[2006] MSc in Physics at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).
[2013] PhD at the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) in 2013, within the CERN PARticle Training Network for European Radiotherapy.
[2007 – 2008] Project Associate at CERN (Switzerland) for LHC hardware commissioning.
[2007 – 2009] Researcher at the INFN (Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics), for ATLAS experiment data generation and analysis.
[2009 – 2012] Researcher at the Austrian Hadrontherapy Centre MedAustron, for automatic dose correction in cancer treatment.
[2018 – 2019] Assistant Professor at the Theoretical Physics Department of the University of Zaragoza.
[Since 2017] Post-Doc position at the Aragon Institute of Technology (Spain), on data analysis and software development for reduced order modelling techniques based on tensor rank decomposition.
Collaboration with the Centre for Astroparticles and High Energy Physics (CAPA), for COVID-19 Mechanical Ventilator Milano production.
Contribution to 20 journal articles with over 1700 citations and h-index 14.
2016 B. Sc. degree Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University of Hannover
2018 M. Sc. degree Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University of Hannover
Since 2018, Research Assistant at the Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research (IDS), Leibniz University of Hannover
Friction and wear of dynamic seals, functionalised surfaces on elastomer components, 3D printing of functionalised surfaces.
PhD and Industrial Engineer at the University of Zaragoza, within the Computational Mechanics program. She has several years of experience in Computational Mechanics within an international and multidisciplinary environment, where she has been working at the Aragon Institute of Technology (ITAINNOVA) in numerical advanced simulation. Her main research lines include numerical simulation with FEM and the development of models for non-linear solid mechanics, compound materials, transformation processes, material characterization in laboratory tests. She has participated in different research projects, among which PID CDTI for AERNNOVA, which results have been published in 11 high-impact journal papers and one chapter of a book in an international journal, besides the contributions to several international and national conferences.
2013 Dr. degree in Mechanical Engineering, thesis on friction of pneumatic seals, Leibniz University of Hannover.
2004 M.Sc. degree Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University of Hannover.
Since 2013, Assistant Director of Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research (IDS) at Leibniz University of Hannover.
2012–2013 Advanced Product Development Engineer at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, Germany
2005–2011 PhD student and scientific assistant at IDS, Leibniz University of Hannover
2004–2005 Systems Engineer on manned space missions at Airbus Defence & Space
Tire-road and tire-snow contact, friction and wear of dynamic seals, functionalised surfaces in seals, 3D printing of functionalised surfaces.
The Tire Society.
Leticia A. Gracia gained a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and PhD in Computational Mechanics in 2006 from the University of Zaragoza. She has worked for Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITAINNOVA) since 1996 as researcher in the field of prediction of functional behaviour of materials through the combination of numerical FEM analysis, experimental techniques, and development and application of constitutive models for predicting material behaviour, mainly elasticity, visco-elasticity, damage and fatigue of elastomers. She is co-author of several scientific papers and of a book chapter on the use of FEM for the design of elastomeric components for automotive and railway applications. Currently, she is the head of the Advanced Modelling and Characterization of Materials group, leading a group of 15 PhDs and engineers and she is Project Manager at the Materials & Components Technological Area at ITAInnovaPMI’s. PMP® credential since November 2013.
Ismael Viejo Monge (Male) studied a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (2001-2006) and a Master of Advanced Studies in Computational Mechanics (2008-2010), both at University of Zaragoza (Spain). In October 2008, he joined as permanent staff of the Material & Components team of ITAINNOVA, in which he has participated in numerous national and international projects related to numerical methods, such as Finite Element Method (FEM) and Finite Volume Method (CFD). In addition to these topics, he has worked on activities focused on data analysis, reduction order model (ROM), and development of ad hoc applications for reduce the complexity and improve the understanding for complex problems. Additionally, he has participated in several FP7 projects such as STREAM0D or FIBCEM. In FIBCEM project, he has led a work package about the multi-scale material modelling strategy. He is author of 7 indexed papers and he has participated at international conference and several users’ meetings.
MSc in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Fluid Mechanics (2008). During his PhD thesis, at the Combustion Research Lab (LITEC) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), he was involved in code development for solving multi-scale problems. His thesis was awarded as the best one in 2008 by the Spanish Society of Numerical Methods in Engineering (SEMNI). He spent a post-doc period working at the Politecnico di Torino complex fluid flows simulations. In 2010, he joined ITAINNOVA as a CFD engineer, focusing on processes simulation involving soft materials, such as compounding of thermoplastics and nano-composites, or adhesion performance. He is a specialist in the application of ROM techniques to generate reduced order models. He collaborates as assistant professor in the Fluid Mechanics department at the University of Zaragoza. The SEMNI awarded him with the Juan Carlos Simó prize. He is currently the head of the Multiscale and Multiphysics Simulation department.
Head of the International Projects Office at ITAINNOVA. Graduate in Physics (1992) and PhD in Computational Mechanics (2012). He has been coordinating trans-national collaborative research projects since 2005 and is currently coordinating the MOULDTEX project. His research interests include dynamic systems simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and reduced order models of multi-physics systems. He has 20 years’ experience managing and executing CFD and dynamic simulation projects for different industrial companies in a wide variety of sectors, such as automotive, home appliances, machinery, lifts, hydraulic valves, etc. Author and co-author of 17 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and 14 contributions to scientific national and international congresses.
