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School of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM)
University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna 40136, Italy
Also: Tecnopolo della Nautica (International School of Yacht Engineering)
See: http://www.unibo.it/Faculty/default.htm?mat=039410&TabControl1=TabContatti
Biography:
Francesco Tornabene was born in Bologna, January 13, 1978. School-leaving examination in a classical liceo achieved at Liceo Classico San Luigi in Bologna in 1997. Patent for Industrial Invention: Friction Clutch for High Performance Vehicles Question BO2001A00442 filed on 13/07/2001 in National Patent Bologna (Italy). Assignees: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Course of Studies in Structural Mechanics) obtained at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna on 23/07/2003. Thesis Title (in Italian): Dynamic Behavior of Cylindrical Shells: Formulation and Solution. First position obtained in the competition for admission to the PhD in Structural Mechanics at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna in December 2003. Winner of the scholarship, Carlo Felice Jodi for a degree in Structural Mechanics in 2004. Adjunct Professor (Tutor Contract) for activities of supporting the teaching of Scienza delle Costruzioni (Structural Mechanics) L, for the course in Civil Engineering, at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, a.a. 2005/2006. Adjunct Professor (Tutor Contract) for activities to support the teaching of Scienza delle Costruzioni (Structural Mechanics) L, for the course in Civil Engineering, at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, a.a. 2007/2008. PhD in Structural Mechanics at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna on 31/05/2007. PhD Thesis Title the (in Italian): Modeling and Solution of Shell Structures Made of Anisotropic Materials. Owner of the research grant entitled: Unified Formulation of Shell Structures Made of Anisotropic Materials. Numerical Analysis Using the Generalized Differential Quadrature Method and the Finite Element Method from January 2007 to January 2009 at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Adjunct Professor (Tutor Contract) for activities to support the teaching of Mechanical Design and Laboratory T C.I., for the Degree in Mechanical Engineering, at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, a.a. 2010/2011. Winner of the Senior research grant entitled: Design for Recycling Methodologies Applied to the Nautical Field from February 2011 to October 2011 at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Junior researcher for the research program entitled: Advanced Numerical Schemes for Anisotropic Materials from December 2011 to January 2012 at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Research Activities in collaboration with Foreign University Professors. Author of the book (in Italian) entitled: Mechanics of Shell Structures Made of Composite Materials. The Generalized Differential Quadrature Method, Esculapio, Bologna, 2012. Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Computational Engineering and ISRN Mechanical Engineering since 2013. Member of Scientific Committee, Promoter and Secretary of CIMEST Center, Center for Studies and Research on the Identification of Materials and Structures - “Michele Capurso” - at the Department DICAM of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, since 2005. Professor of Dynamics of Structures since 2012 and of Computational Mechanics since 2013. Assistant Professor at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna since 2012. Author of more than seventy research papers since 2005.
Research Topics:
Research in the "Mechanics of Structures": Theory of Plates & Shells.
Research in the "Computational Mechanics" Generalized Method of Differential Quadrature Method & Finite Element.
Research in the "Fracture Mechanics": Piezoelectric Materials.
Research in the "Stability of Equilibrium": Non-Conservative Forces.
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