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Dipartment of Industrial Engineering
Mail: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Freddi
Phone: 00393489307489
- Mail: Prof. dr. ing. Alessandro Freddi
- Phone: 00393489307489
- Email (University): alessandro.freddi@unibo.it [mailto:alessandro.freddi@unibo.it]
- Email (personal): freddi.ale@gmail.com [mailto:freddi.ale@gmail.com]
- Email Care Hall: af468@cam.ac.uk
Index
- Research Expertise
- Education
- Employment
- Honours and Awards
- Institutional and Public Positions
- Special invited Lectures
- Scientific Society Membership
- Main Publications (since 2000)
- Consulting
- Interdisciplinary interests
Research Expertise
- Design of Experiments of Stress Analysis
- Low cycle fatigue in large machinery
- Systematic approach to design of mechanical systems
- Design of laboratory apparatus for fatigue and fracture testing
Education
- Ass. Prof. The University of Bologna, 1965
- Ord. Prof. The University of Bologna, 1978
- Visiting Scholar T.U. Stuttgart 1966, T.H. Delft 1968, UCL London 1983, 1988, 1989, Eng.Dept. Cambridge 1984, City University London 1986.
Adresse
- Mail: Prof. dr. Alessandro Freddi
- Phone: 00393489307489
- Email: freddi.ale@gmail.com [mailto:freddi.ale@gmail.com]
- Email: alessandro.freddi@unibo.it [mailto:alessandro.freddi@unibo.it]
- Email:af468@cam.ac.uk
Employment
- Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Bologna, Assistant Professor, 1965-1975
- Mechanical, Nuclear and Aeronautical Engineering Department, (DIEM), Full Professor for a Semester Course on Experimental Stress Analysis and a Semester Course on Systematic Methods of Machine Design), 1975-2010
- Professor at Buenos Aires, Bologna University, for a three-week Course on Engineering and Industrial Design), 2001-2007
Honors and Awards
- Honorary Member of Danubia-Adria Society, Wien, 2007
- Award of European Society of Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM) Award, 2007
- Benedectin Member of Academy of Science, Bologna, 2008
- Honorary Professor of Wroclaw University, PL, 2010
- Alma Mater Professor of Bologna University, 2010
- Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge College, UK, 2011
- Czech Association of Mechanical Engineers (CAME) Medal, 2011
- Professor Emeritus of Bologna University, 2014
- Temporary Researcher in BAM (Berlin), supported by DAAD in 2015
Institutional and Public Positions
- Director of the “Institute of Machine Design” of Engineering Faculty 1980-1986
- President of “Engineering Mechanics Curriculum” at the Faculty of Engineering, 1989-1991
- Co-organizer and lecturer of several courses on “Design for Quality, Biomechanics, Engineering Design and Industrial Design Interaction”, at University Centre in Bertinoro, CEUB, (Forlì), 1994-2005.
- Director of a School on “Industrial Design”, for a Master Degree in Design, 1999 and 2000
- Member of the Administrative Committee of an Emilia- Romagna Technical Centre (Democenter), 1998- 2002.
- Member of the “Observer Committee for Research Development” of Bologna University, 1997.
- Representative of Bologna University in a Committee of a Regional Centre (CERMET) for Quality Certification 2004-2011
- Director of the “Institute of Advanced Study” of Bologna University, 2003-2006
- Tutor at the “Collegio Superiore” of University of Bologna, 2005-2010
Special Invited Lectures
- Reliability Centre of Zurich Polytechnic (Suisse), on “Reliability and the Design of Experiment”,1994.
- Wroclaw University for a review lecture on ”Experiment in Biomechanics”, 1995.
- Polish National Conference in Warsaw on “Reliability and Experimental Mechanics” , 1996.
- T.U. Freiberg (Germany) for one week course on “Design for Quality, 1996.
- Italian Cultural Centre of Los Angeles (USA) on “Engineering Design-Industrial Design Interaction”, 2002.
- Collegio superiore on “Pragmatic, Syntactic and Semantic Value of Eng. Structures”,2006.
- Engineering Faculty of Bologna on “History of Experimentation from Hellenism to Renaissance”, 2005.
- CIRESS (Research Centre of Epistemology and History of Science of Bologna University), on “Sience as Practice”, 2009.
- Engineering Faculty of Bologna on “History of Fatigue of Materials and Structures”, 2010.
- Seminar on the Identity of Techn. Objects and User Innovations in Function (Prof. J. Runde) , Economics Dept. Bologna Uni. 2010
- Discussant at Graduate Symposium CIS, University of Bologna, April 8, 2011
- Teacher at Politecnico di Bari for a Seminar on Experimental mechanics , 2014
- Professor at il Wroclaw (Breslavia) Technological university for two Courses on Engineering Design and Experimental Mechanics, 2017.
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Scientific Societies Membership
- President of Italian Society for Stress Analysis (AIAS), 1991-1993
- President of TC15 IMEKO, Technical Committee for Experimental Mechanics, 1994-2008
- Founder of YSESM, Youth Symposium of Experimental Solid Mechanics, 2001
- Honorary Member of Danubia-Adria Society, 2007
- Member of CIRESS (Research Centre of Epistemology and History of Science), 2008
Consulting
- Italian Atomic Energy Commission CNEN, Roma
- Ansaldo Energia S.p.a., Genova
- Research Centre (CISME) of the Italian Electricity Board, Bergamo
- Centro Ricerche Fiat Spa, Orbassano
- Ferrari Spa Modena
- Ducati Spa, Bologna
- Benetton- Nordica Spa, Treviso
- Pirelli Spa, Milano
- Carpigiani Spa, Bologna
- Other local Firms of mechanical products
Interdisciplinary interests
- History of Fatigue in Metals
- History of Experimental Mechanics
- Social Aspects of the Engineering Design
- For a bottom-up epistemology.
- Presentation at Workshop “For a bottom-up epistemology. In honour of Maria Carla Galavotti”, CUEB Bertinoro, 7-9 giugno 2018.
Present interest
He currently deals with the basics of solid mechanics, with particular attention to the complex representation of the theory of plane elasticity.
Author of the papers in: http://www.diem.ing.unibo.it/personale/freddi/
and of the following books:
A. Freddi: Imparare a progettare(2004) Pitagora Editore, Bologna
A. Freddi, G. Olmi, L. Cristofolini(2015): Experimental Stress Analysis for Materials and Structures.- Stress Analysis Models for Developing Design Methodologies.
Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics. eBook ISBN978-3-319-06086-6DOI10.1007/978-3-319-06086-6Hardcover ISBN978-3-319-06085-9Buchreihen ISSN2195-3511
A. Freddi, M. Salmon (2019): Design Principles and Methodologies– From Conceptualization to Prototyping through Examples and Case Studies.
Springer Tracts in Solid and Structural Mechanics. ISBN9783319953427 (online) 9783319953410 (print)
