Friday, 5 December 2014

Davide Bigoni was awarded the Honorary Degree by the Ovidius University of Costanza

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Professor Davide Bigoni, coordinator of the research team on solids and structures of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanic engineering received an important recognition of their work: the

Honorary Degree in Mechanic, Industrial and Maritime Engineering of the Ovidius University of Costanza (Romania=.

The awarding ceremony was held in Costanza, in the Academic Senate Room, where the  lectio magistralis "Mechanics for the understanding of natural laws and for human development” was held for the professors and students of the Ovidius University. 

The research activity and the fruitful scientific cooperation with the University of Trento led to the awarding of the Honorary Degree.

The motivation explains “Professor Bigoni is an important representative of the mechanic engineering school. His research activity is marked by the large-scale approach to the mechanics of solids and structures, ranging from the mathematic modelling to the numeric simulation and the experimental validation. He used advanced mathematic tools, like the theory of complex potentials, the homogenisation techniques, integral equations and the asymptotic analysis. His research work deals with the development of a frontier area in the scientific field. The results were achieved thanks to the introduction of a new prospective to deal with the unstable behaviour of materials and the discovery of new phenomena, like the elastic instability in tension, the flutter vibrations induced by the friction. 
He cooperated with the industrial world to find out innovative solutions and making research available to support the industrial productivity. Over the last three years he obtained three research funding, creating partnerships with European universities and industrial groups, among which the renowned ERC Advanced Grant. Professor Bigoni trained and coordinated various generations of students and researchers, in a professional way, strengthening the value of young people starting their professional career in the field of research, training and teaching. He is currently a Professor of the University of Trento where he coordinates the research team on mechanics of solids and structures, the most prestigious Italian research team in this field and very authoritative at international level”.