RESEARCH INTERESTS
- 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
- 9 plenary lectures
- 11 invited keynote lectures
- 189 publications in conference proceedings
- 27 scientific reports
- 3 patents
