Ricerca
L'attività scientifica svolta presso il Laboratorio Polimeri e Compositi - DICAr (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura) dell'Università degli Studi di Catania, è focalizzata sui seguenti argomenti:
Preparazione e caratterizzazione termomeccanica di miscele termoindurenti/termoplastiche
Nanocompositi funzionali
Materiali compositi: tecniche di produzione e caratterizzazione
Eco-compositi: formulazione e tecniche di preparazione
Materiali per la manifattura additiva
Docenza
Università
Materials Science and Technology (3 CFU) - Master's degree Course in Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability (LM-22), A.A. 2023/2024
Materials Science and Technology (6 CFU) - Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Meccanica (LM-33), A.A. 2023/2024
Materials Science and Technology (2 CFU) - Master's degree Course in Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability (LM-22), A.A. 2022/2023
Materials Science and Technology (6 CFU) - Master's degree Course in Mechanical Engineering (LM-33), A.A. 2022/2023
Scuole Secondarie Superiori
Progetti OUI - A.A. 2022/2023
Progetto PCTO "Progettazione eco-3D: conoscere, realizzare e caratterizzare i compositi del futuro per un mondo più green" - IISS G.B. Vaccarini, A.S. 2022/2023
Progetto PCTO "Ingegneria civile: saperi e tecnologie a servizio del territorio e dell’ambiente " - IIS “Francesco Redi”, ITIS – Galileo Ferraris (Belpasso) , A.S. 2021/2022
Progetto PCTO "Ingegneria civile: saperi e tecnologie a servizio del territorio e dell’ambiente " - IIS "Concetto Marchesi" A.S. 2021/2022
Progetto PCTO "Dalla scienza dei polimeri alla tecnologia di stampa 3D" - IISS G.B. Vaccarini, A.S. 2020/2021
Progetto PCTO "Dalla stampa 3D per prototipi alla produzione industriale" - IISS G.B. Vaccarini, A.S. 2020/2021
Formazione per Aziende
Progetto formativo AVI/103/19 "Tecnologie, materiali e applicazioni delle stampanti 3D", CUP G61D20000240008, Avviso 1/2019 - Innovazione tecnologica di Fondimpresa
Tesi di laurea
Daylight curable blends for advanced Additive Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability (DICAr, Unict)
Thermomechanical properties of composite polymers, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Tooling for Composite by using additive manufacturing, Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability (DICAr, Unict)
Study of Tooling for Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Additive Manufacturing of Hybrid ceramic/polymer system: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) processing, Chemical Engineering for Industrial Sustainability (DICAr, Unict)
3D printing with filaments filled with 316L metal particles: mechanical and process characterization, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Development of epoxy resins for application in LCD 3D printers, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Thermomechanical characterization of thermoplastic resins obtained from chemical recycling of Connora epoxy resins filled with carbon fibers from pyrolysis, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Study of composite materials made by FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication), Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Polymeric materials with high filler content for Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Study of screws produced in EBM for fixation of vertebral column stabilization prostheses, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Additive manufacturing of bioinspired structures, Management Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Development of innovative solutions for the manufacturing of tooling in additive manufacturing for composites production, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Study of high-filled Polymeric formulations for Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
3D Printed core materials for sandwich composite manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
3D printing of hybrid polymeric/metallic filaments (H13, 316l), Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
3D printing of hybrid polymeric/ceramic filaments (Alumina, Zirconia), Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
3D Printing of H13 Green parts: Study of printing conditions effects, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Anticorrosion properties of 316L parts by Metal-FFF, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict)
Development of Metal FFF for mechanical applications: mechanical properties and corrosion characterization Mechanical Engineering -University of Porto (Erasmus at DICAr, Unict)
--- (R&D for composites structures) ---, Mechanical Engineering (DICAr, Unict) in corso
Associazioni
Afferente al Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali
Membro del SAMPE Italia
Membro dell'Associazione Italiana Calorimetria e Analisi Termica
Membro dell' Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria dei Materiali
Progetti di ricerca
(2019-2022) UdR del Responsabile Locale (Prof. G. Cicala) del progetto PON PNR TecHnology And materials for safe Low consumption And low life cycle cost veSSels And crafts THALASSA (Prot. ARS01_00293, Costo Totale Unità 554.000,00 €)
(2019-2022) UdR del Coordinatore Nazionale (Prof. G. Cicala) del progetto PRIN Multiple Advanced Materials Manufactured by Additive technologies (MAMMA) (Prot. 20179SWLKA, Costo Congruo Totale 986.667,00 €)
(2016-2018) UdR del Responsabile di Unità Locale (Prof. G. Cicala) del progetto COMMAND (COMpositi per MANifattura aDditiva) finanziato sul Bando INSTM-Regione Lombardia;
Premi
Participation Grant for Keynote Lecture "The use of Thermo-mechanical methods to characterize the mesostructure of objects manufactured with Layer-by-Layer approaches" at 13° European Symposium for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry ESTAC 13, Palermo, September 2022.
Winning PhD project at the SAMPE Students Selection 2021 for participating and representing SAMPE Italy at the SAMPE Europe Conference in Zurich on 26-30 September 2021.
Participation Grant at XLII National Conference on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics, January 27 - 28 2021 Online, Udine.
Best Poster Award at V International Congress Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry jointly with the 14th Mediterranean Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - 2019 Rome.
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