Keynote Speakers and Distinguished Lectures

Lectures by

Ines Lopez Arteaga, Alain le Bot, Erasmo Carrera,  Elena Ciappi, Francesco Marulo 

Stephan Rinderknecht and Weidong Zhu 

Opening Lecturer

Francesco Marulo / Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy  /

Born on January 1, 1955, Francesco was graduated Magna cum laude in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Naples “Federico II”; assistant professor since 1984. On November 1992 is appointed Associate Professor and on November 2001 Full Professor of Aerospace Structures. To date Francesco is in charge of the Advanced Aerospace Structures and Aeroelasticity courses. In 1986 he was visiting scientist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va (USA) and in 1997 Fulbright visiting professor at the Center for Acoustics and Vibration of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa, USA. His scientific work has been presented at several National and International congresses and published by National and International journals. Invited professor at the Second University of Naples, from 2007 to 2012 has served as Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II. Francesco has been coordinator of several National and International research programs and scientific responsible of contracts and research grants from aerospace industries and research centers. Francesco has been scientific consultant for aircraft accident investigation, consultant for aeronautical industries and EASA Noise CVE.

Keynote Speakers

Ines Lopez Arteaga / Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands /

Ines is a Full Professor at the Dynamics and Control group of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Chair of Acoustic and Noise Control at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Ines’ research focuses on optimal vibro-acoustic design of complex systems. Excessive noise levels affect the economic and technological development of Western countries in many ways. In 2020, noise pollution will be the main environmental problem in the Netherlands, surpassing air pollution as the main cause of environment-related health problems. Overexposure to noise can lead to, for example, heart attacks, high blood pressure or poor learning performance. Acoustic disturbances can cause failure of complex systems such as turbines and limit the performance of high-tech precision machinery. Optimal vibro-acoustic design of complex systems implies three main steps, which are covered in Ines’ research: characterization of vibro-acoustic sources, vibro-acoustic modeling and developing noise and vibration reduction measures.

Alain le Bot / Senior researcher, CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France /

Alain is graduated in Engineering, holds a Master of Mathematics, is Doctor in Acoustics and is accredited to supervise research. He started his career as Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Institut national polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Back in France, he joined EDF as research engineer in the Department of Acoustics and Vibratory Mechanics. During the nineties, he started an academic career in CNRS. Alain Le Bot is currently Senior Researcher at the French CNRS in the Tribology and System Dynamics Laboratory (UMR CNRS 5513) in École Centrale de Lyon. His researches concern statistical theories in tribology, sound and vibration. Being an internationally recognized specialist in statistical energy analysis and high frequency theories in sound and vibration, he published a book in vibroacoustics edited by Oxford University Press and more than a hundred publications in various scientific journals. A second book entitled Introduction aux vibrations aléatoires by Dunod, Paris, has been released since 2019. Alain Le Bot is responsible of the course Random vibration in Ecole centrale de Lyon, member of the Executive Committee of labex Celya, officier in Agence française de développement and deputy director of Ecole doctorale MEGA. 

Erasmo Carrera / Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Politecnico di Torino, Italy /

After earning two degrees (Aeronautics, 1986, and Aerospace Engineering, 1988) at the Politecnico di Torino, Erasmo received his PhD degree in Aerospace  Engineering jointly at the Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, and Università  di Pisa in 1991. He began working as a Researcher in the Department of Aerospace Engineering for the Politecnico di Torino in 1992 where he held courses on Missiles  and Aerospace Structure Design, Plates and Shells, and the Finite Element Method. He became Associate Professor of Aerospace Structures and Computational Aeroelasticity in 2000, and Full Professor at the Politecnico di Torino in 2011. He has visited the University of Stuttgart twice, the first time as a PhD student (six months in 1991) and then as Visiting Scientist under a  GKKS Grant (18 months in 1995–1996). In the summers of 1996, 2003 and 2009, he was Visiting Professor at the ESM Department of Virginia Tech, at SUPMECA in Paris (France) and at the CRP TUDOR in Luxembourg, respectively. His main research topics are: composite materials, finite elements, plates and shells, postbuckling and stability, smart structures, thermal stress, aeroelasticity, multibody dynamics, and the design  and analysis of non-classical lifting systems. He is author of more than 350 articles on these topics, many of which have been published in international journals. He serves as referee for international journals and as a contributing editor for Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Composite Structures, Journal of Thermal Stress, Computer and Structures and International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences. From 2017 he is President of AIDAA.

Elena Ciappi / Senior Researcher –National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Engineering (CNR-INM) /

Elena received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1996 and in 1999 the Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the same University. In 1999 she joined as researcher the Marine Technology Research Institute (INSEAN), later become the Institute of Marine Engineering (INM) of the National Research Council of Italy. Since 2010 she is senior researcher at INM. She has been doing research activity in the field of experimental and theoretical modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction problems with particular reference to ship hydro-elasticity, to the characterization and control of aero/hydrodynamic noise sources and of the vibro-acoustic response of structures to turbulent flow. She has been principal investigator of research projects and testing activities founded by the European Community, the European Defense Agency, the Italian and US Navy, as well as by maritime and aeronautical industries. In recent years she has been involved in the management of projects and initiatives related to the Blue Growth Strategy for the Mediterranean sea. She has been Chairman of the Specialist Committee on Hydrodynamic Noise and member (for two terms) of the Specialist Committee on Vortex Induced Vibrations of the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC). She is also one of the founders of the flinovia group (www.flinovia.org).

Stephan Rinderknecht / Professor, Institute for Mechatronic Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany /

Stephan is full Professor for Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering since 2009 at Technische Universität Darmstadt. His research focus is on mechatronic vehicle systems, energy storage systems, active vibration systems and recently also on robotic systems. On some of his research fields as for example innovative drivetrains and propulsion systems for e-mobility as well as highly integrated designs for kinetic energy storage systems he works in very close cooperation with industry. For others like active piezo electric systems to reduce bending vibrations of flexible rotors the projects approach more fundamental problems. Before becoming university professor, Stephan worked in the automotive transmission industry for more than 13 years and left in the position of senior vice president research and development. He graduated and received his doctoral degree at University of Stuttgart in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

Weidong Zhu  / Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA /

Weidong is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the founder and director of its Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory and Laser Vibrometry Laboratory. He received his double major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, and his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and the University of California at Berkeley in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He is a recipient of the 2004 National Science Foundation CAREER Award and has been an ASME Fellow since 2010. He was an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics from 2007-2014 and is a Subject Editor of the Journal of Sound and Vibration. His research spans the fields of dynamics, vibration, control, applied mechanics, structural health monitoring, wind energy, and metamaterial, and involves analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. He has published over 170 archival journal papers in these areas, and has five US patents and five ASME best paper awards.