Lecturers

After a 1.5 year experience at McKinsey and Co. as a business analyst consultant, he has obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy, 2013) with a thesis on “Tools for the automated condition monitoring of rotating machines”. During my PhD and in a brief post-doctoral activity at Politecnico di Milano I have worked on a series of industrial projects related to the health monitoring and system identification for a wide range of mechanical systems, including bridges, large rotating machines, road and rail vehicles and industrial coolers. His research activity has continued at QUT since December 2013 until the end of 2017, with a focus on asset health optimisation in power generation and process industries. At UNSW he continues working in asset health monitoring and management, including vibration sensing, signal processing, machine learning, and maintenance optimisation. I currently collaborate with Australian and international companies in the fields of aerospace and rail. He is an Editorial Board Member for Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (MSSP) and a Member of the International Society for Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM).

University of New South Wales, Australia - https://www.unsw.edu.au

Konstantinos Gryllias

Research Topics

Signal Processing, Fault detection/diagnosis/prognosis of rotating machinery and structures, Rotordynamics, Machine learning for condition monitoring

Short Biography

Konstantinos Gryllias (Member, IEEE) received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 2004 and 2010, respectively.,He is currently an Associate Professor of vibro-acoustics of machines and transportation systems with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. He also serves as the Manager of the University Core Lab Flanders Make@KU Leuven Motion Products, Belgium. His research interests include condition monitoring, signal processing, prognostics, and health management of mechanical and mechatronic systems.

KU Leuven, Belgium - https://www.kuleuven.be

Donatella Zappalà

Research Topics

Wind farm asset management, with a focus on reliability and operations and maintenance. Onshore/offshore wind farm condition monitoring for fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis. Experimental investigation of wind turbine drive train component faults.

Short Biography

She is a TT Assistant Professor in the Wind Energy section at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. She graduated in Environmental Engineering at University of Perugia, Italy, in 2008. She then received the MSc in New and Renewable Energy at Durham University, UK, in 2010, where she also completed mher PhD in wind turbine condition monitoring in 2015 under the supervision of Professor Peter Tavner within the EPSRC SUPERGEN Wind Phase 2 project. Before joining TU Delft in June 2020, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University within the EPSRC SUPERGEN Wind Hub, a number of EPSRC IAA Knowledge Transfer Secondments projects and the ESPRC Prosperity Partnerships: A New Partnership in Offshore Wind.

Delft University of Technology, Holland - https://www.tudelft.nl

Luigi Garibaldi

Research Topics

Mechanical vibrations, system identification and diagnostics

Short Biography

Luigi Garibaldi is full Professor of Applied Mechanics and Vibrations at Politecnico di Torino, where he is leading the Dynamics & Identification Research Group (DIRG), whose main research fields are: mechanical vibrations, system identification and diagnostics. Between 2015 and 2021 he has been appointed Research Director at the INSA Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco, branch of INSA French University Group. Starting 2020 he is President of the Ministry Ropeway Commission. Invited researcher for long periods at ISMCM (now Supmeca - Paris) in 1993, 1994, 1998 and 2015, he has also spent six months as invited professor at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), in 2003 and 2004, and at ENPC (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) in 2008. From 2013 to 2017 he has given yearly seminars on gearbox diagnostics at INSA Centre Val de Loire (France). He is member of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Elsevier) Editorial Board since 2004, and Mechanics and Industry (IOP) since 2014, reviewer for the most relevant Journals on vibrations, identification and monitoring and has organized a number of congresses, such as DAMAS – Damage Assessment of Structures (2007 in Turin, 2009 in Beijing and 2013 in Ireland) as well as Surveillance (2004 in Compiègne and 2017 in Fez, Morocco); he is board member of most of the scientific congress committees in the domain of damage detection, surveillance and dynamics of structures and machines. He has been external examiner, tutor or jury president /member for many PhD Thesis and HDR in Italy, France, Belgium as well as peer reviewer for National Reseach Projects of Belgium, Canada, Israel, Quatar, France.

Politecnico di Torino, Italy – www.polito.it

Mucchi Emiliano

Research Topics

Elastodynamic models, condition monitoring, diagnostics and experimental vibration measurements

Short Biography

Laurea degree in Mechanical Engineering (cum laude) on 2003 from the University of Ferrara. Ph.D in Mechanics of Machines on 2007 at the same University. Assistant professor at the University of Ferrara from 2010 to 2017. Associate professor at the University of Ferrara from 2018. His scientific activity is mainly in the field of Noise and Vibrations of Machines, with particular reference to elastodynamic models, condition monitoring, diagnostics and experimental vibration measurements. Tutor of more than 40 PhD students and research fellows, supervisor of more than 150 theses of students belonging to the Mechanical Engineering Degree. Principal investigator of 10 national and international peer review projects in the last 10 years. Person in charge of about 100 research projects with private companies in the last 10 years. Author and co-author of more than 130 papers published in International Conference Proceedings, National and International Journals. Editor of International Journals: Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Shock and Vibration, Vibration and Acoustics Research Journal.

University of Ferrara, Italy – www.unife.it

Monica Tiboni

Research Topics

Mechanical system dynamics, Vibration analysis, Condition monitoring, Robotics, Actuators, Mechatronic systems

Short Biography

Monica Tiboni received the mechanical engineer degree cum laude in 1996 at the University "Università degli Studi di Brescia". At the same University in 2001 she completed a Ph.D in Applied Mechanics. University researcher since 2000. Since 1997 she has developed research and teaching activities and follows several doctoral theses. Since 2006 Associate Professor at the University "Università degli Studi di Brescia". Author of about 100 scientific works dealing with dynamics of mechanical systems, innovative methodologies for condition monitoring of mechanical systems, robotics, motion planning for automatic devices applied to manufacturing industry, actuators. Partner in National and European research projects years since 1997.

University of Brescia, Italy – www.unibs.it

Francesco Castellani

Research Topics

Mechanical system dynamics, Rotating machines, Wind farm operation, Turbines, Experimental aerodynamics

Short Biography

Francesco Castellani is Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Perugia, where he teaches Applied Mechanics at the undergraduate and graduate levels; he is also a member of the Board of the PhD Program in Information Technology and Industrial Engineering. Since 2014 he has been the scientific coordinator of the "R. Balli" wind tunnel test laboratory at the University of Perugia (https://windtunnel.unipg.it/). Since 2011 he has been working in the field of machine diagnostics and operational analysis, in particular for the wind energy industry. His research interests include turbine and wind farm operation, mechanical system dynamics, rotating machines and experimental aerodynamics.

University of Perugia, Italy – www.unipg.it

Marco Cocconcelli

Research Topics

Condition monitoring, Diagnostics, Mechatronic systems, Signal processing, History of mechanisms and machine science

Short Biography

Marco Cocconcelli received the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in applied mechanics from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. In 2007, he joined the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he is currently an Associate Professor in applied mechanics with the Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering. His research interests include diagnostics of bearings and gears,monitoring of machinery in stationary and non-stationary conditions, history of mechanisms and machine science. He is a member of the Permanent Commission for the History of Mechanism and Machine Science and of the Technical Committee for Reliability of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM).

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy – www.unimore.it

Gianluca D'Elia

Research Topics

Condition monitoring, Diagnostics, Mechatronic systems, Signal processing, Mechanical system dynamics

Short Biography

Gianluca D’Elia received the M.S. degree in Material Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. In 2022, he joined the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he is currently a Researcher in Applied Mechanics at the Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering. He was guest at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research - University of Southampton – with a Marie Curie Hosing Fellowships, and assistant research engineer at the Universitè de Technologie de Compiègne. His scientific activity is mainly in the field of signal processing for the diagnostics and prognostics of rotating machines, with particular reference to time-frequency analysis, Cyclostationarity and Statistical analysis.

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy – www.unimore.it

Daga Alessandro

Research Topics

Vibration Monitoring, Machine Diagnostics, Rotating Machines, Dynamics, System Identification

Short Biography

Alessandro Paolo Daga received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (TO), Italy, in 2012, 2015 and 2019 respectively. He also obtained M.S. degree in mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (MI), Italy, in 2015 as a member of the Alta Scuola Politecnica program. In 2018 he was winner of the international fellowship IDEXLYON spent at the Laboratoire Vibrations Acoustique (LVA) at INSA de Lyon, France. He is currently researcher at Politecnico di Torino in the field of Dynamics, Vibration Monitoring, and Diagnostics of machines and structures, as a part of the Dynamics & Identification Research Group (DIRG).

Politecnico di Torino, Italy – www.polito.it

Paolo Pennacchi

Research Topics

Rotor dynamics, Tribology, Signal processing, Railway and Machine Diagnostics, Hydrodynamic bearing modeling

Short Biography

Paolo Emilio Lino Maria Pennacchi is full Professor of Applied Mechanics, rotordynamics and tribology at the Politecnico di Milano. His research work has produced extensive contributions in the following areas. dynamics and detection of cracks in rotating machines, signal processing methods for diagnosing gearboxes and bearings in the railway sector, modelling and development of new hydrodynamic bearings and seals in rotating machines. He has been a founder and member of the board of directors of Italian Scientific Society of Applied Mechanics, the President of the AIT (Associazione Italiana di Tribologia – Italian Society of Tribology) (2014-2021), a former Chairman for the IFToMM Technical Committee of Rotor Dynamics (2011-2017). He has had a series of collaborations and projects with National and International Industries regarding the diagnostics of turbines. He is an Associate Editor of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, a leading journal in mechanical engineering, and an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (2019-2022). He’s a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Rotating Machinery and the Journal Shock and Vibration. He has delivered a series of invited speeches in the field of machine condition monitoring and received several best paper awards.

Politecnico di Milano, Italy – www.polimi.it

Mattia Battarra

Research Topics

Gear dynamics, volumetric machine dynamics, machine functional design, condition monitoring

Short Biography

Mattia Battarra is Assistant Professor at the University of Ferrara where he teaches vehicle dynamics. After receiving the BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the same University in 2011 and 2013 respectively, he took part to the European project COST Action TU1105 as a visiting research student at the Dynamics Research Group, Loughborough University, UK. COST Action TU1105 was focused on the definition of NVH technics for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. In 2016, he was Visiting Scholar at the GearLab Research Group, The Ohio State University, OH – US, during his PhD studies related to modeling gear pump dynamics. His research activity includes kinematics, dynamics and design of gears, bearings and mechanical systems in general, with applications to diagnostics and prognostics.

University of Ferrara, Italy – www.unife.it