David & Joan Lynch School of Engineering Safety & Risk Management
Renato Macciotta
Dr. Renato Macciotta, P.Eng
Assistant Professor
David and Joan Lynch School of Engineering Safety and Risk Management
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Dr. Renato Macciotta, P.Eng. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and part of the School of Engineering Safety and Risk Management at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥. He obtained his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Peru, and a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, Canada.
Dr. Macciotta has over 10 years of research experience and over 15 years of practical experience working in civil, mining and risk engineering projects. Renato’s experience includes: 1) qualitative and quantitative risk assessments for linear infrastructures, mining structures, and slope instabilities; 2) mine closure planning and remediation; 3) hazard assessments for transportation corridors; 4) geotechnical and geomechanical investigations for mining and civil projects; 5) stability analyses of man-made and natural slopes; and 6) application of remote sensing techniques for surface mapping and monitoring. His work has been published in over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Dr. Macciotta has a multisectoral research portfolio, at the provincial, national and international levels; that includes the mining industry (open pit operations and tailings storage facilities), railway operations, highway management, hydropower and water reservoirs. His research topics include landslide hazard identification and risk management; natural and engineered slope monitoring with novel technologies; rail transport risk assessment and control; risk and design acceptance criteria for engineered slopes and natural slopes; geomechanical characterization for increased understanding of slope behaviour; and the relationship between weather and slope instability to understand the potential impact of climate change in landslide risk.
Since 2019 Dr. Macciotta has received, as a PI or co-PI, over $1 million from research grants from government, industry, and University; and supervised over 15 PhDs and Masters students. He has 44 journal publications, 40 conference publications and has delivered 19 invited lectures and keynote presentations to industry and academia.