ESR08

Nikolin Hima

FIP

Background

Nikolin was born in Albania. He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE) at the Polytechnic University of Tirana (PTU), where he defended his master’s thesis in Structural Engineering. Following his studies, Nikolin joined the staff of the FCE as an assistant and in the meantime, he was involved in consultancy engineering, participating in several national and international projects. In 2019, he was hired as a Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, in Coimbra – Portugal. Later on, he was selected as an Early Stage Researcher in the framework of INSPIRE.

Motivation

Being aware of the great risk that natural hazards such as earthquakes pose to our society, Nikolin shares the profound belief that within the meta-materials concepts lies a vast potential to introduce innovative solutions for seismic protection of structures. Consequently, with his commitment in the INSPIRE, he aims to produce high quality research while developing novel seismic isolation devices with unprecedented mechanical properties.

Hobbies

In his free time, Nikolin likes traveling, exploring new cultures and learning new skills.

Publications

Hima, N. (ESR08), Bigoni, D., Dal Corso, F. (2022). Buckling vs unilateral constraint for a multistable metamaterial element. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 380: 20220021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.02034

Hima, N. (ESR08), D’Annibale, F., Dal Corso, F. (2023). Non-smooth dynamics of buckling based metainterfaces: rocking-like motion and bifurcations. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 242: 108005. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.06078

Hima, N.(ESR08), Castellano, M.G., Seismic Isolation of buildings in Croatia., 1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 1CroCEE, Zagreb, Croatia – March 2021. https://crocee.grad.hr/event/1/attachments/1/45/CroCEE_proceedings.pdf

Hima, N. (ESR08), Dal Corso, F., Bigoni, D., Novel structural configuration of Mechanical Metamaterials for Seismic Isolation., 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, ICONHIC2022, Athens, Greece, 2022 (Abstract Submitted)

Hima, N. (ESR08), Dal Corso, F., Bigoni, D., Tensile buckling and postbuckling behaviour of triangular structural elements under dead loads., 25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 25th ICTAM, Milan, Italy, 2021 (Extended Abstract Submitted)

Hima, N. (ESR08), Murtaj, L., Castellano, M.G., Seismic Isolation vs Capacity Design in a RC building – Comparison of the behaviour and costs for the local conditions of Albania., International Symposium on Durrës Earthquakes and Eurocodes, ISDEE, Tirana, Albania, 2020 (Extended Abstract – Participated remotely 21 – 22 September 2020).

Hima, N. (ESR08), Murtaj, L., Castellano, M.G., The efficiency and feasibility of the seismic isolation solutions for the local conditions of Albania., 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, ICONHIC2022, Athens, Greece, 2022 (Abstract Submitted & Accepted)

Murtaj, L., Hima, N. (ESR08), Castellano, M.G., Infanti, S., Behaviour of a seismically isolated building in Tirana under the Durrësi Earthquake of 26^th of November., International Symposium on Durrës Earthquakes and Eurocodes, ISDEE, Tirana, Albania, 2020 (Extended Abstract – Participated remotely 21 – 22 September 2020).

Hima, N. (ESR08), Dal Corso, F., Bigoni D. (2022) “A non-smooth structural system based on tensile buckling” ESMC 2022 – 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, July 4-8, 2022, Galway, Ireland