Ph.D. in Ingegneria Meccanica , 33rd cycle (2017-2020)
Ph.D. obtained in 2021
Dissertation:
Structural Health Monitoring based on Piezoelectric transducers: a Carbon Fiber Automotive Component Application case (Abstract)
Tutors:
Massimiliana Carello
Research presentation:
PosterProfile
Research topic
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Smart and Lightweight Components for Automotive Applications
Research interests
Biography
The passion for Research has begun since the high school at the ‘Istituto Tecnico Industriale’, where on 2011 he graduated in ‘Chemistry Technician’ discussing a practical thesis on the construction of Innovative Photovoltaic devices. The idea came from a Bibliographic research and then he successfully developed with the skills and instrumentations available in the laboratories.
He continued the studies, applying to the Faculty of ‘Materials Science and Engineering’ at the ‘Politecnico di Torino’. The Bachelor Thesis discussed on 2015, based on the Internship at ‘Faicom Italy’ focusing on the Injection Molding Process of Thermoplastic Polymers, under the supervision of Prof. Sangermano from DISAT.
From the parallel experience in the H2politO Student Team, led by Prof. Carello from DIMEAS, whose aim is to design and build electric and hybrid vehicles to compete with other universities at Shell Eco Marathon, he began to work on the Mechanical Characterization of Innovative Materials such as polymer matrix composites.
The Master Thesis, developed with Prof. Carello and Prof. Sangermano, had the subject of Chemical modification of an Epoxy resin in order to evaluate the variation of the mechanical properties of the polymer composites.
He is actually a PhD Candidate of XXXIII cycle at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with the Prof. Carello as PhD Tutor. The PhD Thesis concentrates on the development of a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHM) on Smart and Lightweight Components for Automotive Applications, in view of detect the damages occurring in the composite materials during the vehicle life.
Awards and Honors
- 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)
Teaching
Teachings
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
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- 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) - 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, 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - de Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, A. G.; Carello, ... (2019)
Torque Vectoring in Electric Vehicles with In-wheel Motors. In: Mechanisms and Machine Science / S.N., S.L., Springer Netherlands, pp. 3127-3136. ISBN: 978-3-030-20130-2
Contributo in Volume - de Carvalho Pinheiro, H.; Galanzino, E.; Messana, A.; Sisca, L.; Ferraris, A.; Airale, ... (2019)
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.; 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