Diego Misseroni 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 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. He was the recipient of the 2018 and 2023 DICAM Teaching Excellence Award (by the University of Trento).
His scientific results have been featured on 11 covers of International Journals (1 Adv. Mater., 1 Adv. Sci., 2 Mater. Today, 1 Extreme Mech. Lett., 6 Proc. R. Soc. A).
Research interest
Our research interests are in the field of the Mechanics of Solids and Structures and include:
- 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.
Short CV
Track record
Academic positions
Professor (Full)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy
Marie Curie Experienced Research Associate
University of Liverpool, UK
Awards
Research awards
2024 Thomas J. R. Hughes (ASME) Young Investigator Award
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
2022 Zwick Roell Science Award
ZwickRoell, Germany
2022 Paul Roell Medal
ZwickRoell, Germany
2022 ERC Consolidator Grant
European Research Council
2022 EML Young Investigator Award
Extreme Mechanics Letters Team - Elsevier
FULBRIGHT Fellowship - Research Scholar Award @ Princeton University
The US - Italy Fulbright Commission
AIMETA Junior Prize in Solid and Structural Mechanics
Salerno (Italy)
Best Paper Award
AIDDA XXVII International Congress 2023, Padova, Italy
Award of Best Video in Gallery of Nonlinear Dynamics
IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear dynamics, Tsukuba, Japan
Trentino Research Award - Young Researchers
PAT – Italy
Teaching awards
2023 DICAM Teaching Excellence Award
University of Trento, Italy
2018 DICAM Teaching Excellence Award
University of Trento, Italy
Research results featured on the cover of International Journals
The article “Flutter instability in solids and structures, with a view on biomechanics and metamaterials” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
The article “3D printed architected lattice structures by material jetting” made the cover of the Materials Today journal.
The article “Triclinic Metamaterials by Tristable Origami with Reprogrammable Frustration” made the frontispiece of the Advanced Materials journal.
The article “Experimental realization of tunable Poisson’s ratio in deployable origami metamaterials” made the cover of the Extreme Mechanics Letters journal.
The article “Electrically powered reversible air explosions using microtubular graphene assemblies” made the cover of the Materials Today journal.
The article “Micro-structured medium with large isotropic negative thermal expansion” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
The article “Omnidirectional flexural invisibility of multiple interacting voids in vibrating elastic plates” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
The article “From the elastica compass to the elastica catapult: an essay on the mechanics of soft robot arm” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
The article “Torsional locomotion” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
The article “An elastica arm scale” made the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
Research grants
2022 ERC Consolidator Grant
Title of the project: Self-Foldable Origami-Architected Metamaterials. Role: Principal Investigator. Total funding: 1.93 M€.
Fulbright - Research fellowship
Title of the project: Topological Morphing of Frustrated Metamaterials. Role: Principal Investigator. Total funding: 11 k€.
UNITN COVID 19 Grant
Title of the project: Unmasked. Role: Unit coordinator. Total funding: 58 k€.
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€.
Visiting
Fulbright Research Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Host: Prof. G.H. Paulino
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Host: Prof. G.H. Paulino
IMT, School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy
Host: Prof. M. Paggi
Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Material engineering, Cagliari, Italy
Host: Prof. M. Brun
Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Division, University of Liverpool
Host: Prof. A.B. Movchan
Education
PhD Degree in “Engineering of Civil and Mechanical Structural Systems
University of Trento, Italy
Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering - Structures; Full-Honors Degree
University of Trento, Italy