Dr Marco De Angelis
Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prize And Awards
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Recipient
- 31/10/2026
- Best student paper
- Recipient
- 18/6/2025
- The NASA and DNV Challenge on Optimization under Uncertainty
- Recipient
- 17/6/2025
- Bronze poster award
- Recipient
- 27/7/2021
- Teaching and Learning Award.
- Recipient
- 17/5/2017
- ISIPTA-IJAR Young Researcher Award
- Recipient
- 8/2015
Qualifications
I gained the status of Professional Civil Engineer in Italy in 2015.
Publications
- A Python library for stochastic model updating with black-box models using PyUncertainNumber : a case study with the NASA UQ challenge
- Chen Yu, Rocchetta Roberto, Nespoli Lorenzo, Medici Vasco, de Angelis Marco, Ochnio Dawid, Patelli Edoardo
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026) European Safety and Reliability Conference, pp. 2949-2956 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3850/ESREL2026061419_esrel26-p26140-cd
- Interval uncertainty propagation on CO2 emission calculations in road haulage
- McIntosh Angus, Loayza Romero Estefania, de Angelis Marco
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference European Safety and Reliability Conference, pp. 2426-2433 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3850/ESREL2026061419_esrel26-p27770-cd
- A systematic evaluation of uncertainty quantification in transport carbon accounting standards
- Paez Jimenez Mariana Gabriela, McIntosh Angus, de Angelis Marco
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference European Safety and Reliability Conference (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3850/ESREL2026061419_esrel26-p29001-cd
- Zonotopic representation of multi-variable regression with interval dependent variables
- McCann Matthew, de Angelis Marco
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference European Safety and Reliability Conference (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3850/ESREL2026061419_esrel26-p26374-cd
- Interaction effects in subinterval Sensitivity Analysis
- Ochnio Dawid, de Angelis Marco
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference European Safety and Reliability Conference, pp. 899-906 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3850/ESREL2026061419_esrel26-p26224-cd
- Assessing the Value of Information in pricing insurance against multiple hazards : the case of earthquake and liquefaction
- Keith Susanna, Tubaldi Enrico, de Angelis Marco, Stripajova Svetlana, Douglas John
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Vol 135 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2026.106052
Teaching
Structural engineering theory
Computer programming
Validated numerics
Probability theory
Machine learning
I currently teach third year students about statically indeterminate structures, and fourth year students about the dynamics of single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems. I have been and am currently invovled in developing lecture material and in shaping the structural analysis curriculum.
Research Interests
I am primarily interested in applying validated numerics to engineering problems for the automatic and rigorous verification of engineering calculations. My interest is in formal methods that can prove the mathematical correctness of computational solvers in the presence of input uncertainty. These methods can be paired with language models to accelerate engineering decision-making. How exactly these language models can be engineered by researchers to yield provably correct responses for any given problem is of great interest. I am also interested in the democratization of artificial intelligence for research and scientific computing and in the development of human-centred algorithms that translate complex computational workflows into transparent, auditable, accessible and actionable digital tools.
* Humane algorithms for quantitative science
* Reproducibility and open computational science
* Uncertainty quantification for green-house gas calculations
* Open-source digital twins for structural-health monitoring
* Automated compliance checking for engineering calculations
* Structural calculations with rigorous uncertainty propagation
* Valid and rigorous machine learning inference
* Verification with computer arithmetics (intervals, units, automatic differentiation, probabilistic arithmetic, etc.)
Professional Activities
- Higher Education Academy HEA (External organisation)
- Member
- 31/10/2026
- European Safety and Reliability Conference
- Participant
- 15/6/2026
- European Safety and Reliability Conference (Event)
- Advisor
- 15/6/2026
- BIOMATH (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 5/2026
- Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/2026
- Population variance with intervals
- Speaker
- 4/12/2025
Projects
- Uncertainty Quantification in CO2 Emissions at Organisational and Product Level
- Paez Jimenez, Mariana Gabriela (Post Grad Student) De Angelis, Marco (Principal Investigator) Giesekam, Jannik (Co-investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator)
- The uncertainty inherent in CO2 estimations at the organisational and product levels has received significantly less academic scrutiny than national or global inventories, yet such CO2 estimations serve as foundational data for higher-level carbon accounting. Carbon accounting often relies on practitioners whose expertise is not climate science, leading to high levels of epistemic uncertainty, methodological variation and data variability. This project addresses three critical questions: (1) How much uncertainty is inherent in these CO2 estimations? (2) Where does the uncertainty come from and how can it be mitigated? (3) How can the uncertainty be communicated to enable decisions towards net zero targets?
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
- KTP - Will Rudd Davidson (Glasgow) Limited - To embed advanced modelling and monitoring strategies for new and heritage masonry structures.
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) De Angelis, Marco (Co-investigator) Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Hamed (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Sentenac, Phillippe (Co-investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Reduction of Uncertainties in risk assessment of structures and infrastructures against Natural hazards (REUN)
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) De Angelis, Marco (Co-investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- Rigorous uncertainty-aware machine learning for CO2 forecasting
- McCann, Matthew (Post Grad Student) De Angelis, Marco (Principal Investigator)
- Major global emission inventories such as EDGAR, national GHG inventories, and the IPCC tiered approach provide critical baseline data for emissions monitoring. Despite some strengths, existing emission inventories are limited by static estimates that can very quickly become outdated and by over reliance on default emission factors, which may under or overestimate actual emission within changing industrial contexts. Many of these inventories lack robust uncertainty quantification methods such as Monte Carlo simulation or error propagation. This project investigates the use of rigorous probabilistic and statistical modelling tools towards a framework for both aleatory and epistemic uncertainty quantification of CO2 estimation. State-of-the-art machine learning offers new exciting possibilities for the modelling, estimation and forecasting of CO2 emissions, providing tools that can handle complex, non-linear relationships within large datasets.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2029
- Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training in data-driven uncertainty-aware multiphysics simulations
- De Angelis, Marco (Principal Investigator) Ochnio, Dawid (Post Grad Student) McIntosh, Angus (Post Grad Student) Loayza Romero, Karen Estefania (Co-investigator) Kazashi, Yoshihito (Academic) Ruggeri, Michele (Academic) Bi, Sifeng (Academic)
- StrathDRUMS aims to train the next generation of interdisciplinary uncertainty quantification specialists who can design and analyse state-of-the-art computational techniques and apply them to real-world challenges. An important aspect of this CDT is the non-deterministic and data-driven angle to modelling, which is crucial to overcome the limitations of classical deterministic approaches. StrathDRUMS graduates will develop rigorous uncertainty quantification skills including characterisation, propagation, verification and validation. Data-driven uncertainty-aware model responses allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the system being studied, improving the reliability of the predictions and enabling the rigorous verification of numerical simulations.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2029
Contact
Dr
Marco
De Angelis
Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: marco.de-angelis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted