I am a firm advocate of applying new advanced technologies (e.g., Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Wireless Sensor Networks) and last-generation measurement techniques (e.g., non-contact measurement methods) to solve real-world, engineering-related problems.
I recently got hired by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where I will be serving as an Assistant Professor starting in the Fall 2019. There I will continue my research focused on integrating the use of computer-vision based techniques with autonomous and unmanned approaches for assessing the dynamic response of materials, large-scale structures, and infrastructure systems.
My research interests broadly span in the fields of:
Acoustics
Environmental and workplaces noise
Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)
Sensors development
Structural dynamics
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)