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	2nd Workshop on Thermodynamics of Fatigue Process Lecturers Francesca Curà Francesca Maria Curà is M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. in Mechanics. Today is Associate Professor in Machine Design at Politecnico di Torino and Leader of Research Group: Mechanical Transmissions and Thermography. Teaching activity is related to Machine Design courses. Main research topics are: Gears transmissions, Fatigue of materials, Thermographic analysis, Cumulative fatigue damage, Fretting damage. Giovanni Meneghetti He studied his master degree and completed his PhD at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova (Italy). After working in structural engineering consultancy companies, he was appointed assistant professor, then associate and finally full professor of machine design at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova. Giovanni’s research fields deal with the development of local approaches for structural durability, energy-based analysis of engineering materials and components, fatigue design of welded structures and AM components using fracture mechanics principles and its non-conventional extensions Hsiao Wei Lee Postdoctoral Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research expertise includes theoretical mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis, corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement of steel, and Unified Mechanics Theory (UMT). Notably, Dr. Lee has developed damage evolution and fatigue life prediction models for steels under various environmental conditions using UMT. At Drexel University, his current research focuses on conducting fracture simulations of vascularized self-healing concrete structures using the finite element method (FEM) with the phase-field approach and developing a damage-healing code that integrates bacteria-based healing with phase-field fracture modeling. Jude Osara Assistant professor in the department of Mechanics of Solids, Surfaces and Systems (MS3), University of Twente, the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering - Thermal/Fluids Systems at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA, with a dissertation on "degradation thermodynamics", with a focus on battery degradation, lubricant grease degradation and general fatigue. Prior to his PhD, Jude worked in the automotive industry as a thermal/fluids engineer and as an applied mechanics engineer. After his PhD, Jude was a post-doctoral fellow and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin where he taught Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Currently, he teaches Tribology, and his research focuses on lubricant grease and tribological interfacial degradation, failure mechanisms, and materials, all of which he applies his thermodynamics expertise to. Luca Corsaro M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. in Machine Design at Politecnico di Torino. Today he works in the THExOR reasearch group at Politecnico di Torino. He spent several years in research activities involving Non-Destructive Techniques (NDT) such as Active&Passive Thermography and Digital Image Correlation. The main research topics are mechanical damages analysis, surface treatments characterization, gears, coatings, Phase Changes Materials characterization and lubricants. Martin Matušů Martin Matušů is a Ph.D. student at the Czech Technical University in Prague (since 2019) and he partially works also at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (since 2021). He received his Master’s in Applied Mechanics. His research interest includes fatigue of additively manufacture metals, additive manufacturing in general, and infrared thermography. Martin Nesládek Employed: FME CTU in Prague (2010-...) Academia: He finished his Ph.D. thesis ("Phenomenological Models for Fatigue Prediction under Fretting Conditions") in 2016 at the FME CTU in Prague. Focus: Low- and High-cycle fatigue, Multiaxial fatigue, Fretting, Fatigue in contacts, Thermo-mechanical fatigue Jan Papuga Employed: FME CTU in Prague (2007-...) Evektor, spol. s r.o. (2006-...) Fatigue Analysis RI s.r.o. (2016-2017) Academia: He finished his Ph.D. thesis in 2006 at the FME CTU in Prague. Focus: Multiaxial fatigue, fatigue in notches, fatigue computation methods Other: Developer of PragTic fatigue freeware, chairman of WCFA&PUM meetings, secretary of DTMA 2011 workshop, leader of FABER and FABEST projects (Fatigue Analysis Documentation Office) project (2011-2014) See the full profile of Dr Jan Papuga here Raffaella Sesana Raffaella Sesana is M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. in Machine Design. Today Associate Professor in Department of Mechanic and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. The main research topics are HCF , non-destructive fatigue limit and damage assessment , LCF and TMF damage models, characterization of materials and components, constitutive models for cyclic plastic behaviour of metallic, polymeric materials, foams, thermographic NDT. papuga@pragtic.com, last update: November 21, 2024	EXTERN LINKS: