Work Experience

2016 Nov – Today PhD Fellow, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Numerical and experimental investigation of fatigue behaviour in aerospace and automotive components

2017 Apr-2017 Jul Teaching assistant, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Teaching assistant for the courses of ‘Flight Mechanics’ and ‘Technical Drawing’ at the faculty of
Aerospace Engineering

Education
2017 Nov Industrial Engineering Licensure

2013 Jul – 2016 Sep M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Final Mark: 110/110
Thesis: Peridynamic formulation for the thermo-mechanical problem

2010 Sep – 2013 Sep B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Final Mark: 107/110

2005 Sep – 2010 Jul Liceo Scientifico P.N.I. ‘G. De Rogatis’, S. Nicandro G.co (FG), Italy
Final Mark: 100/100 magna cum laude
Selected Publications
Ongoing Ciavarella M,; D’Antuono, P.; Demelio G. P.; Lazzeri, R., Variable amplitude fatigue SN curves
on notched aluminium alloy 2024-T3 members, 12th International Fatigue Congress
Ongoing Ciavarella M,; D’Antuono, P.; Papangelo A. P., On the connection between Palmgren-Miner’s
rule and Paris’ law, International Joutnal of Fatigue (Elsevier)

2017 D’Antuono, P.; Morandini M., Thermal shock response via weakly coupled peridynamic thermomechanics,
International Journal of Solids and Structures (Elsevier)

2017 Ciavarella M,; D’Antuono, P.; Demelio G. P., Generalized definition of ‘crack-like’ notches to
finite life and SN curve transition from ‘crack-like’ to ‘blunt notch’ behaviour, Engineering Fracture
Mechanics (Elsevier)

2017 Ciavarella M,; D’Antuono, P.; Demelio G. P., A simple finding on variable amplitude (Gassner)
fatigue SN curves obtained using Miner’s rule for unnotched or notched specimen, Engineering
Fracture Mechanics (Elsevier)

2012 Zich, R.E.; Mussetta, M.; Grimaccia, F.; Albi, R.; Carbonara, A.; D’Antuono, P.; Guffanti, T.;
Zuccheri, E., Comparison of different optimization techniques in antenna design. – Part I, Antennas
and Propagation Society International Symposium (IEEE)

Computer Skills
Programming Languages C++, Fortran90, Fortran95, UNIX Shell Scripting, XML, Matlab, Python
Software Abaqus, Ansys, AutoCAD, Inventor, Matlab&Simulink, Microsoft Project,
SolidWorks, Femap with NX Nastran, MS Office, MSC/MD Nastran, Paraview,
etc
Operating Systems GNU Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Communication Skills
• very good written and oral communication skills gained through my experience in writing scientific
papers and academic presentations/seminars
• good ability in drafting reports and presentations in short time (preparing lessons and seminars,
submitting abstracts)
Organizational/Managerial skills
• very good organizational skills gained through the organization of seminars, lessons and research
during the first year of PhD
• very good management skills (as 1
st french horn in a local symphonic orchestra)

Languages
Italian Mother tongue French Basic
English Fluent (toeic, level C1) Spanish Basic