Numerical simulation of turbulence
Fluid-solid interaction
Morphological evolution of rivers and local scour
Debris flow modeling
Water supply system analysis

Main research/industrial projects
Responsible of the Local Unit CUGRI in the Project IMproving Preparedness and RIsk maNagement for flash floods and debriS flow events IMPRINTS funded by the European Commission under Grant n. 22655

2001- Associate Professor of Hydraulics at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Salerno Director of the laboratory of Environmental and Maritime Hydraulics (LIDAM) of the University of Salerno
1990-2001 Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Salerno

1) V. BOVOLIN, P.VILLANI, Individuazione dei nodi sensibili per il monitoraggio delle reti di distribuzione idrica XXIX Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Trento 2004
2) BOVOLIN V., G. VICCIONE, Un criterio di ricerca del vicinato per problemi a superficie libera simulati con la tecnica SPH XXX Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche. Roma Settembre 2006
3) V. BOVOLIN, G DE CHIARA M. MIGLIACCIO P. VILLANI Remote Sensing Technique to Estimate the Water Surface of Artificial Reservoirs: Problems and Potential Solutions IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference Bari 2006
4) BOVOLIN V., G. VICCIONE, E. PUGLIESE CARATELLI A fast neighbour-search algorithm for free surface flow simulations using SPH COMPDYN 2007 (Computational methods in Structural Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering. Rethymno, Crete, Greece. June 2007
5) BOVOLIN V., G. VICCIONE, E. PUGLIESE CARATELLI. Defining and optimizing algorithms for neighbouring particle identification in SPH fluid simulations International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids Accettato per pubblicazione 2007