTE E IL TERRITORIO. Collaboratore del corso

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• Parere tecnico sullo stato delle opere di sostegno del versante sottostante il B&B “La casa di Alice” in località Camaiore (LU), (2025-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Consulting
• della comprensione del trend cinematico, (2023-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research

• Scavia, Claudio; Barbero, Monica; Napoli, Maria Lia (2025)
  Failure of rock slopes". In: LaAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation (2024). Editors: Cascini L., Cuomo S., Calvello M., Ferlisi S., Peduto D.. Autori Vari. Book series: Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction, Print ISSN 2197-8670, Series Editor: Fawu Wang, Vit Vilimek. Springer Cham, Chapter 13 (700 pages, in preparation). In: LaAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation / S.N., S.L., Cascini L., Cuomo S., Calvello M., Ferlisi S., Peduto D.
  Contributo in Volume
• Guayacán-Carrillo, Lina Maria; Napoli, MARIA LIA; Pérez-Rey, Ignacio (2025)
  "Tunnelling in bimunits with different block-matrix characteristics: A preliminary numerical study" in "Tunnelling in bimunits with different block-matrix characteristics: A preliminary numerical study". In: ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2025 (WTC 2025), Stoccolma, Svezia, 9-15 May 2025. ISBN: 9781003559047
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Napoli, Maria Lia; Barbero, Monica; Mascioli, Francesco; Miccadei, Enrico (2024)
  Gravity-induced collapse of a soft rock cliff due to notch growth. In: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS, pp. 1-11. ISSN 2051-803X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Napoli, Maria Lia; Barbero, Monica; Inkate, Povanat (2024)
  Failure mechanisms of sea cliffs due to basal erosion. In: ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium EUROCK 2024, Alicante (Spain), 16-18 July 2024, pp. 339-344. ISBN: 9781003429234
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Napoli, Maria Lia; Barbero, Monica; Castelli, Francesco; Castelli, Marta; Lentini, ... (2024)
  The Susceptibility Index to Failure (SIF) and the Source Affecting Index to characterize rockfall release areas. In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI GEOTECNICA, vol. 58, pp. 3-10. ISSN 0557-1405
  Contributo su Rivista
• Cristóbal, Andrés; Rigueira, Xurxo; Pérez-Rey, Ignacio; Estévez-Ventosa, Xian; Pazo, ... (2024)
  Automatic Characterization of Block-In-Matrix Rock Outcrops through Segmentation Algorithms and Its Application to an Archaeo-Mining Case Study. In: GEOSCIENCES, vol. 14. ISSN 2076-3263
  Contributo su Rivista
• Milan, Lorenzo; Napoli, MARIA LIA; Barbero, Monica; Castelli, Marta (2023)
  A Novel Approach to Assess the Influence of Rockfall Source Areas: The Case Study of Bardonecchia (Italy). In: GEOSCIENCES, vol. 13, pp. 1-14. ISSN 2076-3263
  Contributo su Rivista
• Napoli, Maria Lia; Milan, Lorenzo; Barbero, Monica; Medley, Edmund (2023)
  Application of the point counting technique for estimating the VBP of geotechnically complex formations (bimrocks/bimsoils). In: ISRM 15th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Salzburg (Austria), October 9-14, 2023, pp. 848-853. ISBN: 978-3-9503898-3-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Napoli, M. L.; Barbero, M.; Minuto, D.; Morandi, L.; Ullah, H. (2023)
  The relict landslide in bimsoils in downtown Genova, Italy: a new modeling approach. In: 2022 Rock and Fracture Mechanics in Rock Engineering and Mining Eurock 2022, Helsinki (Finland), September 12-15, 2022, pp. 1-8. ISSN 1755-1315
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Napoli, Maria Lia; Barbero, Monica; Castelli, Marta; Castelli, Francesco (2023)
  An approach to assess the detachment propensity of rockfall source areas: the Susceptibility Index to Failure (SIF). In: ISRM 15th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Salzburg (Austria), October 9-14, 2023, pp. 1114-1119. ISBN: 978-3-9503898-3-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)