Associate Professor of Mechanics of Machines at Din-Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.
Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal - Computers in Industry - , Elsevier, Holland.
Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal - Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, L&H Scientific Publishing, Usa.
Reviewer of many International Journals in Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Machinery, Mechanical Vibrations, Acoustics, Computational Geometry.
Scientific Coordinator of Research Operating Units in National research projects in the past:
- PRIN2007 Miur"Diagnosi di ponti ferroviari mediante l'analisi dinamica durante il passaggio dei convogli" research project ;
- Himec2007 Miur "Ottimizzazione vibroacustica di macchine automatiche e componenti avanzati per l'industria meccanica" Research Project;
- Himec 2007 Miur "Consolidamento, potenziamento e convalida di una piattaforma tecnologica per il controllo delle vibrazioni e del rumore nel Distretto della Meccanica Avanzata
dell'Emilia-Romagna: VIBRACUSTICA" research project.
Vice-Director of CIRI-MaM - Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research - of the University of Bologna, which works in the field of advanced applications in mechanical engineering and
materials technology, from 2011-12.
Scientific Organizer of many international Conferences and Symposia:
- Asme IDETC Conference Vibration Symposium 2005 (Long Beach, Usa);
- Asme IDETC Conference Vibration Symposium 2007 (Las Vegas, Usa);
- Asme IDETC Conference Vibration Symposium 2009 (San Diego, Usa).
Author of more than 100 papers in the field of computational geometry, computational mechanics, mechanical vibrations, vehicle dynamics, monitoring and diagnosing of machines and structures.
