Michele Caputo#
| Membership Number: | 558 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://digilander.libero.it/idrana/caputo |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - 2009 Consultant of Plains Exploration and Production Company
- Since 1987 Professor Phys. Dept. University of Rome
- Participated to several Oceanographic expeditions of the University of California in the Pacific Ocean.
- Participated to an archaelogical Expedition to the Island of Icaros (Kuwait)
- Participated in the scientific works of the Italian Karakorum Expeditions
- Since 1987 Professor Emeritus of Geophysics Texas A&M University
- 1983 - 1987 Harris Professor of Geophysics Texas A&M University (endowed chair)
- 1976 - 1983 Professor Phys. Dept. University of Rome.
- 1974 - 1976 Director of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica in Rome.
- 1972 - 1974 Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Bologna
- 1967 - 1972 Director of Institute of Geophysics University of Bologna
- 1965 - 1967 Professor in Math Dept. and Geophys. Dept. Univ. British Columbia
- 1961 - 1965 Res. Assoc. Inst. Geophys. and teacher in Math. Dept. Univ. Cal. Los Angeles
- 1960 - 1961 Assist. Prof. in Inst. Geophys. Univ. Trieste
- 1959 - 1960 Res. Ass. Inst. Geophys. Univ. Calif. Los Angeles
- 1958-1959 Assist. Prof. in Inst. Geophys. Univ. Trieste
- 1957 Assist. Res. Mapping Charting Res. Lab. Ohio State Univ.
- 1953 - 1956 Assist. Prof. Inst. Geophys. Univ. Trieste
- 1950 - 1953 Assist. Prof. Mathematics, Univ Ferrara
Fields of Scholarship
- Geophysics
- Geodesy
- Rheology
- Seismology
- Fractional calculus
- Applied mathematics
- Finance
Honours and Awards
- 1957 Fulbright Scholarship to USA
- 1963 Vacchelli Award from Istituto Geografico Militare
- 1970 Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 1976 Feltrinelli Award from Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 1975 Award Villa San Giovanni, from the city of Reggio Calabria for work in Geophysics, Geodesy and Seismology
- 1980 Award Alberto d’Este from the city of Ferrara
- 1980 Award from the Society of Engineering Seismology of India
- 1983 Received the Harris Chair in Geophysics at Texas A&M University in recognition and support of outstanding research and teaching
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea (London)
- 2008 Received the 2008 award from the International Federation of Automatic Control
