Experience

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ricercatore

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Politecnico di Milano

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PostDoc fellow

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2019

  The research activity at Politecnico di Milano concerns code development for fields of engineering. In particular during these years I worked on the numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing in porous materials, and in the numerical simulation of clinical tests and refractive surgery of the human cornea. The activity in the field of the biomechanics of the human eye follows two different research lines: from one hand, I actively collaborarate to the development of a coupled code for the simulation of the Fluid-Structure Interaction between the elastic structure of the cornea and the fluid filling the ocular anterior chamber. This interaction is of primary importance for the mechanical understanding of the air puff test, a clinical test currently used for the determination of the IntraOcular pressure, and also, for a correct determination of the mechanical properties of the cornea; the second activtivity concerning the cornea is the numerical simulation of interventions of refractive surgery. From the images provided by optical instruments, a finite element mesh is generated for different configurations of the cocrnea (under the effects of the Intra-Ocular pressure, before and after the surgery), and then verify the configuration of the post-op geometry to improve the expectation of refractive correction. Different surgeries are simulated (PRK, LASIK and SMILE). Concerning hydraulic fracturing, I collaborated to the validation of a numerical code for the solution of the coupled problem of geotechnics with the method of Finite Elements. The code, highly efficient and parallelized, was able to describe from a quantitative point of view the effects of the injection of highly pressurized fluids in porous, brittle materials, both at a laboratory scale and at at the reservoir scale. The numerical tests at a laboratory scale showed results sufficiently close to experiments. Show less



Università di Pavia

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor Studenti

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2016

  Attività di supporto alla didattica per il corso di Scienza delle Costruzioni e Meccanica Computazionale Attività di supporto alla didattica per il corso di Scienza delle Costruzioni e Meccanica Computazionale



Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, Pavia

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Dottore di Ricerca

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2016

  The research activity carried out during the PhD course consisted in the development of a meshless numerical method (Modified Finite Particle Method) for the solution of problem governed by partial differential equation. After the investigation of numerical issues related to the methodology, the method has been validated against different benchmark in the field of solid elasticity and fluid-dynamics. The research activity carried out during the PhD course consisted in the development of a meshless numerical method (Modified Finite Particle Method) for the solution of problem governed by partial differential equation. After the investigation of numerical issues related to the methodology, the method has been validated against different benchmark in the field of solid elasticity and fluid-dynamics.



Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale - Università di Napoli "Federico II"

• Collaboratore

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2014



Facoltà di Ingegneria - Università degli Studi di Salerno

• Tutor studenti

  • Feb 2011 - Feb 2012



Consorzio Interuniversitario "ReLuis"

• Collaboratore

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2011