Director of the Department of Engineering

The Director of the Department of Engineering is Professor Nicola Fontana, who has held the position since 2021.

Nicola Fontana is a Full Professor of Hydraulic and Maritime Constructions and Hydrology (ICAR/02) at the University of Sannio in Benevento.

Since November 2019, he has served as the Rector’s Delegate for the Social and Cultural Third Mission.

Since December 2014, he has been Deputy Coordinator of the PhD Program “Information Technologies for Engineering” at the University of Sannio.

He is also the Rector’s Delegate for Teacher Education and President of the University’s FIT Committee (initial teacher training).

He serves as the University of Sannio’s representative to the Dante Alighieri Society – Benevento Committee.

He is the Operational Coordinator for the Benevento branch of the national network “I Lincei for a New Teaching Method in Schools.”

From 2017 to 2019, he was Chair of the Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programs in Civil Engineering.