Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Smart and Lightweight Components for Automotive Applications

• The Paper “Experimental Characterization of Piezoelectric Transducers for Automotive Composite Structural Health Monitoring” presented at SAE 2020 World Congress Experience (WCX 2020) has been awarded as one of the "Best papers for WCX" and has been selected to appear in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. (2020)
• The Paper “Active Aerodynamics through Active Body Control: Modelling and Static Simulator Validation” presented at ASME IDETC/CIE 2020 Virtual Conference has been awarded as "Best Student Paper at the 22nd AVT Conference" from the Design Engineering Division and Advanced Vehicle Technologies. (2020)

Master of Science

• Chassis design (modulo di Chassis design B). A.A. 2018/19, AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DELL'AUTOVEICOLO). Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso

• Sisca, Lorenzo (2021)
  Structural Health Monitoring based on Piezoelectric transducers: a Carbon Fiber Automotive Component Application case. relatore: CARELLO, MASSIMILIANA; , 33. XXXIII Ciclo, P.: 162
  Doctoral Thesis
• Ferraris, A.; De Cupis, D.; de Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; Airale, A. ... (2021)
  Integrated Design and Control of Active Aerodynamic Features for High Performance Electric Vehicles. In: 2020 SAE Brasil Congress and Exhibition, BRASILCONG 2020, Sao Paulo (BRASILE), 2020, pp. 1-12. ISSN 0148-7191
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Polato, D. B.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, ... (2021)
  Feasibility study on piezoelectric actuated automotive morphing wing. In: ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2021, Virtual, Online, 2021, pp. 1-9. ISBN: 978-0-7918-8549-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sisca, L.; Messana, A.; De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, A. G.; Carello, ... (2021)
  Validation of a numerical-experimental methodology for structural health monitoring on automotive components. In: ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2021, Virtual, Online, 2021, pp. 1-11. ISBN: 978-0-7918-8549-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Carello, M.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, A. G.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; De Carvalho Pinheiro, ... (2020)
  Experimental Characterization of Piezoelectric Transducers for Automotive Composite Structural Health Monitoring. In: SAE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCES AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN MOBILITY, vol. 2, pp. 2553-2567. ISSN 2641-9637
  Contributo su Rivista
• Sisca, Lorenzo; LOCATELLI QUACCHIA, PATRIZIO TIZIANO; Messana, Alessandro; Giancarlo ... (2020)
  Validation of a Simulation Methodology for Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Composite Materials Considering the Effect of Forming Process on the Structural Performance. In: POLYMERS, vol. 12, pp. 1-26. ISSN 2073-4360
  Contributo su Rivista
• De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Galanzino, E.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, ... (2020)
  All-wheel drive electric vehicle modeling and performance optimization. In: 2019 SAE Brasil Congress & Exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 14-18 October 2019. ISSN 0148-7191
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Dos Santos, P. G. C.; Sisca, L.; Scavuzzo, S.; Ferraris, A.; ... (2020)
  Dynamic performance comparision between in-wheel and on-board motor battery electric vehicles. In: ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2020, 2020, pp. 1-10. ISSN 2159-7383. ISBN: 9780791883938
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Messana, Alessandro; Sisca, Lorenzo; Ferraris, Alessandro; Giancarlo Airale, Andrea; ... (2020)
  LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN OF A MULTI-MATERIAL SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM. In: ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2020, Virtuale, August 17-19, 2020, pp. 1-11. ISBN: 9780791883938
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Russo, F.; Sisca, L.; Messana, A.; De Cupis, D.; Ferraris, A.; ... (2020)
  Advanced vehicle dynamics through active aerodynamics and active body control. In: ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2020, Virtual, Online, 2020, pp. 1-10. ISSN 2159-7383. ISBN: 9780791883938
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• De Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Russo, F.; Sisca, L.; Messana, A.; De Cupis, D.; Ferraris, A.; ... (2020)
  Active aerodynamics through active body control: Modelling and static simulator validation. In: ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2020, Virtual, Online, 2020, pp. 1-10. ISSN 2159-7383. ISBN: 9780791883938
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Virgillito, Enrico; Airale, A. G.; Ferraris, A.; Sisca, L.; Carello, M. (2019)
  Specific Energy Absorption Evaluation on GFRP Laminate Plate by Optical, Thermographic and Tomographic Analysis. In: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, vol. 43, pp. 15-24. ISSN 0732-8818
  Contributo su Rivista
• Messana, Alessandro; Sisca, Lorenzo; Ferraris, Alessandro; Airale, Andrea Giancarlo; DE ... (2019)
  From design to manufacture of a carbon fiber monocoque for a three-wheeler vehicle prototype. In: MATERIALS, vol. 12. ISSN 1996-1944
  Contributo su Rivista
• Messana, Alessandro; Sisca, Lorenzo; Getti, Corinne M.; Malvindi, Antonio; Ferraris, ... (2019)
  Design, optimization and manufacturing of an aluminum wheel rim for the IDRAkronos vehicle prototype. In: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS, vol. 16, pp. 733-741. ISSN 1686-4360
  Contributo su Rivista
• Carello, Massimiliana; Bertipaglia, Alberto; Messana, Alessandro; Airale, Andrea ... (2019)
  Modeling and optimization of the consumption of a three-wheeled vehicle. In: SAE World Congress Experience, WCX 2019, Cobo Center, usa, 2019. ISSN 0148-7191
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sangermano, M.; Antonazzo, I.; Sisca, L.; Carello, M. (2019)
  Photoinduced cationic frontal polymerization of epoxy–carbon fibre composites. In: POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, vol. 68, pp. 1662-1665. ISSN 0959-8103
  Contributo su Rivista
• Ferraris, Alessandro; Messana, Alessandro; Sisca, Lorenzo; Santoro, Francesco; Airale, ... (2019)
  Statistical energy analysis sea: A correlation between virtual and experimental results. In: 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy - IFIT, Cassino, pp. 211-220. ISBN: 978-3-030-03319-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Ferraris, Alessandro; Messana, Alessandro; Multari, Daniele; Sisca, Lorenzo; Airale, ... (2019)
  Steering system of a low-consumption vehicle: From the dynamics analysis to the design of the wheel assembly. In: 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy - IFIT, pp. 91-99. ISBN: 978-3-030-03319-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• de Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, A. G.; Carello, ... (2019)
  Computational Analysis of Body Stiffness Influence on the Dynamics of Light Commercial Vehicles. In: Mechanisms and Machine Science / S.N., S.L., Springer Netherlands, pp. 3117-3126. ISBN: 978-3-030-20130-2
  Contributo in Volume
• Ferraris, A.; Messana, A.; Airale, A. G.; Sisca, L.; DE CARVALHO PINHEIRO, Henrique; ... (2019)
  Nafion tubing humidification system for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In: ENERGIES, vol. 12. ISSN 1996-1073
  Contributo su Rivista