Services

Academic appointments

June 2001 - February 2018 

Associate Professor at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of Politecnico di Milano.

August 1992 - May 2001

Researcher at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of Politecnico di Milano

April 1991 - July 1992

Technical engineer at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of Politecnico di Milano

March 1990 -  March 1991

PostDoc Researcher at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale of Politecnico di Milano

Technical committees and professional services

Member of the International Forum of Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity (IFASD) Committee

Member of the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) Committee

Member of the ACARE Italy CommitteeMember of Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop (AeP)

Member of RTO AVT 173 panel on Virtual Prototyping Using Advanced MDO

Founder and Editorial Manager of open access International Journal of Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (www.asdjournal.org)

Scientific committees of international conferences

Chair of IFASD2017 - International Forum of Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Como, Italy, 23-26 June, 2017.

IFASD - International Forum of Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity: Bristol - UK (2013), San Petersburg - Russia (2015), Como (2017), Savannah (2019), Madrid (2021).

ICAS - International Council of Aeronautical Sciences Conference, Brisbane, Australia, September 23-28, 2012.ICAS - International Council of Aeronautical Sciences Conference, Nice, France, September 19-24, 2010.ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Politecnico di Milano, 25-28 June 2007.

IFASD - International Forum of Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity Conference, Paris, France, June 26-30, 2011.

Professional Society membership

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)

Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA).

International Journals reviewer

Aeronautical Journal (UK Royal Aeronautical Society)

Aerospace Science and Technology

AIAA Journal

Journal of Aircraft

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Statistics and Computing

Main research grants

Invited lectures

• Course on Morphing Aircraft: Material, Mechanisms and Systems, November 17‐20, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal.
• AVT-168 Symposium on Morphing Vehicles, April 20-24, 2009, Evora, Portugal.
• AVT-173 Workshop on Virtual Prototyping of Affordable Military Vehicles Using Advanced MDO, May 16-18, 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• AVT 209 Workshop on Energy Efficient Transport Systems, October 22‐24, 2012, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Seminar: Fast Structural Sizing, Aeroelastic Analysis and Optimization at Conceptual Design Level Using NeoCASS Open Source Suite, San Diego State University, February 22, 2013, San Diego, CA.
• Seminar on: Conceptual design tools for fast structural sizing and aeroelastic analysis of more efficient aircraft including morphing technologies, Boeing, August 22, 2013, Seattle, WA.

Institutional services at Politecnico di Milano

From 2007 to 2013 Director of PhD Course on Aerospace EngineeringMember of Faculty Group for Information and CommunicationsMember of Department Research Advisory Board