SORRENTINO Silvio

Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (I). PhD in Mechanics of Machines at the Politecnico di Torino, Department of Mechanics. Certificate in Advanced English at the University of Cambridge (UK).
Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield (UK), Department of Mechanical Engineering (2003-2004). Research Associate at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (USA), Institute of Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (2004).
Research Associate at the University of Bologna, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2005-2010), lecturing on Mechanics of Machines (2006-2010).
Assistant Professor in Mechanics of Machines at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (I), Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari (2010-2016). Since 2016 Associate Professor in Mechanics of Machines at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, lecturing on Vehicle Mechanics (2016-present) and Vehicle Dynamics (2011-present).
Research topics: (1) identification methods from vibration data (output-only methods, subspace stochastic methods); (2) vibration analysis of viscoelastic models (general damping distributions, fractional derivative models with analytical developments and experimental validation); (3) dynamics of oleohydraulic systems coupled with mechanical systems (non-newtonian fluids); (4) dynamic behaviour of structures with travelling loads (deterministic, stochastic); (5) wave propagation in solid structures (catenary-pantograph problem); (6) dynamic analysis of plates (coordinate mapping, homogenization of periodic lattices); (7) rotor-dynamics (distributed parameter and finite element modelling, stability analysis of parametrically excited rotors); (8) vehicle dynamics (motorcycle stability, self-excited oscillation analysis).
Coordinator of the Corsi di studio in Ingegneria Meccanica (Laurea L-9 and Laurea Magistrale LM-33) at the Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (November 2019 – present).
Awarded the Premio Scientifico ‘Francesco Masi’ by the University of Bologna in 2009.