Academic career and teaching activities

ACADEMIC CARRIER

- Current position:        Full Professor

                                     Department of Industrial Engineering 

                                     University of Trento, Trento, Italy

 

- Professional experiences

2021 – present        Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering

                                     University of Trento, Trento, Italy

 

2012 – 2018               Coordinator of the Doctoral School

                                     in Materials, Mechatronics and Systems Engineering

                                     University of Trento, Trento, Italy

 

2015 – 2018               Special Visiting Researcher, CNPq position

                                     Department of Mechanical Engineering

                                     Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

 

2011 – 2015                   Graduate Faculty Associate

                                     Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

                                     University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA

 

2006                           Visiting Professor

                                     Universidad Nacional del Sur, Dept. of Chemical Engineering

                                     PLAPIQUI (UNS-CONICET) Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

 

2002 – 2012              Associate Professor 

                                     Dept. of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technology

                                     University of Trento, Trento, Italy

 

1998 – 2001                   Adjunct Professor

                                     Dept. of Materials Engineering and Environment

                                     University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

 

1997                              Research scientist

                                     Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

 

1995                              Postdoctoral Fellow

                                     Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

 

1992 – 2001               Assistant Professor 

                                     Dept. of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technology, 

                                     University of Trento, Trento, Italy

 

TEACHING ACTIVITY

1997 – 2001         “Science and Technology of Composite Materials” (Master program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

2001 – 2019          “Properties and Characterization of Materials” (Master program, University of Trento)

2005 – 2017          “Laboratory of Mechanics of Materials” (Master program, University of Trento)

2005 – 2011         “Wind Turbines Design” (Master program, University of Trento)

2004 – present      “Experimental Mechanics of Materials” (PhD School, University of Trento)

2017 – present      “Recycling and Sustainable Materials”

2020 – present      “Composite Materials Engineering”

Research interests

The main aim of the research activity is to investigate the structure-properties relationships in polymer, polymer blends composite and nanocomposites, with particular attention to their mechanical behaviour.

 

Main fields of interests are:

- Deformation, yield and fracture mechanics of polymers and composites.

- Processing and characterization of multiphase polymeric materials (micro- and nanocomposites, blends).

- Stability of polymeric and composite materials under degradative conditions.

- Environmentally friendly polymers and composites (biodegradable, from renewable resources, recyclable).

- Multifunctional polymers and composites (electrically and thermally conductive, with shape memory features, with self-healing capabilities, for thermal energy storage applications).

Research work

- 2005 (Eurostandard spa) – Development of electrical conductive polyethylenes.

- 2006 (Iveco spa) – Impact properties of PP based composites.

- 2007 (Tozzi Nord srl) – Wind blades: materials selection and design.

- 2008 (Elantas Camattini spa) – Fatigue behaviour of composite adhesive joints.

- 2009 (Luxottica spa) – Static and fatigue mechanical behaviour of titanium adhesive joints.

- 2010 (UFI Filters spa) - Development of new nanocomposite polymer nets for liquids filtration.

- 2011 (IHP Composite srl) - Novel composite-reinforced gas storage tanks.

- 2014 (UFI Filters spa) - Development of electrically conductive polymer fibers for multifunctional filters.

- 2017 (Iveco Spa) – Composites for protective barriers.

- 2018 (Novurania Spa) – Elastomeric composites for thermal energy storage and release.

- 2020 (CMS Spa) – 3D printing with engineering plastics and composites.

- 2021 (Aquafil Spa) – Polyamide-based fully recyclable composites.

 

Memberships in societies and scientific committees

- Memberships of Editorial Boards of international scientific journals

 

as an editor:

2014 - 2021           Specialty Chief Editor "Frontiers in Materials: Polymeric and Composite Materials"

2014 - present       Associate Editor of the "Journal or Reinforced Plastics and Composites"

2020 - present       Editor-in-Chief of the “Advanced Composites” section of "Materials”.

2021 – 2022          Editor, “Polymer Composites”

2021 – present      Editor-in-Chief, “Polymer Composites”

 

as a member:

2006 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of “eXPRESS Polymer Letters”

2008 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of “Composite Interfaces”

2010 - 2014           Member of the Editorial Board of “The Open Textile Journal”

2010 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of “Materials Sciences and Applications”

2011 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Soft Nanoscience Letters”

2012 - 2017           Member of the Editorial Board of "Dataset Papers in Materials Science"

2014 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "International Journal of Polymer Science"

2015 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Advanced Material Sciences"

2015 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Nanomaterials"

2016 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Polymer Materials Science & Engineering"

2016 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Composites Science”

2018 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials”

2018 - 2022           Member of the Editorial Board of "Advances in Materials Science and Engineering”

2018 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of "Applied Sciences”

2018 - present       Member of the Editorial Board of “Science and Engineering of Composite Materials”

 

- Associations

1993 – present             Italian Association of Materials Engineering (AIMAT)

1999 – present             Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

1999 – present             Italian Interuniversitary Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)

2010 – present             Member of the Council of the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM)

2011 – present             Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE)