Rossella Nicolin is a Principal Structural Engineer at AECOM, where she holds a technical / management role in the Sports Structures team in London, specialised in large sports venues and stadium projects worldwide.Trained both as an architect and an engineer, Rossella holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University IUAV of Venice and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, she was the recipient of awards and fellowships for her work on structural engineering, architecture and sustainability.From 2007 to 2012, Rossella worked for Buro Happold, being based in New York, Bath, Milan and London. Since August 2010, she has been based in England and she joined AECOM in 2014. She worked on projects worldwide in UK, Europe, USA, Middle East and China and developed an expertise in the field of complex geometry, long span structures and earthquake resistant design.She has lectured and tutored at universities, as well as published technical papers in international conferences. She has been awarded the prize of National Finalist for the 2010 US Green Building Council Natural Talent Competition, focusing on rebuilding efforts for New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina.Rossella is also active as a STEM Ambassador in promoting engineering to young people and in enhancing the role of women in male-dominated industries.
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