Research portfolio

Projects

Research projects as principal investigator and collaborator.

Mountain river basin and bridge
9

Total Projects

Funded and collaborative research

9

Funded Projects

Supported by grants and institutions

1

In Progress

Ongoing research initiatives

8

Completed Projects

Closed research projects

Research Projects

Browse current and completed work across hydrology, flood risk, infrastructure and modelling.

Flooded river basin

FLOOD RESILIENCE

March 2024 — March 2027In progress

Reference: FONDECYT Initiation Grant 11240171

Principal investigator: Alonso Pizarro — Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

Funded by: ANID — FONDECYT Initiation in Research 2024, Engineering Group 1

Integrated assessment of flood loading, time-varying scour, soil–foundation–structure interaction and bridge damage states, with Águila Norte Bridge as the documented case study.

Bridge ScourTime-Varying ScourHydro-Structural Assessment
Mountain river landscape

ArOC - Sistema de Inteligencia Hidrológica para el Manejo Integrado de Cuencas (SIHMIC)

2023Completed

Reference: Factoría SEED 2023 (UDP)

Principal investigator: Claudio Magrini

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: Universidad Diego Portales — Factoría SEED

Plataforma digital para gestionar información espacio-temporal y apoyar instrumentos de Manejo Integrado de Cuencas y su Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica.

Inteligencia HidrológicaManejo de CuencasInformación Espacio-Temporal
River basin monitored for drought management

Early warning system for drought management of ground water surface water systems in Chilean Patagonia

2022 — 2023Completed

Reference: FSEQ210010

Principal Investigator: Felipe Aguilar Sandoval

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) — Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía 2021

Alerta temprana para la gestión de sequías en sistemas de aguas subterráneas-superficiales en Patagonia-Aysén.

Drought Early WarningGroundwaterChilean PatagoniaWater Resources
Patagonian river monitoring landscape

Monitoreo de Ríos en Patagonia bajo Cambio Acelerado Usando Sensores basados en Análisis de Imágenes, Ultrasonido y Láser

2022 — 2023Completed

Reference: FOVI210055

Principal Investigator: Gerard Olivar Tost

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) — Fomento a la Vinculación Internacional para Instituciones de Investigación de Regiones

Monitoreo de ríos mediante análisis de imágenes, ultrasonido y láser en un contexto de cambio acelerado.

Monitoreo de RíosAnálisis de ImágenesUltrasonidoCambio Climático
Bridge crossing a mountain river

Bridge Erosion CriticAL Modelling (BE-CALM)

2022Completed

Reference: Proyecto inserción en la investigación UDP — grant no. 1100327026

Principal Investigator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: Universidad Diego Portales — Proyecto de inserción en la investigación

Bridge erosion and scour modelling project led by Alonso Pizarro.

Bridge ErosionBridge ScourHydraulic Modelling
Environmental monitoring research project

Harmonisation of UAS techniques for agricultural and natural ecosystems monitoring (HARMONIOUS)

2018 — 2022Completed

Reference: COST Action CA16219

Principal Investigator: Prof. Salvatore Manfreda

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: COST — European Cooperation in Science and Technology

International network for harmonising UAS practices in agricultural and natural-ecosystem monitoring.

UASEnvironmental MonitoringAgricultural EcosystemsHydrology
International academic collaboration

Euro-Latin America partnership in natural Risk mitigation and protection of the Cultural Heritage (ELARCH)

2015 — 2019Completed

Reference: 552129-EM-1-2014-1-IT-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21

Principal Investigator: Prof. Michelangelo Laterza

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: European Commission — Erasmus Mundus Action 2, Strand 1

Mobility, training and academic cooperation between Europe and Latin America in natural-risk mitigation and cultural-heritage protection.

Natural RiskCultural HeritageScientific CooperationAcademic Mobility
Environmental monitoring station

Monitoring of the infiltration state of Soils in Semiarid Environments

2018Completed

Reference: Por confirmar

Principal Investigator: Prof. Salvatore Manfreda

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: CRUI — cooperation project between Italy and Iran (2017)

Soil-moisture monitoring in semiarid environments using satellite data and the root-zone SMAR model.

Surface Soil MoistureRoot-Zone Soil MoistureRemote SensingSMAR
Bridge pier in a mountain river

Bridge Pier Scour Under Flood Waves

2017 — 2018Completed

Reference: Fondecyt 1150997

Principal Investigator: Prof. Oscar Link

Collaborator: Alonso Pizarro

Funded by: CONICYT — FONDECYT Regular

Research on bridge-pier scour under flood waves and unsteady hydraulic conditions.

Bridge ScourFlood WavesLocal ScourUnsteady Hydraulics