Dr. Francesco Tornabene, University of Salento, Italy

Dr. Francesco Tornabene is a researcher at the School of Engineering, Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento. He was born on 13 January 1978 in Bologna, where he received the high school degree at Liceo Classico San Luigi, in 1997. In 2001 he achieved a National Patent Bologna (Italy) for the Industrial Invention: Friction Clutch for High Performance Vehicles Question BO2001A00442. He received from the University of Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum, a M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Curriculum in Structural Mechanics), on 23/07/2003, discussing a thesis entitled: “Dynamic Behavior of Cylindrical Shells: Formulation and Solution”. In December 2003, he was admitted at the PhD course in Structural Mechanics, at the University of Bologna, reaching the first position in the competitive admission. In 2004, he received from the University of Bologna a Thesis price in memory of Carlo Felice Jodi; in 2007 he received the Ph.D. degree in Structural Mechanics at the University of Bologna, discussing the Thesis entitled “Modeling and Solution of Shell Structures Made of Anisotropic Materials”. From 2007 to 2009 he received a research fellowship by the University of Bologna, working on the “Unified Formulation of Shell Structures Made of Anisotropic Materials. Numerical Analysis Using the Generalized Differential Quadrature Method and the Finite Element Method”. From 2011 to 2012 he became a Junior researcher within the research program entitled “Advanced Numerical Schemes for Anisotropic Materials”; from 2012 to 2018 he was an Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna; from 2018 up to date he is an Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Lecturer at the University of Salento, Department of Innovation Engineering (Lecce). For a long time his scientific interests include the Structural Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Innovative and Smart Materials, Computational Mechanics and Numerical Techniques, Damage and Fracture Mechanics. He is author of more than 260 scientific publications, and collaborates with many national or international researchers and professors all over the world, as visible from his scientific production. He is author of 11 books, see e.g. “Meccanica delle Strutture a Guscio in Materiale Composito. Il metodo Generalizzato di Quadratura Differenziale” (2012); “Mechanics of Laminated Composite Doubly-Curved Shell Structures. The Generalized Differential Quadrature Method and the Strong Formulation Finite Element Method” (2014); “Laminated Composite Doubly-Curved Shell Structures I. Differential Geometry. Higher-Order Structural Theories” (2016); “Laminated Composite Doubly-Curved Shell Structures II. Differential and Integral Quadrature. Strong Formulation Finite Element Method” (2016), among many. He is member of the Editorial Board for 38 International Journals (see, e.g. Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Composite Structures, Technologies, Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, Journal of Composites Science, Advanced Materials and Technologies, Heliyon, International Scholarly Research Notices, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, ISRN Mechanical Engineering, Journal of Computational Engineering, Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science). He is also Editor-in-Chief for 2 International Journals: Curved and Layered Structures, Journal of Composites Science; from 2019 he is Associate Editor for the International Journal “Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines”. In the last years he received different important awards, see e.g. “Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics” (years 2018, 2019), “Ambassador of Bologna Award for the organization of 21st International Conference on Composite Structures ICCS21, 4-7 September 2018, Bologna, Italy” (2019), “Member of the European Academy of Sciences” (since 2018). He collaborates as reviewer with more than 200 prestigious international journals in the structural mechanics field. From 2012, his teaching activity includes Dynamics of Structures; Computational Mechanics; Plates and Shells; Theory of Structures, Structural Mechanics. He is habilitated as Associate Professor and Full Professor in the area 08/B2 (Structural Mechanics) and as Associate Professor in Area 09/A1 (Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering and Naval Architecture).

Prof. Dr. Carola Esposito Corcione, University of Salento, Italy

Carola Esposito Corcione received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Technology in May 2004, from University of Salento (Italy). From January 2005 she is Assistant Professor at University of Salento. Her research interest focuses on the rheological, thermal and transport properties of innovative polymeric materials and in particular of polymer based nano-composites, bio-polymers, largely employed in industrial applications (such as coatings, solar energy materials, automotive, medical, additive manufacturing, circular economy, reuse and recycle) focusing on the relationship between processing, structure and properties. She is author of about 120 papers on international journals, 70 presentations at international conferences and 4 patents (h_index 28).

Prof. Dr. Victor A. Eremeyev, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland

Over 25 years of work experience. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor of Divisions of Computer Science, Elasticity and Mathematical Modeling of Department of Mechanics & Mathematics of Rostov State University/South Federal University, head of the laboratory of smart materials in Southern Scientific center of Russian Academy of Science. Researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany. Professor at Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland. Technical authority in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. Experience includes Education, Teaching, Programming.

Speaker & Presentation

Time

Introduction: Dr. Francesco Tornabene

11:00 – 11:10

Prof. Dr. Carola Esposito Corcione

Cure Reaction of Epoxy Resins catalyzed by Graphite-Based Nanofillers

11:10 – 11:45

Prof. Dr. Victor A. Eremeyev

Anti-plane surface waves in media with surface structures and surface interfaces.
Discrete and continuum models

11:45 – 12:20

Q&A moderated by Dr. Francesco Tornabene (Chair)

Attendees are welcome to type in their questions in the Zoom Q&A section.

12:20 – 12:50

Discussion and concluding remarks

12:50 – 13:00