PEOPLE

Francesco LEALI
Full Professor in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Full professor of Design and Methods of Industrial Engineering, holds a PhD and a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). There, he teaches in the Bachelor Degree Courses in Mechanical Engineering, Vehicle Engineering and Computer Engineering Full professor of Design and Methods of Industrial Engineering, holds a PhD and a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). There, he teaches in the Bachelor Degree Courses in Mechanical Engineering, Vehicle Engineering and Computer Engineering

Alberto VERGNANO
Associate Professor in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Courses on Industrial Technical Drawing, Fundamentals of Design and CAD, Design Methods; seminars and training on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Energy Saving for industrial robots, Virtual Prototyping, Design of Foundry Equipment. Faculty Advisor in the Unimore Learning By Doing project for the Formula Student MMR Driverless Team. Research in the IDEA Lab for actuations and for autonomous driving, methods for simulation of foundry equipment, design methods based on multiphysics simulations, human intelligent system integration, advanced driver assistance systems.

Francesco GHERARDINI
Associate Professor in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Associate professor, he holds a PhD and a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). His research activity deals with methods, techniques and tools for engineering design and product development, in particular 3D CAD modelling, CAE simulation and optimization, 3D capturing and digital reconstruction of artefacts, in the industrial fields, cultural heritage and assistive devices. He teaches 3D CAD modelling and Design Methods in the Bachelor and Master’s Degree course of Vehicle Engineering, and 2D CAD drawing in the Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering.

Fabio PINI
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Tenure track Professor at the “Enzo Ferrari” Engineering Department – Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – UNIMORE), in the Academic Discipline ING-IND/15 “Design Methods for Industrial Engineering”. Research scientist at the IDEALab on Computer Aided Design for Product Lifecycle Management -integrated development of industrial products and processes, design by simulation of mechanical systems, knowledge-based engineering – and on the Desing of Collaborative and Industrial robotics solutions and devices: design by simulation of robotic equipment for manufacturing and assembly operations. Teacher for the Inter-University International Degree Course in Advanced Automotive Engineering, for the Inter-University Bachelor Degree Course in Human Centered Medical System Engineering, as well as for the Bachelor Degree courses in Vehicle Engineering, and Computer Engineering of UNIMORE. 

Enrico DALPADULO
Researcher/assistant professor (with a fixed-term contract) in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Researcher and assistant professor, he holds the PhD degree in “Automotive for intelligent mobility” from the University of Bologna and the master’s degree in “Vehicle Engineering” with honors from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Since 2018 he has been doctoral researcher in Design Methods for Industrial Engineering. His research field is integrated product-process design based on CAx tools (Computer Aided technologies), in particular for Design for Additive Manufacturing and Eco-Design strategies. He is currently involved in the national project PNRR – MOST “National Center for Sustainable Mobility “, for hardware integration in autonomous vehicles.