Alessandro Airoldi
Role (in NITROS)
Supervisor for the following fellowship:
ESR 2: In service health monitoring for Rotorcraft structures
Short CV
Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1996 with a thesis title “Design of an helicopter skid landing gear”, project carried out at Agusta-Westland S.p.A.
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2003 with a thesis title “A consitutive law for progressive damage in composite materials”, As a post-doctoral researcher he worked like research assistant within the MURST (Italian Ministry of University and Research) founded project “Methods and procedures for the experimental analysis of impact dynamics (crash)”. From 2007 he is Professor. Teaching experience focused in the area of aerospace technology and structures: he is currently professor of Aeronautical Structures, and he taught Space Structures and Aerospace Materials and Technology.
Activity
He is author of about 80 printed papers mainly focused on numerical modelling of structures and materials and on the development of structural solutions based on innovative and smart materials.
Multi-scale modelling of inelastic response and of damage development in materials, structures and interfaces is one of his most important research fields, with specific application to birdstrike simulations, delamination in polymer matrix composites, debonding in hybrid metallic/composite interfaces, and to damage development in ceramic matrix composites and carbon-carbon materials. Such activities led to role of scientific responsibility in several projects with important Italian industry such as Alenia-Aermacchi, Agusta-Westland, Ferrari GS and Brembo-SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes.
In the last years he has also exploiting his competences in smart materials and composite structures for the design of morphing aerodynamic surfaces and of primary structures sensorised by means of optical fibres for usage and health monitoring. In such fields, activities have been and are currently being carried out within international collaborations, EU and nationally funded projects.