Alessandro Pegoretti
Director
Department of Industrial Engineering
Full professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
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Academic career and teaching activities |
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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” |
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Research interests |
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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). |
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Research work |
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- 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.
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Memberships in societies and scientific committees |
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- 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) |