Roberto Dugnani
Ph.D. Student
Current Address: Escondido Village, 118 F, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-3524, Email: rdugnani@stanford.edu

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY – Stanford, CA

R&D – Non Destructive Testing Techniques (Jan 99-Present)

Currently applying NDT technology to real life applications.

·        Boston Scientific Corporation – Boston, MA: design and prototyping of a SMART angioplasty balloon.

·        Boeing Company – Seattle, WA: impact damage identification in composite skin barrel.

·        EADS Airbus – Bremen, Germany:  tests of riveted panel in a fatigue test using SMART Layers.

·        EADS Military Applications – Munchen, Germany: monitoring of fatigue cracks in Euro-fighter’s fuselage.

 

AIST- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology - Tsukuba, JAPAN

R&D – MEMS Devices  (September 2002 – March 2003)

·        Manufacturing of PZT Thick Films by Chemical Solution Deposition Process

·        FEM coding to aid designing of MEMS sensors targeted for NDT Impedance Probing

 

PARKINSON MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURING - Woonsocket, RI.

Project Engineer Mechanical Design (9/97-8/98)

Designed, drafted, and overviewed the manufacturing of industrial size winder and web handler prototype for an international market. Among duties:

·        Design optimization.

·        Stresses/failure and vibration analysis of new machine components.

·        Customers’ support.

 

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE - Worcester, MA.

R&D (Fall 95-May 97)

Project, supported by NSF, presented at 1996 American Physics Society Conference.

· Designed hardware and electronics for a fully-modulated combustor system.

· Experiments with new design showed more efficient combustion and economical saving might be achieved.

                                      

Teaching Assistant

· Responsible for the organization of high-level engineering courses such as Heat Transfer, Engineering       Experimentation, Mechanical Vibrations, Thermodynamics. Oversaw help sessions and use of lab equipment. Lead and coordinated group projects for Engineering Material Science courses.         

 

LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM - London, UK.

Computer Program Designer (5/94 - 8/94)    

· Designed and developed algorithms and PASCAL code for an interactive computer program.

 

 

Education:

 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY – Stanford, CA

Ph.D. Candidate, Aeronautics & Astronautics, expected graduation date, Summer 2003

· Thesis: “Design of a SMART Angioplasty Balloon for Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization”

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE - Worcester, MA

Master of Science ME, May 1997, GPA 3.7/4.0.

· Thesis: “A Study of Fully Modulated Reacting Jets”.

Bachelor of Science ME, May 1995, GPA 3.75/4.0 with High Distinction.

· Thesis: “Design of the heat shields for a solar probe”, awarded the 3^rd place at the 1995 AIAA North East Student

POLITECNICO DI MILANO - Milan, Italy- 1990-91.  Transferred at the end of first academic year.

 

Computer Knowledge: Fortran, MatLab, LabView, AutoCad.  FEM programming experience.

 

Languages:  Native Italian, excellent Spanish, basic Russian (2 yrs college level).

 

Additional Information: 

·        Green Card Holder

·        Stanford Italian Student Association: Financial Officer 2000-2001, President (2001-2002)

 

PUBBLICATIONS

· Iijima, T., Dugnani R., et all, “Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties of PZT Thick Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition Process”, March 2003. [In print]

· Dugnani, R., “A Novel Impedance-Based Sensor Technique for Real Time, In Vivo, Unstable Plaque Characterization”, Proceedings of the 1^st European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2002.

· Hermanson, J.C., Dugnani, R, "Structure and Flame Length of Fully-modulated, Pulsed Diffusion Flames," Combustion Science and Technology, 155, 203-225, 2000.

 

PATENTS

SMART Angioplasty Balloon, US patent pending

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