PE8_4 Computational engineering

PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling

ERC 3rd level Code

PE7_7 Signal processing

filippo.attivissimo@poliba.it

Research Activities

•   Smart instruments for measurements on components and systems
•   Development of measuring system for health monitoring and wearable sensors
•   Analysis of biomedical signal
•   Medical image processing
•   Environmental monitoring and remote sensing

Department

DEI

Contact Person

Filippo Attivissimo

Companies and Institutions

1. ApuliaBiotech - Bari

2. Item Oxigen srl-Altamura

3. IVIS-Taranto

4. MASMEC Biomed – Modugno (BA)

5. Universitad Politecnica de Valencia

Projects

1. POR Puglia FESR-FSE 2014-2020, bando INNONETWORK - Aiuti a sostegno alle Attività di R&S, “SINACH - Sistemi integrati di navigazione per chirurgia mini invasiva”.

Funding

1. Progetto POR “Tech4biomed - Tecnologie per la Biomedicina” (2017-2019). Amount 300 k€

Facilities

Basic measurement instrumentation (mixed-signal oscilloscopes, arbitrary waveform generators, power supplies, ADC boards)

sensors for biomedical signals

patient simulator

multiparametric monitors

Electrical Safety Analyzer

Softwares

Mathworks Matlab

National Instruments LabVIEW

Services

teaching

Internship

prototyping

StakeHolder

Boards

External Collaborators

Fellow

Graduate

Organizations and Enterprise

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Polytechnic University of Bari Via E. Orabona, 4 “Luigi Salvatore” building, 2th floor

Hours

Mon – Fri, 8.00 AM - 7.00 PM

OML

filippo.attivissimo — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:00:40 +0000

OML filippo.attivissimo Wed, 12/22/2021 - 13:00

Lab full name

OpenMultiLab

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering

PE7_2 Electrical engineering: power components and/or systems

ERC 3rd level Code

PE7_7 Signal processing

PE7_4 (Micro and nano) systems engineering

PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling

filippo.attivissimo@poliba.it

Research Activities

Design and prototyping of PC-, microcontroller- and DSP-based mixed signals Data Acquisition (DAQ) and Data Processing Systems
Industrial circuits, PLC programming and machines diagnostic for faults prevention
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) design and prototyping
Energy harvesting and energy monitoring from renewable energy sources
Time Domain Reflectometry measurement system and waveform analysis
Power quality measurements

Department

DEI

Contact Person

Filippo Attivissimo

Companies and Institutions

SITAEL S.p.A. - Mola di Bari

MASMEC S.p.A. - Bari

SIPAL S.p.A. - Torino

Centro Studi Componenti per Veicoli S.p.A.(CVIT) - Gruppo Bosch – Modugno (BA)

MER MEC – Monopoli

Schneider Electric S.p.A. – Modugno (BA)

Projects

Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020, “RAFAEL - Sistema per la previsione e la gestione del rischio sulle Infrastrutture Critiche nel Sud Italia” Area di specializzazione “Smart Secure & Inclusive Communities”, 2018-2020.

Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 “FURTHER - FUture Rivoluzionarie Tecnologie per velivoli più Elettrici” Area di specializzazione “Aerospazio, 2018-2020.

Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 “MITIGO- Sistemi integrati per la mitigazione del rischio idrogeologico e sismico di pendii, strutture e infrastrutture strategiche in contesti geomorfologici tipici dell’Italia Meridionale”, 2018-2020).

Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 “Maia: Monitoraggio attivo dell’infrastruttura ”, Area di specializzazione “Mobilità sostenibile”, 2018-2020.

Funding

Progetto POR Puglia dal titolo “Openmultilab” per la realizzazione di un nuovo laboratorio multidisciplinare del Politecnico di Bari, amount 250 k€

Facilities

Basic measurement instrumentation (mixed-signal oscilloscopes, arbitrary waveform generators, power supplies, ADC boards)

3D FFF and resin printers

6 DOFs Robotic arm

160 l climatic chamber

PXI-based high frequency modular vector signal generators and digitizers

Softwares

Mathworks Matlab

National Instruments LabVIEW

Services

Teaching

Internship

3Electronic circuits design and prototyping

StakeHolder

Boards

External Collaborators

Fellow

Graduate

Organizations and Enterprise

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Polytechnic University of Bari Via E. Orabona, 4 “Luigi Salvatore” building, underground floor

Hours

Mon – Fri, 8.00 AM - 7.00 PM

Opto Lab

luciano.lamberti — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:43:47 +0000

Opto Lab luciano.lamberti Tue, 02/12/2019 - 09:43

Lab full name

Advanced Optical Methods and Structural Optimization

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_7 Mechanical and manufacturing engineering

Research Activities

• Interferometric techniques (speckle, moiré and holography) are applied to stress/strain analysis
of electronic components, biological specimens and industrial components, reconstruction of
3-D shape of objects, evaluation of thermal distortions and residual stresses, identification of
constitutive behavior of materials with high nonlinearities (e.g. biological membranes).
• Nanosciences: nanolography, roughness measurement with nonconventional illumination
(e.g. evanescent fields), measurement of strains of crystalline arrays (at dislocation level).
• Gradient-based (SLP, SQP and modified feasible directions) and metaheuristic optimization
algorithms (simulated annealing, harmony search, big bang-big crunch, firefly algorithm, heat transfer search) have been developed for sizing and layout optimization of large-scale skeletal structures, preliminary design of liquid hydrogen tank, and hybrid methodologies for mechanical characterization of materials (composites, biotissues, cells).

Department

luciano.lamberti@poliba.it

Contact Person

Luciano Lamberti

Companies and Institutions

2001-2009: Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) (Prof. Cesar A. Sciammarella)

2011-2012: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University (University Park, USA) (Prof. Aklesh Lakhtakia)

2010-2013: School of Engineering, University of Warwick (Coventry, UK) (Prof. K.K. Liu)

2009 to present: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, USA), (Profs. Cesar A. Sciammarella and Federico M. Sciammarella

2009 to present: Istituto di Fisica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma (Profs. M. De Spirito and M. Papi;

2009 to present: Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche Ostetriche e Scienze Urologiche, “Università La Sapienza” (Prof. R. Brunelli)

2009 to present: Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Italian National Research Council, Roma (Dr. T. Parasassi)

2010 to present: Department of Chemistry and Physics - University of Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond, USA) (Prof. S. Yoshida)

2011 to present: Department of Civil Engineering, Dicle University, Diyarbakir (Turkey) (Prof. S.0. Degertekin)

2015 to present: Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali, Università degli Studi di Padova - Department of Engineering Design and Materials, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway) - Department of Mechanical E

Leonardo Finmeccanica (formerly Alenia Aeronautica)

Centro Ricerche Fiat

Magneti Marelli

ESA Lab

caterina.casavola — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:31:08 +0000

ESA Lab caterina.casavola Wed, 02/06/2019 - 10:31

Lab full name

Laboratory of Experimental Stress Analysis

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_7 Mechanical and manufacturing engineering

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The research group working in the Experimental Stress Analysis laboratory, in the field of Experimental Mechanics, has developed wide experience for both in lab and in situ inspections, related to the stress/strain analysis on materials, components, structures in aeronautical and aerospace field, naval, biomedical, automotive, mechatronics.

Many techniques and applications have been developed to study Experimental data acquired from real components or stereolithographic model during working conditions:

STRAIN GAGE, BRAGG’S FIBER, WIFI sensors

PHOTOELASTICITY:

Trasmission photoelasticity (2D)
Photoelasticity coating technique: stress analysis of real components with birefringent coatings
Integrate photoelasticity: stress analysis of axialsymmetric components
Frozen stress photoelasticity: stress analysis of 3D models (rapid prototipe models, etc.)

OPTICAL METHODS (allow displacements and strain measurements on real components; accuracy: tens of nm; data analysis can be done in real time):

Moiré
Speckle
Holographic interferometry
Integrated Holo-Shearing system

Department

caterina.casavola@poliba.it

Contact Person

Caterina Casavola

Companies and Institutions

Agusta

Sitael Aerospace

Bosch

Mer Mec

Centro Ricerche Fiat, Enginsoft

MBL Solutions – Inglass, etc.)

university and research centre (i.e. Univ. of Nottingham

Univ. of Manchester

University of Washington, Seattle

University of California, San Diego

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics, Warsaw University of Technology

Dep. de Ingeniería Mecánica, Univ. de Zaragoza

ublin City University

Trinity College

McGill University, Canada

ENEA

CALEF

CETMA

Centro Laser

Facilities

Loading machines and gripping systems for testing orthodontic devices and full-field measurement systems (eg Structured Light Projection, Digital Image Correlation) for the analysis of stress fields

SEM scanning electron microscope operating in a variable pressure regime for the analysis of biological samples

AFM atomic force microscope

Phase contrast microscope

facilities for the cultivation of cell lines and a chiller for their conservation down to -80 ° C.

Services

Development of research projects, consultancy, program contracts

E&EM Lab

anna.lanzolla — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:09:26 +0000

E&EM Lab anna.lanzolla Wed, 02/06/2019 - 09:09

Lab full name

Electrical and Electronic Measurement Lab

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering

PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling

ERC 3rd level Code

PE7_7 Signal processing

PE8_1 Aerospace engineering

Organizations and Enterprise

Research Activities

Smart instruments for measurements on components and systems
Model identification, parameters estimation and characterization of electrical machines, equipment, apparatus and electrical drives
Development and characterization of components and sensors for the aerospace industry
Environmental monitoring and Remote Sensing

Department

DEI

Contact Person

Anna M. L. Lanzolla

anna.lanzolla@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Sergio De Gioia

sergio.degioia@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

1. Leonardo SpA– Land & Naval Defence Division -Taranto

2. Autorità Portuale - Taranto

3. Arsenale Militare di Taranto

4. Alenia Aermacchi - Grottaglie (TA)

Projects

1. Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 –“NSG: New Satellites Generation Components”, Area di specializzazione “Aerospazio”, 2018-2020

2. Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 “CLOSE to the Earth ‐ CLOSE”, Area di specializzazione “Aerospazio

3. Progetto PON R&I 2014- “FURTHER - FUture Rivoluzionarie Tecnologie per velivoli più Elettrici” Area di specializzazione “Aerospazio, 2018-2020

4. Progetto PON R&I 2014-2020 “MITIGO- Sistemi integrati per la mitigazione del rischio idrogeologico e sismico di pendii, strutture e infrastrutture strategiche in contesti geomorfologici tipici dell’Italia Meridionale”, 2018-2020

Facilities

1. Basic measurement instruments (digital oscilloscopes, arbitrary waveform generators, power supplies, ADC boards)

2. Test benches for UAV characterization

3. SCADA/HMI Systems for industrial automation

4. metrology room with controlled temperature and humidity

Softwares

1. Mathworks MATLAB

2. National Instruments LabVIEW

Services

teaching,

Internship

prototyping

StakeHolder

Boards

External Collaborators

Fellow

Graduate

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Viale del turismo, 4 74100 Taranto Main building, 2nd floor

Hours

Mon – Fri, 8.00 AM - 7.00 PM

FSM Lab

giuseppe.pascazio — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 07:56:33 +0000

FSM Lab giuseppe.pascazio Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:56

Lab full name

Flow Simulation and modelling of energy systems

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Research Activities

Modelling and simulation of flows in complex configurations; simulation of the performance of
fluid machines and energy systems.
The research activity concerns in particular:
• combustion modelling in laminar and turbulent flow regimes;
• combustion in the presence of electric fields;
• supersonic and hypersonic flows;
• stability of flows and transition to turbulent regime;
• fluid-structure interaction and biomedical applications;
• turbomachinery.

Department

giuseppe.pascazio@poliba.it

Contact Person

Giuseppe Pascazio

Companies and Institutions

Stanford University

George Washington University

IIT

CIRA

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers - ParisTech

GE Oil & Gas

GE Avio Aero

Karalit

Roma Tor Vergata

CNR Nanotech - PLASMiLAb

Imperial College

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

MACI

sergio.camporeale — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 08:13:25 +0000

MACI sergio.camporeale Tue, 02/05/2019 - 09:13

Lab full name

Laboratory for Internal Combustion Engines

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Research Activities

In the area named Ex-Officine Scianatico, thanks to funding from the PrInCE project, the Politecnico di Bari University transferred the soundproof chamber inside of which two test benches housing internal combustion engines (already available). Moreover, a methane pipe has been added, which will allow to carry out studies of small CHP units based on internal combustion engines of automotive derivation.
The first test bench is equipped with a single 500 cm3 cylinder research engine, 4-stroke, spark ignition (with both bore and stroke equal to 86 mm), model 5401 produced by AVL. The engine compression ratio is 10.5: 1. The engine has 4 valves, and a Bosch injector that injects, at closed valves, in the intake duct. The dynamometer consists of an eddy current brake with oscillating cradle and load cell, model System One Alpha 160, rather sophisticated. This implements: oil and water cooling systems (heat exchangers with SIEMENS automated valves); Electric starter (3.2 kW); throttle actuator (stepping motor); Cabinet for cabling of additional acquisition data (Automation Unit); basic data acquisition system (pressure sensors and PT100 thermocouples; pressure transducers and flow switches); internal system for cooling the water of the brake refrigeration system; open access Engine Control Unit (ECU) with maps for early injection and spark ignition and injection, which can be changed in real-time; acquisition system of the indicated cycle; gravimetric balance.
The second test bench is as follows: an eddy AVL Alpha 240 (maximum output current: 240kW, maximum speed: n = 10000rpm); HBM U2A load cell for detecting the torque; feeder LSE AVL 435 for the excitation of the dynamometer; loop detection; detecting the composition of exhaust gas; fuel system. The engine currently under investigation is an Alfa Romeo 2.4 JTD 10V, 5-cylinder, one head camshaft (motor code AR32501; 2387cm3; 90.4mm stroke; 82mm bore; compression ratio 18.5:1; maximum power 100kW @ 4200rpm, maximum torque 304Nm @ 2000rpm; Bosch’s direct fuel injection system with an electronic "Common Rail" controller, EDC-15C.

Department

sergio.camporeale@poliba.it

Contact Person

Sergio Mario Camporeale

Technical Staff

Vito Mele

vito.mele@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

Bosch

ETAS

Facilities

λ-probe for the analysis of the correct combustion ratio;

piezoelectric pressure transducer for measuring the pressure in the combustion chamber;

measuring system for the braking torque;

encoders for measuring the angular position of the crankshaft;

air flow meter for measuring the mass flow rate in the intake duct;

balance for the gravimetric measurement of the fuel consumption;

acquisition system of electrical ignition and fuel injection signals;

Indicated cycle acquisition system elaborated in LabVIEW environment

HBM U2A load cell for the torque detection;

feeder LSE AVL 435 for the excitation of the dynamometer;

AVL Angular encoder 365x (with notches 720, notches 2 per degree);

Detection system for the composition of exhaust gas (AVL DiGas 4000 for the exhaust gases; AVL 415SE for the smokiness)

Fuel supply system (Libra gravimetric AVL 733S)

conditioning system AVL 753C;

Module AVL Compact I/O Cube with a mix of digital and analog output and input channels, other channels suitable for thermocouples;

AVL FlexIFem Advanced 2P1x Piezo Amplifier Series;

Services

Tests on engine performance

Tests on fuels

Address / How to reach us

Via Amendola 132 ( ex Scianatico)

Hours

from 9.00 to 18.00 after contact by mail

GAVE Lab

sergio.camporeale — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 08:06:40 +0000

GAVE Lab sergio.camporeale Tue, 02/05/2019 - 09:06

Lab full name

Wind tunnel laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Research Activities

The subsonic closed loop wind tunnel of the GAVE Lab has a 1 meter squared test section.
The wind tunnel is of rectangular shape, is 30 m long, and has a sufficient length to ensure the uniformity of the flow across the test section. The wind tunnel can be divided into four different zones: the first zone (downstream the test section) includes a diverging portion of increasing rectangular section, whose task is to recover part of the kinetic energy; two (90deg) curves follow, guiding the flow toward the inlet of the fan. Upstream the fan, orifices are provided in order to prevent the wind tunnel pressurization due to the air heating during steady state operation. The second zone is constituted by the axial fan, which is driven by a three-phase AC motor (55kW) mounted on a special cradle inside the cylindrical duct which encloses the impeller. The possibility to adjust the engine rotation speed by means of a Variable-Frequency Drive (VFD), allows one to obtain variable speed in the test section, and then to recreate different operating conditions. The third zone, located downstream the fan, includes other two curves (this time with guide vanes), that allow the curvature of the flow without introducing flow distortions or significant secondary flows. Finally, a convergent duct (with a contraction ratio equal to 4:1) accelerates the flow up to the rated speed on the input section of the test area (this is subsonic wind tunnel, then air can be considered incompressible). Upstream the convergent there is an "honeycomb", in order to make the flow uniform (elimination of any macro-turbulence). The last zone is constituted by the test section composed with side walls made of transparent polycarbonate. This material allows one the use of non-intrusive laser measurements. Moreover, its structure consists of a Rexroth aluminum frame. In the test section, a three-axis Cartesian robot controls the position of a hot-wire probe for measuring the wind speed. The upper closure panel of the test volume is formed, therefore, by two polycarbonate half-panels, between which is inserted the wind speed probe; the two panels are movable, in order to allow the horizontal displacement of this probe.
The three-axis Cartesian robot is basically composed of the following elements: stepper motors; control and driving boards; profiles and guides (traversing).

Department

sergio.camporeale@poliba.it

Contact Person

Sergio Mario Camporeale

Facilities

Dantec Streamline system

2D Dantec LDA System with beam expander

PIV Stereoscopic System Dantec;

AC Brushless Servo Systems SanyoDenki

Services

Characterization of prototypes of wind turbines

Aerodynamic characterization of wing profiles

Address / How to reach us

LIC ( Valenzano - S.P. Valenzano Casamassima, Km.3 - 70010)

Hours

from 9.00 to 18.00 after contact by mail

OLEODINAMICA Lab

antonio.lippolis — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:10:45 +0000

OLEODINAMICA Lab antonio.lippolis Mon, 02/04/2019 - 12:10

Lab full name

OLEODINAMICA Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Department

antonio.lippolis@poliba.it

Contact Person

Antonio Donato Lippolis

Address / How to reach us

Viale del Turismo 74100 TARANTO

Hours

On request

LACO

marco.torresi — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:01:46 +0000

LACO marco.torresi Mon, 02/04/2019 - 10:01

Lab full name

Combustion Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_5 Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

Research Activities

The MILD (Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution) combustion laboratory is one of the laboratories of the Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management (DMMM). The test rig can be conducted either under conventional combustion conditions, with air as oxidizing gas, or using an air-flue gas mixture with varying levels of exhaust gas and different temperature levels, in such a way as to obtain a MILD combustion. The rig is equipped with automatic control systems capable of varying the mass flow rates, the dilution factors, as well as the thermal power.
The system consists of:
•   A balanced draft test rig for the execution of experimental campaigns aimed to the observation of both conventional and MILD combustion processes;
•   Two burners: an experimental burner with an 80 kWt load capacity and a 200 kWt auxiliary fueled by natural gas. The experimental burner can be fueled by liquid diesel oil or gaseous natural gas and is able to operate under both conventional or MILD combustion regimes;
•   Two fans (a blower and discharge fan), both regulated by a Variable-Frequency Drive (VFD), capable of controlling the air mass flow rate and the flue gas recirculation together with the pressure inside the combustion chamber;
•   The exhaust gas cooling system based on a shall and tube heat exchanger.

A facility of the MILD combustion lab is represented by the transesterification plant for the production of bio-diesel from vegetable oils to be used as fuel in the experimental burner.

Department