Ciro Santus

Prof. Ciro Santus

Current Position: Full Professor ING-IND/14 – Progettazione meccanica e costruzione di macchine
University of Pisa – DICI, Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Email: ciro.santus@unipi.it
Phone: +39 050 2218007
Address: Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122 - Pisa
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0859-626X

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Nov. 2023 – ongoing: Full Professor ING-IND/14 at University of Pisa – DICI
• May 2015 – Oct. 2023: Associate Professor ING-IND/14 at University of Pisa – DICI
• Feb. 2006 – Apr. 2015: Researcher ING-IND/14 at University of Pisa – DIMNP
• May. 2003 – Dec. 2023: Scholarship at University of Pisa – DIMNP
• Aug. – Sep. 2001: Summer student at Fermilab di Chicago, IL (USA)

EDUCATION
• 2004-2008: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pisa, Dept. DIMNP
• 2003: Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with honours, University of Pisa
• 1998-2003: Admitted and graduated at SSSA - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa

SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
Scientific responsible of “Curriculum Meccanica” within the “Dottorato in Ingegneria Industriale”
Member of the Editorial board of Machines - MDPI
Reviewer for several journal, such as: International Journal of Fatigue and Fatigue & Fracture of Materials and Structures

MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
Fatigue and fracture of metal components,
Additive manufacturing technologies,
Contact mechanics and fretting fatigue,
Gear dynamics, gear tooth fatigue and rolling contact fatigue,
Residual stress measurement with the hole-drilling method,
Mechanical design of machine elements,
Finite element modelling for structural applications,
Experimental modal analysis of bladed wheels.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Professor of "Elementi Costruttivi delle Macchine / Fundamentals of Machine Design" (9 CFU)
Professor of "Metodi Computazionali per l’Analisi Strutturale / Computational Methods for Structural Analysis" (6 CFU)
Lecturer of "Elementi Costruttivi del Prodotto Industriale / Fundamentals of Industrial Component Design"

PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8988566700

A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp07916

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS
- 2011, IMechE CEGB Prize Winning Paper (best paper selected of the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design in the year 2010).
- 2012, AIAS Capocaccia prize as best paper by a young researcher of the AIAS conference in the year 2011.
- 2023, Best Paper Award in Experimental Solid Mechanics at the conference WECM’23