Full professor in scientific sector "ING-IND/17 Mechanical Industrial Plants" at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna.
Born in Bologna, Italy, December 22nd 1957, graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna.
Appointed Researcher in scientific sector of Mechanical Industrial Plants since 1983 at the Department of Mechanical Plants and Special Machines in the same scientific sector.
Member of the Scientific Commission 65 D.P.R. 11/7/80 nA° 382 for 09 Industrial Engineering Committee in the years 1988, 1989, 2003-2007.
Member of the Academic Integrated Senate, advisory body for the arrangement of the charter of the University of Bologna from 1991.
Professor of Industrial Automation and Instrumentation at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna from 1994.
In the academic years 94/95 and 95/96 teacher of Management of Industrial Plants at the Faculty of Engineering of the Second University of Rome.
Today titular of the courses of Mechanical Plants in the Course of Degree in Energetic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Member of the Managing committee and the Scientific Committee of the Section “Multiphase Flow Engineering” of the ANIMP - National Association of Plants.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the international symposium “Two Phase Flow Modeling and experimentation”.
Member of the Executive committee of the Section Energy of the ANIMP - National Association of Plants.
Member of the CTI, Italian Thermal Engineering Committee, national body for the standard activity in technical field.
Honorary university professor of the National Industrial University of Moscow from 1999.
Winner of the competition for university full professor in the scientific field " Industrial Mechanical Plants" (announced with DPR 2220 of the 26/8/99), it is today in service at the Department of Mechanical engineering (DIEM) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna.
Member of the university Commission for the scholarships for improvement course abroad, year 1999/2000.
Member of the national Commission for the confirmation in role of university associated professor from 2002 to 2005.
Called in hearing to the Commission meeting XI (Public and private work) and XII (Social Affairs), in the context of the examination of the draft legislative decree containing "Supplementary and corrective provisions of the legislative decree 9 April 2008, n.81, implementing of Article 1 of the law of 3 August 2007, n.123, concerning the protection of health and safety in the workplace), Rome, 9 June 2009, Palazzo Montecitorio.
External member of the inter-university Commission for the final examination of Ph.D. in Energetic, XVI cycle, at the University of Udine.
President of the AIDU (Italian Association of University Professors), section of Bologna Athenaeum.
Representative of the University of Bologna in the Provincial Observatory of the Waste for the Province of Bologna.
Member of the Executive committee of the national group of Mechanical Industrial Plants.
Member of the Research Commission in the Executive committee of the national group of Mechanical Industrial Plants.
Member of the national Group of the experts of the Ministry of Productive Activities (MAP).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Conference on Energy Policy in Italy.
Adviser for private and public bodies in energy power plants, environment and automation fields.
Member of the board of directors of Hera Bologna S.r.l in years 2005-2008 and 2008-2011.
Scientific coordinator in national research programs with MIUR (Ministry of Instruction, University and Research) co-financing.
Coordinator of local unit in the national research program (PRIN) called “Energy and Material balance of ways for the recovery of materials and energy from waste”.
External Examiner of the commission for the Ph. D. final examination of the Research Degrees Committee of the University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Member of the National Council ANIMP, National Association of Plants System Manufacturer.
Member of the Commission for Programming of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna from 2008 to 2010.
Author of over one hundred papers on plants topics, of theoretical and experimental kind.
