CURRENT POSITION • 29/12/2011 – Today: Associate Professor, University of Calabria • National Scientific Habilitation for Full Professorship in Mechanism and Machine Science FIELDS OF INTEREST • Gearing and mechanical power transmissions • Noise & vibration phenomena in advanced materials (composite materials, metamaterials) • Vehicle dynamics • Kinematic synthesis and analysis of planar mechanisms MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS: • 01/2014 – 12/2017: Coordinator of the FP7 Marie Curie IAPP 2012 Project n. 324336– “Design of Mechanical Transmissions: Efficiency, Noise and Durability Optimization” – DEMETRA – www.fp7demetra.eu - Total EU contribution 1,235 M€; UNICAL budget 330 k€ • 11/2011 - 10/2015: Coordinator of the FP7 Marie Curie IAPP 2011 Project N. 285808 – “Innovative Concept Modelling Techniques for Multi-Attribute Optimization of Active Vehicles” – INTERACTIVE – www.fp7interactive.eu - Total EU contribution 1,344 M€; UNICAL budget 438 k€