STATUS
Contract Researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering in Bologna
Contract Professor at the School of Engineering and Architecture in Forlì-Cesena
EDUCATION
- Degree in Nuclear Engineering (with grade 100/100) from the
University of Bologna with a thesis on "Calibration of an ion beam
through the use of nuclear resonances" made in Material Testing
Laboratory, CNR in Bologna, Italy.
- PhD in "Mechanics of Materials and Technological Processes"
from the University of Bologna with a dissertation on "Reliability
Analysis for Automotive Systems." University of Bologna, Italy
CERTIFICATIONS
- National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Industrial Design, Mechanical Construction and Metallurgy.
- National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Aeronautics, Aerospace and Naval Engineering.
EDITORIAL BOARD
- « Facta Universitatis Series: Mechanical Engineering » [Q1] (Associate Editor)
- « Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal » [Q1]
- « FME Transactions »
- « International Journal of Quality Research»
- « Journal of Marine Science and Engineering » [Q2]
- « METALS » [Q1]
- « Military Technical Courier »
- « Proceedings of Engineering »
- « Reports in Mechanical Engineering » (96th percentile, Scopus)
- « SCI - Scientific Journal »
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Senior researcher in engineering and technology for:
- CNR, Italian National Council of Research on nuclear
interactions between ion beams and materials, calibration of linear
accelerators (1999)
- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies and
Environment on advanced methodology and software tools
for reliability centered maintenance on complex production plants
and industrial systems (2000-01)
- DIEM, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of the University of
Bologna on reliability, availability, maintenability and
safety (RAMS) of mechatronic systems, on machine design, design of
experiments, CAE design, etc.
- MATMEC, Regional Research Laboratory of Advanced Mechanics and Materials
- CIRI MAM, Interdept. Centre for Industrial Reseach on Advanced Mechanics and Materials (2012-14).
- DIN, Dept. of Industrial Engineering (since 2014)
Other R&D experiences:
- Agriculture Faculty of the University of Bologna (6 months)
developing scientific models and tools
- CRA, Edison private research centre on environment (9 months)
developing scientific models and tools for predicts the human and
environmental effects of cleaning up, waste treatments for toxic
and radiation wastes
- DEIS, Engineering Faculty of the University of Bologna (6 months)
as system manager and informatics lab assistant developing system
codes
Managing and directorial roles for
- MATMEC Laboratory for Advanced Materials (3 years) as coordinator
- ISA Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Bologna as
management consultant (2004-06) and international fund raising
(2007 till to-date) University teacher and lecturer for mechanical,
nuclear and environmental engineering courses at the Universities
of Bologna (ITA), Modena (ITA), Reggio Emilia (ITA) in "Technical
Design", “Conceptual Design”, "Design of Machine", "Design for
Quality", “Reliability and Safety of
Industrial Product and Processes”. Invited lectures in regular
courses for the University of Belgrade (SER), Kragujevac (SER),
Budapest (HUN), Wroclaw (POL), Turin (ITA), Milan (ITA) and in
other various international conferences.
Author of (approx.): 75 scientific indexed articles, 40 conferences papers and 120 professional contributions.
Technical advisor on R&D projects in the fields of advanced
materials, mechatronic design, product and process optimization,
security and control for large and small enterprises, mainly
located in Italy such as FIAT Group (also Alfa Romeo, Lancia),
Magneti Marelli, SCM Group, Montedison, Alstom (FRA), ABB (SWE),
Bonfiglioli and, as external expert, for Peugeot Citroen,
Volkswagen, Volvo.
Project manager, coordinator or compiler on publicly funded
research programs, globally involved in regional (15),
trans-regional (6), national (2) and EU (5) projects. Between
international approved projects can be listed FP6 (1 project as
researcher), FP7 (1 as national coordinator), Eurostars (1 project
as researcher, 1 as national coordinator), ERA-Manunet (2 as
regional coordinator), Tempus (2 as national coordinator) research
programs.
External expert for the Italian Ministry of Economic Development
(MiSE) and Italian Minister of Education & Research (MiUR) in evaluation of national and transnational projects. Independent Expert for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Independent Expert for the “Cohesion Policy, Regional and Urban Development” H2020 Program. Member
of various national and international technical committees as:
founder of the Youth Symposium for Experimental Solid Mechanics
(YSESM), event coordinator for the Experimental Mechanics Technical
Committees of International Measurement Confederation (TC15
Imeko)
Member of Editorial Boards of several Scientific Journals as Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering; FME Transactions; International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Science Publishing; International Journal of Quality Research; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering; Metals. Sci; Technology, Engineering, Management, Entrepreneurship, Learning.
Member of Editorial Boards of various industrial journals in Italy
as “Foundry” and “Treatments and surface finishing”
edited by Tecniche Nuove (Milan); “Machines” (2000-01),
“Tools” (2000-01), edited by ETM.
'Peer-Reviewer' of more than 40 International Journals (35 Scopus-indexed)
Other skills: Major operating systems and programming
languages (Visual Basic, Fortran, Assembler). Technical
applications of CAD / CAM (ie ProE, SolidAge, Cimatron) and
structural analysis (ie Ansys, PAK), knowledge of software tools
for analysis of Reliability and Safety (Relex Weibull + +).
Extensive experience in the development of scientific software of
reliability (on behalf of Fiat, Marelli, SCM) and modeling (for
Edison, Ministry of Health, Loctite, etc.).
