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Raffaella Sesana

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Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center J-Tech@PoliTO
  • Member Equality Committee

Profile

Keywords

Fatigue behaviour
Mechanical characterization
Nanostructured materials
Thermography

Scientific branch

IIND-03/A - Mechanical Design and Machine Construction
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • fatigue of metallic materials
  • Material characterisation
  • Thermographic analysis

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_7 - Mechanical and manufacturing engineering (shaping, mounting, joining, separation)

SDG

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Awards and Honors

  • Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca FFABR 2017 conferred by Ministero dell’istruzione, dell’università e della ricerca, Italy (2017)
  • Start Cup Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta conferred by Start Cup Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, Italy (2024)

Fellowships

  • Steering Committe member - EURASEM, Belgio (2025-2028)
  • Steering Committe member - AIPND, Italia (2024-2028)
  • Effective member - AIAS, Italia (1995-2100)

Conferences

  • ECNDT 2026 (15/6/2026-19/6/2026), Program committee
  • ICSI 6th conference - International Conference on Structural Integrity (1/9/2025-4/9/2025), organizzazione simposio tematico "G. Structural Integrity Evaluation of Welded Structures: Damage Assessment, Fatigue Analysis, and Non-Destructive Testing"
  • ICEM 21 - 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS (6/7/2025-11/7/2025), Organizzazione di simposio "001003.Thermal based techniques for materials and components analysis: applications and perspectives"
  • ICEM 21 - 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS (6/7/2025-11/7/2025), Program committee

Other titles

  • Socia effettiva AIPND (2023-)
  • Socia effettiva AIAS (1995-)
  • Membro del Collegio sindacale AIPND (2029-)
  • Componente del consiglio di EURASEM (2025-2027)

Research networks

  • FABER (2024-2028). Coordinamento

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2016/2017 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2015/2016 (31. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA MECCANICA, 2014/2015 (30. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Teachings

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Research

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Research projects

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Supervised PhD students

  • Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Ali. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (40th cycle, 2025-in progress)
    Research subject: AI and Digital Twin Implementation in Steel Ball Manufacturing
    Finite element analysis / Analisi a elementi finiti
    Fatigue and fracture / Fatica e frattura
    Machine design / Progetto di macchine
  • Marco Romano Delogu. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  • Ludovica Tromba. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
    Research subject: Innovative full-field non-destructive methods for monitoring carbon-ceramic brake disc manufacturing, improving safety and reducing waste
    Reliability, dia-/pro-gnostics / Affidabilità, dia-/pro-gnostica
    Composite materials / Materiali compositi
  • Mohsen Dehghanpour Abyaneh. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Delio Lusicini. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Luca Campello. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (38th cycle, 2022-2026)
    Thesis: Definition of a new equivalent testing setup for multiaxial random fatigue assessment using uniaxial shaker strategy
  • Matteo Crachi. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Finite element analysis / Analisi a elementi finiti
    Composite materials / Materiali compositi
    Fatigue and fracture / Fatica e frattura
    Machine design / Progetto di macchine
  • Nazanin Sheibanian. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Luca Santoro. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
    Thesis: Active thermography as non destructive evaluation technique for welded joints
  • Luca Corsaro. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
    Thesis: Passive and Active Thermography for surface treatments characterization in spur gears
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