Vigilio Fontanari

1985 High school diploma: Scientific High School Leonardo da Vinci Trento. Final grade 60/60

1990 Master Degree in Materials Engineering, University of Trento, final grade 110/110 with honor. Title of the thesis: "Acciai sinterizzati al fosforo. Microstruttura e proprietà meccaniche statiche e dinamiche" (Phosphorous sintered steels. Microstructure and static and dynamic mechanical properties), supervisors Prof. Baldo Tesi and Prof. Alberto Molinari.

1995 PhD in "Mechanics of Materials", University of Pisa, Title of the thesis: “Comportamento meccanico statico e ad impatto di acciai sinterizzati” (Static and impact behavior of sintered steels). Supervisor Prof. Leonardo Bertini.

1994: Assistant professor in Machine design - Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento (Italy)

2002: Associate professor in Machine - Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento (Italy)

2016: Full professor in Machine design Industrial Engineering Department University of Trento (Italy)

Teaching Activity:

1994-1999: Machine design; Master degree in Materials Engineering - Assistant professor

1999-2005: Machine design; Master degree in Materials Engineering

2001-2003: Mechanical and machine design; (6 CFU) Degree in Industrial production engineering

2003-2009: Mechanical design and machine elements; (6 CFU) Degree in Industrial engineering

2005-2009: Mechanical design and machine elements - advanced course; (5 CFU) Master degree in Mechatronic Engineering, Master degree in Materials engineering

2005-2008: Functional mechanical design; (6 CFU) Master degree in Mechatronic Engineering

2010-2015: Mechanical design and machine elements; (9 CFU) Degree in Industrial engineering

2010-2015: Mechanical and machine design (6 CFU) Master degree in materials engineering

2010-2015: Biomechanics (6 CFU) Master degree in materials engineering

2011-2012: Materials Modelling and design (6 CFU) Master degree in Materials Engineering

2016-      : Strength of materials (12 CFU) Degree in Industrial Engineering

2016-      : Biomechanics (6 CFU) Master degree in Materials and production Engineering 

PhD courses:

2001-2006: Multiphysics Finite element modelling (3 CFU) Doctoral school in Materials engineering

2005-2011: Methods of statistical and numerical analysis (3 CFU) Doctoral school in Materials engineering

Master course:

2007: Mechanical properties of NEMS/MEMS materials (6 CFU) II level master: Nano-and micro-electromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) Università di Trento-IRST-ITC)

Tutor of about 80 master degree thesis

Tutor/cotutor of 6 Doctoral thesis

1. Mechanics of Materials: experimental characterization and numerical modelling
2. Fracture mechanics: Analytical-numerical models and experimental characterization of cracked bodies
3. Fatigue of metals
4. Multiphysics analysis with the Finite element method
5. Experimental and numerical analysis of the static and fatigue mechanical behavior and structural strength of mechanical parts
6. Biomechanics

Research focuses:

1. Theoretical and numerical models for the evalution of mixed mode stress intensity factors in the field of the linear elastic fracture mechanics
2. Experimental study and numerical modeling of the effect of residual stresses on the fatigue behavior of mechanical components
3. Study of initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks at blunt and sharp notches
4. Correlation between the mechanical properties and the microstructure of materials for structural applications
5. Experimental characterization and numerical modeling of the mechanical behavior of different types of joints: weldings, adhesive joints, bolted joints
6. Modelling of the the elasto-plastic behavior of metallic materials. 
7. Numerical modelling of the shot peening process
8. Numerical modeling and experimental characterization of components produced by additive manufacturing
9. Contact fatigue