Wind energy, design, aeroservoelasticity and control of wind turbines
Flight mechanics, aeroservoelasticity and control of rotary and fixed wing vehicles
Computational mechanics, flexible multibody dynamics, adaptive finite element methods
CURRICULUM VITAE
1988: Laurea summa cum laude in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
1993: Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
1993-1995: Research Associate, then Adjunct Assistant Professor, Scientific Computation Research Center and Rensselaer Rotorcraft Technology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
1996-2001: Ricercatore (Assistant Professor), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano
2001-2010: Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano
2003-2004: Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2010-2013: Professor of Flight Mechanics, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Politecnico di Milano
2013-present: Chair of Wind Energy, Director of the Wind Energy Institute, Technische Universität München, Germany
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Editor of 1 book
Author and co-author of 106 publications (of which 6 under review) in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters
