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Scientific achievements
• 145 publications in refereed International Journals and Edited Volumes
• 1 Book, 4 patents
• H-Index: 32 (Scopus); 41 (Google Scholar)
• Citations: 3733 (Scopus); 5444 (Google Scholar).
Research topics (selected)
• Nonlinear dynamics and stability: nonlinear reduced modeling/phenomena in macro/micro structures and mechanical systems
• Nonlinear multi-scale vibration absorbers: development of innovative vibration absorbers for cranes, bridges, wind turbines, and micro applications.
• Nanocomposites: high-damping, high-strength carbon nanotube composites
• Nonlinear multi-scale dynamics for design: resonances/energy transfers/multistability/bifurcations in sensors/actuators/devices
• Smart materials and devices: NiTiNOL-steel strands, tensairity structures
• Experimental nonlinear dynamics: nonlinear frequency response analysis of rods, plates, structures and systems
Current academic position
Full Professor of Structural Mechanics (full time), Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Past academic positions
2006-2015 Associate Professor of Structural Mechanics (full time), Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2000-2006 Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics (full time), Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
1998-2000 Research Associate and Adjunct Professor, Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
1997-1998 Research Associate, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Education
1998 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
1991 Master of Science (M.S.), Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
1993 Master of Science in Civil Engineering cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Professional Committees and Activities (Selected)
2017-2020 Chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (MSND), NY, USA
2015-17 Vice-Chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (MSND), NY, USA
2013-15 Secretary of the ASME Technical Committee MSND, NY, USA
Since 2002 Member of ASME, EUROMECH and AIMETA
Since 2013 Member of the Scientific Task Force appointed by Sapienza Aerospace Research Center within PRO-ITALIA (PROgram over Innovative Technologies for A Lighter-than-air Industry Advancement), “National Technological Aerospace Cluster”, Rome.
Memberships to Editorial Board of International Journals (Selected)
Since 2017 Editor in Chief, Nonlinear Dynamics, Springer Nature
2017-2019 Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME
2010-2016 Associate Editor of Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME
2011-2017 Subject Editor of Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier
2014-2017 Associate Editor of Nonlinear Dynamics, Springer
Since 2010 Editorial Board Member of Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME
Since 2011 Editorial Board Member of Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier
Since 2010 Editorial Board Member of Nonlinear Dynamics, Springer
Since 2015 Editorial Board Member of Heliyon, Elsevier
Since 2011 Associate Editor of International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Amount of funding grants (over last 5 years)
W. Lacarbonara has been able to collect funding in the order of € 1,000,000 over the last 5 years.
Active research grants
2016-2017 “Nonlinear dynamic simulation toolbox for ropeway systems, criteria for design, validation and passive control”, Research grant with POMA-Leitner SPA, project PI.
2014-2017 “Bridging high strength and dissipation in carbon nanotube composites”, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Grant FA9550-14-1-0082, project PI
2010-2013 “Advanced mechanical modeling of new materials and technologies for the solution of 2020 European challenges”, MIUR (State Dept. of University & Scientific Research), research unit PI
2012-2015 “Development of an active control apparatus for payload oscillations in harbor crane”, LR 7/2007 (Promotion of scientific research and technological innovation in Sardinia), Regione Sardegna, prot. CRP-49952, research unit PI
2015-2017 “Laboratorio per la caratterizzazione meccanica avanzata di compositi tessili”, LR 13/2008, Regione Lazio, prot. FILAS-RU-2014-1058, research unit PI
Past research grants
2013 “Stability and control of structures”, Sapienza Research Grant, prot. C26A13JPY9, project PI
2010-2012 “Fuel cell-supercapacitor hybrid system for unmanned device”, Agency for Defense Development in South-Korea, research unit PI
2009-2013 “Efficient reduced-order modelling tools for super-long-span bridges aeroelastic predictions”, US National Science Foundation (with Clarkson University, NY, USA), Grant No. CMMI-1031036, research unit PI
2008-2010 “SMA advanced modeling for civil, industrial and biomedical engineering applications”, MIUR, PRIN 2008, Grant No. 2008MRKXLX_003, research unit PI
2009-2012 “Ultrafast and robust, resettable threshold sensors based on discontinuity-induced nonlinearities”, US National Science Foundation (with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA), research unit PI
2008-2009 “Nonlinear dynamic continuum models of long-span suspended structures: parameteric and aeroelastic instabilities”, Sapienza Research Grant, project PI
2008 “Experimental dynamics of scaled structures”, funding for the design and installation of a shaking table, Sapienza Funding for large equipment, prot. C26G08KMWX, project PI
2002 “Theoretical and experimental investigations into smart hystertic devices”, MIUR Young Investigator Award, project PI
2001 “Structural control strategies via hysteretic absorbers”, MIUR Young Investigator Award, project PI
Supervision of young researchers
• Currently supervisor of 2 Post-docs, 4 PhDs, and 3 MS students
• Past-supervisor of 2 Post-docs, 7 PhDs, and more than 50 BS/MS students
Experimental lab
The listed lab is devoted to undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate activities
• Nonlinear Multi-Scale Dynamics Lab (shared facility): to characterize the nonlinear dynamics characteristics of systems and structures (nonlinear frequency response, multi-stability phenomena, resonance captures, energy transfers), study nonlinear dynamic behavior of MEMS, MEMS arrays, and CNT nanocomposites, study vibration control strategies and damage detection, support full-scale testing of large-scale nonconventional structures and mechanical systems.
Granted patents
• Hysteretic tuned-mass damper device (TMD) for passive control of mechanical vibrations, N. WO/2013/042152A1 (28.3.2013), EP 2742254 A1 (18.6.2014).
• A multi-purpose nonlinear rheological device made of shape memory-steel strands, RM2015A000075 (20.2.2015), WO extension in process.
• Tensairity structure with shape memory strands, No. 102015000055410 (25.9.2015).
Invited presentations to international conferences (since 2012)
2016 Plenary Lecture, Third International Conference on Structural Nonlinear Dynamics and Diagnosis (CSNDD'2016), Marrakech, Morocco
2015 Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Advances in Vibrations, Porto, Portugal
2014 Plenary Lecture, Nonlinear Dynamics International Symposium, Villanova University, PA, USA
2012 Plenary Lecture, Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis Conference MPSVA 2012, Glasgow, UK
Organisation of recent International conferences
2015 General Conference Co-Chair of 2015 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers in Engineering, Boston, 2-5 August 2015
2015 General Conference Chair of the 11th Multibody Systems & Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Boston, 2-5 Aug 2015
2013 Technical Conference Program Co-Chair of 2013 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers in Engineering, Portland, USA, 4-7 August 2013
2013 General Conference co-Chair of the 10th Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Buffalo, 17-20 August 2013.
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