PERSONAL DETAILS
-Born in Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy, 27/02/1977
-Married with 2 children
ACADEMIC POSITION
-Associate Professor, DIMEG - University of Calabria, 2005-
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
-Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering - University of Calabria (2004)
-European Doctorate in Sound and Vibration Studies – (ISVR) University of Southampton (2003)
-5-Year Degree with Honours (BSc and MSc) in Mechanical Engineering - University of Calabria (2001)
-Erasmus Exchange Student at Technical University of Denmark (DK) from September 1999 to July 2000.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
-Member of the Italian Association of Engineers, 2001-
RESEARCH INTERESTS
-Vibration isolation using non-linear elements
-Vibration control using smart structures
-Non-linear dynamics
-Energy harvesting from vibrations
-Kinematic synthesis of mechanisms
-Bio-inspiration and bio-mimetics in mechanical design
-Suspension systems
-Structural dynamics of flexible structures
-Underactuated mechanisms for robotics and automation
TEACHING ACTIVITY
-Mechanics Applied to Machines, BSc Mechanical Eng., UNICAL - (organiser and main lecturer) - A.Y. 2018/2019 to present
-Virtual simulation of mechanical systems: an introduction, MSc and PhD Mechanical Eng., UNESP (Brazil) - (invited organiser and main lecturer), 2-4 May 2016.
-Introduction into nonlinear vibrating systems, MSc and PhD Mechanical Eng., UNESP (Brazil) - (invited organiser and lecturer), 5-7 May 2014.
-Robot Mechanics, MSc Mechanical Eng., UNICAL - (organiser and main lecturer) - A.Y. 2005/2006 to present
-Applied Mechanics for Automation, MSc Automation Eng., UNICAL - (organiser and main lecturer) - A.Y. 2005/2006 to present
-Laboratory of Robotics, BSc Mechanical Eng., UNICAL - (organiser and main lecturer) - A.Y. 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
-Laboratory of Robotics, BSc Mechanical Eng., UNICAL - (contributor) - A.Y. 2003/2004 to 2004/2005
-Fundamentals of Applied Mechanics, BSc Mechanical Eng., UNICAL - (contributor) - A.Y. 2003/2004 to 2004/2005
-Robot Mechanics, MSc Mechanical Eng. , UNICAL - (contributor) - A.Y. 2003/2004 to 2004/2005
-Supervisor of more than 30 undergraduate student projects
-Supervisor of more than 20 postgraduate student projects
-Supervisor of 2 International Student projects
-Supervisor of 4 PhD student projects
-Internal Examiner of 3 PhD student projects
-External Examiner of 1 International PhD student project
-External Examiner of 1 International MS student project
MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION
-Member of the National PhD Board of the PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change – IUSS Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, 2022-
-Member of the Executive Board of the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Eng., 2015-2018
-Member of the PhD Board in Industrial Engineering - University of Calabria, 2014-
-ECTS Coordinator for Student Mobility in Europe (LLP-Erasmus), BsC and MSc Mech. Eng. University of Calabria, 2007-
-Member of the Scientific Committee of the Technical-Scientific Main Library, University of Calabria, 2007-2010
-Member of the PhD Board in Mechanical Engineering - University of Calabria, 2005-2013
-Admission officer for PhD in Mechanical Engineering - University of Calabria, A.Y. 2011/2012
-Admission officer for MSc in Mechanical Engineering - University of Calabria, A.Y. 2011/2012 -
CONSULTANCY
-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and United Converting (IT), “Modeling the kinematics of a novel automated machine for rewinding paper logs” (2017)
-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and ANMIC Riabilitazione (IT), “Validation of the use of a low-cost commercial optic sensor for the rehabilitation of patients subject to trauma in the trunk and shoulder” (2015)
-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and PLStudio (IT), “Experimental analysis of the dynamics effects of a falling object constrained by a security rope” (2013)
-Co-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and LMS International (BE), “Test-based mathematical models of (hydro-)bushing” (2012)
-Co-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and Local Railways Company (IT), “Assessment of coupling in a rack rail vehicle with its mating cog wheel” (2010)
-Principal Investigator in the Research Agreement between DIMEG and Calabrian Biomedical Research Ltd (IT), “Application feasibility of a surgical robot” (2010)
NATIONAL/INERNATIONAL FUNDED PROJECT
-Scientific responsible for the University of Calabria of the project “EASYLAP – Robotic system for laparoscopy using traditional surgical tools”, funded by the European Union through the POR CALABRIA FESR-FSE 2014-2020 (I – Research and Innovation), CUP J28C17000130006, 2017-2018 (24 months)”
Participant in FAPESP-15/19614-4, Research Awards - Visiting Researcher Grant - Nonlinear vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems, February-May 2016, at DEM-UNESP (BRAZIL)
Participant in FAPESP-13/23522-2, Research Awards - Visiting Researcher Grant - International, Investigation into the interaction between a shaker and a nonlinear test structure, March-May 2014, at DEM-UNESP (BRAZIL)
-Participant in FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP, Marie Curie Action: Industry, Innovative Concept Modelling Techniques for Multi-Attribute Optimization of Active Vehicles (INTERACTIVE), 2011-2015 (48 months)
-Participant in PON R&C 2007/2013, PON01_01936, HArBour traffIc opTimizAtion system (HABITAT), 2011-2014 (36 months)
-Participant in PON R&C 2007/2013, PON01_01541, Mobile to Mobility (M2M ), 2011-2013 (24 months)
-Participant in FIRB, RBAU01W5SE, Virtual Reality of the Orthopaedic surgery theatre, 2004-2006 (24 months)
-Participant in POR Calabria 2000/2006, Customized External Fixator of Articulations (CEFA), 2004-2006 (24 months)
-Participant in PIA Innovation, PIAI*046739/0013/0030*C-0637-P, Development of a Robotic Navigation System for Surgical Operation, 2005-2007 (24 months)
AWARDS
-Cited in the database of top 2% scientists worldwide, “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators” (J.P.A. Ioannidis, Stanford University) https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6 (single year 2020, 2021, 2022).
-Selected, based on personal research publication record, to represent peers in both own discipline and country, for the Global Academic Reputation Survey of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
-Bronze Best Research Paper Award in testimony of a significant achievement in Mechanism Science with the paper “Gravity Compensation of Robotic Manipulators Using Non-linear Spring Configurations”, presented at “IFIT 2020 - Third International Conference of IFToMM ITALY”, 9-10 September 2020.
-MSC Research Assist Program Award 2014, in support of his research on the multi-body kinematics and dynamics, 2 June 2014 – 2 June 2015
-National Scientific Qualification to Full Professor of Applied Mechanics, from July 2020
-IFToMM Young Delegate Grant 2007, in support of attendance at the IFToMM 12 World Congress, 17-21 June 2007 Besancon, France
EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS
-Member of the Program Committee of the “17th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEICES 2024)”, Rome, Italy, 21-23 February, 2024.
-Invited Seminar on “Nonlinear isolators for shock and vibration”, within the Workshop “Innovative NVH methods for Industry 4.0”, Parma, Italy, 22-23 June 2023.
-Member of the Program Committee of the “16th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEICES 2023)”, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-18 February, 2023.
-Associate Editor, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering - Vibration Systems (2021 - )
-Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Nonlinear Vibration Isolation”, Shock and Vibration (2021)
-External Examiner for a PhD thesis titled “Lumped parameter and modal models to simulate ground reaction forces due to running” (L.R. Zanetti), at Universidade Estaual Paulista “Júlio De Mesquita Filho” (Brazil), 27 January 2021.
-External Examiner for a PhD thesis titled “Modeling and experimental identification of vibrating structures: localized and distributed nonlinearities”(D. Anastasio), at Polytechnic of Turin (IT), 14 May 2020.
-Member of the Technical Committee for Vibrations within the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science - IFToMM (2019 - )
-Academic Editor, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2019 - )
-Chairman for technical session within the International Symposium “IUTAM Symposium – Exploiting Nonlinear Dynamics for Engineering Systems (ENOLIDES 2018)”, Novi Sad, Serbia, 15-19 July, 2018.
-Member of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science - IFToMM (2017 - )
-Chairman for the session “Nonlinear Dynamics” within “6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2017)”, Rhodes Island, Greece, 15-17 June, 2017.
-Invited Seminar on “Detached resonance curves in mechanical oscillators with nonlinearity”, within the “GADeS Summer School on Stability and Bifurcation of Dynamical Systems: Theoretical Aspects and Applications”, Savona, Italy, 3-7 July 2017.
-Chairman for the session “Nonlinear Vibrations II” within “12th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics (RASD 2016)”, Southampton, UK, 3-6 July, 2016.
-Visiting Researcher at Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica (DEM), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Campus de Ilha Solteira (Brazil), February-May 2016
-Academic Editor, Shock and Vibration, Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2016 - )
-Member of the Italian Association of Applied and Theoretical Mechanics - AIMETA (2015 - )
-Member of the European Mechanics Society - EUROMECH (2015 - )
-Visiting Researcher at Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica (DEM), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Campus de Ilha Solteira (Brazil), March-May 2014
-Member of the Organising Committee “International Conference on Vibrations and Vibroacoustics (ICVV 2014)”, Harbin, China, 13-15 January 2014
-External Examiner for a PhD thesis titled “The performance of a nonlinear vibration absorber”, at the University of Southampton (UK), 23 July 2013.
-Invited Lecture on “Physics-based modeling of vibration isolation devices for automotive applications”, within the Marie Curie Graduate School on Vehicle Mechatronics & Dynamics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 5-8 February 2013.
-Chairman for the session “System Identification and Inverse Problems II” within the “11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics (RASD2013)”, Pisa, Italy, 1-3 July 2013
-Member of the International Program Committee “7th International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation (IMAACA 2013)”, Athens, Greece, 25-27 September 2013
-Member of the International Program Committee “6th International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation (IMAACA 2012)”, Wien, Austria, 19-21 September 2012
-Chairman for the session “Active Vibration Control and Smart Structures I” within the “7th European Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2008)”, Southampton, UK, 7-9 July 2008
-Visiting Academic at Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (UK), July-August 2008
-Research period at LMS International in Leuven (BE), July-August 2006
-European Doctorate in Sound and Vibration Studies, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (UK), 2003
-Reviewer for: Nonlinear Dynamics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Journal of Vibration and Control, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of Biomechanics, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Smart Material and Structures, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Part C, Engineering Structures, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Transactions on Mechatronics, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Meccanica