Paolo Gaudenzi, University of Roma, La Sapienza
Abstract: Keynote Lecture: Modeling of Smart Structures. For many decades the behaviour of smart structures has been the subject of estensive research efforts in the modeling of the multyphisics material behaviour, namely the modeling of the constritutive behaviours - covering piezoelectricity, shape memory effect, magnestrictive and many other effects - the modeling of sensing, actuation, structural control and energy harvesting and the coupling with other fielda as aeroacustics and fluidynamics. Finite element procedures have been implemented for the analysis of these behaviour in support of the design of active and smart devices. While reevaluation of the effort done in the past, for 3D continua and for structures, the session aims at illustrating new steps forward in the modeling of present adaptive and smart structures in the era of big data and AI revolution.
Bio: Born in Rome, Italy, on 19.3.1961. Present position and affiliation MAECI, Science and Technology Counselor, Consolato Generale d’Italia a Boston 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA 02210, USA Tel: +1 617 4130380 e-mail paolo.gaudenzi@esteri.it Professore Ordinario di Costruzioni e Strutture Aerospaziali Sapienza Università di Roma, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Via Eudossiana 16, 00136 Roma, Italia Tel: +39-06-44585304 e-mail paolo.gaudenzi@uniroma1.it Education High school scientific lycee at Istituto M. Massimo, Roma, (1978). Laurea in Civil Engineering cum laude, Università di Roma La Sapienza (1984). Dottore di ricerca (PhD) in Aerospace Engineering, Università di Roma La Sapienza (1989). Career and affiliations Ricercatore (Assistant Professor) of Costruzioni Aeronautiche at Sapienza Università di Roma (1990-98) Visiting Scientist at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) (1991-1992). Associate Professor of Costruzioni e strutture aerospaziali (1998-2000). Full Professor of Costruzioni e Strutture Aerospaziali at Sapienza (since 2000). President (2012-2016) and Founder of Smart structures solutions srl, a start up company for the development of monitoring of structural systems. Founding Faculty Fellow of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow (2013-2014) Coordinator of the PhD in Aeronautical and Space Engineering (2010-2016) Director of the Mechanical and Aerospace Department of Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Excellence since 2022, (2016-2022) Scientific curriculum Author of more than 170 papers 96 of which published on international refereed journals, Scopus more than 3400 citations, h index 31, Googlescholar more than 4500 citations h index 36. Author of the research books Smart structures, J. Wiley 2009 and Piezoelectric aeroelastic energy harvesting (with H. Elahi and M. Eugeni), Elsevier 2021. Included in the Stanford University list "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" of 2% world top scientists. Research topics: aerospace structures, space systems, concurrent engineering and multidisciplinary methods for engineering design, cost engineering, laminated and composite structures, active materials and smart structures, thermal structures, finite element modelling, multyphisics analysis, design for additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing. Lecturer in different graduate and PhD regular courses of the Università di Roma La Sapienza, in some special courses for companies (Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, CSM-Tecnopolo, AVIO) and in international courses (ASI-NATO). Invited lectures in many top level academic and research institutions (Columbia University NY USA, TU Delft The Netherlands, Zurich Polytechnic Switzerland, Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Paris France, ENPA Poitiers, France). Responsible of research projects funded by the Italian Ministry for Research, the National Research Council, The Lazio Region, the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the European Space Agency (ESA), EU FP. Expert in the evaluation of research projects for the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research, the Italian Ministry for Industrial development, The European Research Council, the regions Lazio, Toscana, Veneto, Piemonte, Puglia. Chairman of the selection board for ENEA (National research body in the field of energy and power). Institutional advisory activities: Expert of COMINT (Interministerial Committee for Space of the Italian Government 2021-2022 – Governo Draghi). Expert of the Ministery for Industrial Development for Aeronautical and for Space Issues. Expert of the Ministery of University and Research for the development of the Italian Research Program. Responsible for recruitment of faculty: Member of several “Commissioni di concorso” for the access to the “ricercatore” academic position or for the positions of “Professore associate” or “Professore ordinario” in the fields of “Meccanica del Volo”, e “Costruzioni e strutture aerospaziali” or in the sector “Ingegneria aerospaziale e navale”. Member of the National Commissione di Abilitazione (2013-2014) in the sector 09/A1 Ingegneria Aerospaziale e navale. Journals and conferences Editor of “Aerotecnica, missili e spazio”, the Journal of aerospace science, technology and system (2009- 2014). Associate editor of the Int. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2000-2010). Associate editor of the IEEE Trans on Aerospace and Electronic systems (2008-2010) Member of the International board of the CEAS Space Journal and CEAS Aeronautical Journal. Member of the international editorial board of the Journal Computers and Structures. Member of the international editorial board of the Journal Composite Structures. Member of several international scientific committee of international conferences. Promoter of International Conferences in Rome and other Italian and International locations. International networks Promoter of the European Union/La Sapienza stage program EUROSPACESTAGES. La Sapienza representative for the PEGASUS Consortium among European aerospace universities (2004-2008). Member of the ICAST conference commitee (Adaptive structures and technologies). Technology transfer, industrial R&D, consultancy and entrepreneurship Responsible for R&D projects for private companies (Alenia Spazio, AVIO, Thales Alenia Space, Space Engineering, HPS, Centro Sviluppo Materiali, ASTRIUM, Vitrociset, Telespazio, Technip). Technical Advisor for the Jury or for a part in juridical disputes on engineering issues (aeronautics, mechanics). President (2012-2016) and Founder of Smart structures solutions srl, a start up company for the development of monitoring of structural systems. Advisor of ESA for the Vega Project team for the critical reviews of the Vega launcher Programme. Holder of two patents: 1. Elemento strutturale in materiale composito laminato configurato per il monitoraggio del suo stato strutturale. Inventors: P.Gaudenzi, L.Lampani; Patent Number: IT2013RM00584; 12/01/2016. 2. Structural integrity monitoring device and method based on wireless sensor network. Inventors: P.Gaudenzi, L.Lampani, F.Capece,S.Atek; appl. number: WO2016/135688/A1; Data: 26/02/2015. Italian patent Dispositivo e metodo di monitoraggio in remoto dell’integrità di una struttura con reti di sensori wireless, Numero brevetto RM2025A00090. Academies, societies and awards Member of AIDAA, the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member of IAA (the International Academy for Astronautics) Correspondent member of AAE (Academie de l’Air et de l’Espace) Premio Speciale PAIR Italian American Relationship Prize, 2024, Centro Studi Americani Roma President Emeritus and member of the Associazione Ex Alunni (Alumni) of Istituto M. Massimo, Roma