Professor Pier Marzocca
Pier Marzocca, Ph.D.
is
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering,
Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, Clarkson University.
Pier’s research efforts focus mainly on aero-thermo-elasticity,
fluid-structure
interactions, linear/nonlinear structural dynamics, aeroelastic
stability and control, unsteady aerodynamics, aerodynamic shaping and
morphing concepts, smart materials and control actuators,
unmanned-air-vehicles (UAV), inflatable structures, and wind energy
concepts. His success in such research requires the development and
integration of a number of disciplines including modern aeroelasticity,
structural mechanics, unsteady aerodynamics, feedback control
methodologies, advanced composite material structures, and dynamics of
multi-body systems.
He coauthored
Active Aeroelastic Control of Lifting Surfaces via Jet
Reaction Limiter Control,
Flight control, Data Acquisition, and Payload
Integration for An Aerosol Sampling Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle,
Effect of the Stiffness and Inertia of a Rib Reinforcement on
Localized
Bending Waves in Semi-Infinite Strips,
Controlling Chaotic Motions of a Nonlinear Aeroelastic System Using
Adaptive Time Delay Feedback Control,
Nonlinear Aeroelastic Behavior of Flexible High-Aspect Ratio
Wings, and
3-D Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar
Metals Using Functionally Graded Material Concept.
Pier earned his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di
Torino,
Italy in 1994 and his M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at
Politecnico di Torino in 1996 with the thesis
“Manufacturing of a 6 meters wing-box and theoretical/experimental
analysis
of structures in composite materials for solar energy electrical
gliding”.
He earned his Ph.D. in
Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2000 with the
dissertation
“Studies on Linear and Nonlinear Aeroelasticity of Lifting Surfaces
Approached Via New Techniques”.
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