Assistant Professors

He graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering, he was a Ph.D student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering–University of Calabria. He was research Fellow from January 2007 to December 2015. He was Visiting Scholar at the Ohio State University with Prof. Rajiv Shivpuri (10 months), Visiting Researcher at the Universidad de Zaragoza with Prof. Elias Cueto (6 months) and at the Technische Universität Dortmund with Prof. Erman Tekkaya (12 months). In addition, as a more experienced researcher he received a a Marie Curie Fellowship in two European projects for a total of six months at Siemens PLM in Leuven (Belgium). In detail, his research is focused on numerical simulations and experimental tests of different manufacturing processes. He is Associate Professor for SSD ING/IND 16 since January 2019.

F. Gagliardi, D. Palaia, G. Ambrogio, Energy consumption and CO2 emissions of joining processes for manufacturing hybrid structures, Journal of Cleaner Production 228 (2019) 425-436
Gagliardi, R. Conte, C. Ciancio, G. Simeoli, V. Pagliarulo, G. Ambrogio, P. Russo, Joining of thermoplastic structures by Friction Riveting: A mechanical and a microstructural investigation on pure and glass reinforced polyamide sheets, Composite Structures 204 ( 2018) 268-275
G. Catera , F. Gagliardi , D. Mundo, L. De Napoli, A. Matveeva, L. Farkas, Multiscale modeling of triaxial braided composites for FE-based modal analysis of hybrid metal-composite gears, Composite Structures 182 (2017) 116–123
Krundaeva, G. De Bruyne, F. Gagliardi, W. Van Paepegem, Dynamic compressive strength and crushing properties of expanded polystyrene foam for different strain rates and different temperatures, Polymer Testing, 55 (2016) 61-68.

Forging process analyses of Titanium alloys by numerical simulations.
Numerical simulations of aluminum extrusion process through “meshless” methods.
Numerical and experimental analyses of extrusion processes of light alloys by porthole dies characterized by complex welding chambers.
Numerical and experimental analyses of some welding processes: FSW and MIG.
Experimental and numerical investigations on incremental sheet forming of lightweight alloys at high temperatures.
Numerical simulations and experimental tests on the use of polymeric and metallic foams as energy absorbers for specifi c industrial applications.
Experimental and numerical researches on secondary forming processes of composite materials with polymeric matrixes.

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