Bio sketch
Diego Misseroni is a Professor of Aerospace Structures at the University of Trento, Italy.
In 2014, he held the position of Marie Curie experienced researcher at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK. In 2017, he earned the AIMETA Junior Prize in Solid and Structural Mechanics. In 2019, he was the recipient of the 2018 DICAM Teaching Excellence Award (by the University of Trento). In 2022, he was awarded the Fulbright fellowship - Research Scholar, a recipient of the 2022 EML Young Investigator Award. In 2023, he was as a Fulbright visiting scientist at Princeton University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, while also achieving recognition as the recipient of an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, the 2022 Zwick Roell Science Award and Paul Roell Medal and the ASME Young Investigator Award.
His scientific results have been featured on 10 covers of International Journals (1 Adv. Mater., 2 Mater. Today, 1 Extreme Mech. Lett., 6 Proc. R. Soc. A).
The distinctive feature of his research approach is the integration of a broad perspective on mechanics through the combination of mechanical modeling, numerical simulation, and experimental validation.
Research interests
- Architected materials, metamaterials and origami engineering,
- buckling and instabilities of structures undergoing large deformations and subjected to "dead" and "live" loading,
- fracture mechanics and contact mechanics.
Track record
Short curriculum vitae
The latest updated version of the extended curriculum vitae can be downloaded here.
Academic positions
Current
Professor (Full)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
01/2024 - now
Previous
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
04/2022 - 12/2023
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
04/2016 - 03/2022
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
01/2015 - 03/2016
Marie Curie Experienced Research Associate
University of Liverpool, UK
01/2014 - 01/2015
Visiting
Fulbright Research Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Host: Prof. G.H. Paulino
01/2023 -06/2023
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Host: Prof. G.H. Paulino
01/2020 - 02/2020
IMT, School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy
Host: Prof. M. Paggi
06/2018
Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Material engineering, Cagliari, Italy
Host: Prof. M. Brun
03/2017
Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Division, University of Liverpool
Host: Prof. A.B. Movchan
09/2016 - 10/2016
Research grants
2022 ERC Consolidator Grant
Title of the project: Self-Foldable Origami-Architected Metamaterials. Role: Principal Investigator. Total funding: 1.93 M€.
2023 - 2028
Fulbright - Research fellowship
Title of the project: Topological Morphing of Frustrated Metamaterials. Role: Principal Investigator. Total funding: 11 k€.
2023
UNITN COVID 19 Grant
Title of the project: Unmasked. Role: Unit coordinator. Total funding: 58 k€.
2021 - 2022
UNITN Starting Grant Young Researchers 2019
Title of the project: The design and manufacture of bio-inspired ceramics using the microstructure of wood as a template. Role: Principal Investigator. Total funding: 13.3 k€.
2019 - 2020
Awards
2024 Thomas J. R. Hughes (ASME) Young Investigator Award
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2024
2022 Zwick Roell Science Award
ZwickRoell, Germany
2023
2022 Paul Roell Medal
ZwickRoell, Germany
2023
2022 ERC Consolidator Grant
European Research Council
2023
Best Paper Award
AIDDA XXVII International Congress 2023, Padova, Italy
2023
Award of Best Video in Gallery of Nonlinear Dynamics
IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear dynamics, Tsukuba, Japan
2023
2022 EML Young Investigator Award
Extreme Mechanics Letters Team - Elsevier
2022
Fulbright fellowship - Research Scholar
The US - Italy Fulbright Commission
2022
Trentino Research Award - Young Researchers
PAT - Italy
2022
DICAM Teaching Excellence Award
University of Trento, Italy
2019
AIMETA Junior Prize in Solid and Structural Mechanics
Salerno (Italy)
2017
Covers of International Journals
1 frontispiece of Advanced Materials, 2 cover of Materials Today, 1 cover of Extreme Mechanics Letters, and 6 covers of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
2014 - now
Habilitations
Italian Scientific Habilitation for the role of Full Professor in Aeronautical, Aerospace, and Naval Engineering (09/A1)
06/2023
Italian Scientific Habilitation for the role of Full Professor in Solid and Structural Mechanics (ICAR/08)
04/2018
Education
PhD Degree in “Engineering of Civil and Mechanical Structural Systems
University of Trento, Italy
12/2013
Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering - Structures; Full-Honors Degree
University of Trento, Italy
10/2010
Teaching activities
Mechanics of Glass Structures, Lightweight Structures and Masonry Structures (60 hours)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
2020 - now
Mechanics of Masonry Structures and Fracture Mechanics (60 hours)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
2018 - 2020
Structural and Solid Mechanics (108 hours)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
2015 - now