Education
- Degree (five years) in Industrial Engineering, achieved in 1992 at University of Naples Federico II;
- Ph.D. in Industrial Operations and Management, got at University of Naples Federico II, Department of Design and Industrial Engineering;
- Post Doctoral Fellow (2000-2001) in Operations Management at University of Naples Federico II, Department of Design and Industrial Engineering
Actual Position
- Full Professor of Industrial Operations and Production Systems at the Department of Engineering of University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy;
- Delegate of Rector for Quality Assurance, Coordinator of the Ateneum Quality Centre;
- Quality Assessor in the National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research (ANVUR);
- Delegate of Rector for International Relations within Erasmus+ Mundus Actions.
Academic Courses taught
Actual
- Industrial Operations (9 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Energetic and Industrial Engineering
- Production Systems (6 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Information Engineering
- Economics and Operations Management (6 ECTS), Bachelor and Master Degree in Information and Automation Engineering
Until 2010
- Industrial Operations (6 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Management Engineering, University of Naples Federico II
Author of Didactic Book Fundamentals of Production Systems, for Degree and Master Degree on Energetic and Information Engineering at University of Sannio, Aracne Publishers
Main EU and National Projects
- 2019, MIUR, PON, REAl time Production Systems Management - REACT
- 2018 European Union Erasmus+ 598649-EPP-1-2018-1-FR-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP Building Skills4.0 THrough UniversitY and Entreprise CollaboraTion– SHYFTE” Project, 3 Asian Countries, 3 EU Countries
- 2015 MIUR, PON, Advanced Maintenance of Regional Aircrafts - MAVER
- 2014 European Union 552850-EM-1-2014-1-IT-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21 - LEADER Links in Europe and Asia for engineering, eDucation, Enterprise and Research exchanges (General Coordinator), 16 Asian Countries, 4 EU Countries.
- 2014 European Union 552099-EM-1-2014-1-UK-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21 - gLINK Sustainable Green Economies through Learning, Innovation Networking and Knowledge Exchange, 15 Asian Countries, 5 EU Countries
- 2013 European Union 545774-EM-1-2013-1-UK-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21 - FUSION Featured EUrope and South asIa mObility Network, 11 Asian Countries, 6 EU Countries
- 2010 European Union 15567-EM-1-FR Sustainable engineering Technologies and outreaches for innovation and management - Sustainable eTourism, 10 Asian Countries, 4 EU Countries
- 2009 European Union 149674-EM-1-UK - eLINK east-west Link for Innovation, Networking and Knowledge exchange, 15 Asian Countries, 5 EU Countries
- 2008 European Union, EuropeAid 26021/L/TH DCIASIE/2008/167156 - Systems for Quality Assurance in Research and Education (SQUARE), 1 Asian Country, 2 EU Countries
- 2006 MIUR, PON - Automation e supervision for Quality and Traceability of Wine and Oil production systems
- 2004 MIUR, PON - Design and Management of Enterprise Resources Systems
Main Scientific roles and cooperations
- Actual (since 2008): Europe Editor for the International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management (www.ijoqm.org)
- Actual: Referee for the following Journals: Production Planning & Control, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Assembly Automation, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Product Development, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Supply Chain Management, Applied Energy
- Actual: Member of the Advisory Board of Industrial Engineering and Operation Management Society (IEOM), Co-organizer of 2021 IEOM Conference
- Actual: Member of the Advisory Board of Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS)
- Actual: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Conference on Software Knowledge Information, Industrial Management and Application (SKIMA);
- 2019 - Guest Editor on International Journal of Product Development, Inderscience
- 2013 - Guest Editor on International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Inderscience
- 2011 - Organizing Chair of International Conference on Software Knowledge Information, Industrial Management and Application (SKIMA), Benevento, 8-11 September 2011
- 2010 - General Chair of International Conference on Software Knowledge Information, Industrial Management and Application (SKIMA), Buthan, 25-27August 2010
- Editor of InTech Research Book on Risk Management
- 2009 - Invited Professor at College of Arts, Media and Technologies of Chiang Mai University, teaching on Quality Management in Software Development and Management
- 2009 - Doctorate Thesis Reviewer at University of Lyon, France. Member of the Doctorate Commission for thesis dissertation
- 2008 - Invited Professor at Singapore institute of Manufacturing Technologies (Simtech), Singapore, teaching on Quantitative Methods for Operation Management
- 2007 - Actual Member of Editorial Board of the International Conference on Operation and Quantitative Management, Bangkok, 8-10 October 2008
- 2007 - Member of the Doctorate Commission in Knowledge Management at the University of Lyon, France
- 2006/2007: Invited Professor at University of Lyon, Department of Production Systems, for research activities and seminars on Operation Management
- 2005: Chairman of the International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, Session Fuzzy Clustering, Changsa, China, 17 - 19 august 2005
- From 2004: Reviewer and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Product Development, Inderscience Publishers, London
- 2002: Reviewer for EU Commission of Research Project of 6th Framework Program
- 2002: Teaching Seminars with Dr Aik Mek Fong on Clustering techniques for production management at Singapore institute of Manufacturing Technologies (Simtech), Singapore
- 2002: Reviewer for SEAL 2002, conference 18-20 November, Singapore
- 2002: Co-Chairman in the International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2002), 3-6 December, Singapore
- Member since 2000 of Production and Operation Management Society - POMS, Dallas, USA
Main Industrial Projects
- 2015-Actual – Atitech (www.atitech.it) Naples – Advanced Maintenance Viability for Regional Jets (MAVER).
- December 2013 – June 2014 – Gruppo Cestari – Italy - Lifecycle Analysis for Wind Turbines. Development of environmental and economic evaluation model
- June 2013 – December 2013 – Desmon srl – Italy – Lifecycle Analysis for Industrial Refrigerators – comparison analysis for insulation solutions
- April 2013 – October 2013 Cofren s.r.l., Wabtec subsidiary - Italy (Production of rail brakes) Assessment and application of preventive maintenance techniques -thermography, vibration analysis, tribology, power quality.
- November 2012 – April 2013 Magna Powertrain - Italy (Automotive sector) Implementation of Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)methodology to an assembly line – Analysis and optimization of changeover activities through SMED techniques. Trainings taught for line operators.
- 2012 Magna Powertrain – Implementation of World Class Manufacturing and implementation of lean manufacturing principles.
- 2011 Magna Powertrain – Ergonomic Studies on workplace organization and posture assessment
- 2010 Bruno Generators s.r.l. – Italy (Production of power generators) Logistics, analysis and management of supply chain.
- 2007 – Desmon srl – Italy TWIP project. Work in progress reduction with lean production techniques
- 2005 Travi Sud S.p.a. –Italy (Industrial, commercial and civil manufacturing) Design of a maintenance plan for water depuration facility.
- 2005-2006 FIAT-FMA – Italy - Plant simulation for engines production
Other Professional Qualifications
- Lead Auditor (Assessor) for ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems - Qualified by Bureau Veritas International
- Lead Auditor (Assessor) for ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems - Qualified by Bureau Veritas International