D'URSO DIEGO

Professore Associato

Curriculum

Curriculum Vitae et studiorum
of

Diego D’Urso

1. Personal information
Place and date of birth: Catania, 25 April 1972 Nationality: Italian
Address: 103 Di Sangiuliano Street, Sant’Agata Li Battiati, 95030, Catania, Italy
Email: ddurso@diim.unict.it
Telephone: +39 095 738 2412
Mobile phone: +39 340 2764 814

2. Educational Background

Doctorate: 05/3/2003, University of Catania, Department of industrial and mechanical engineering (D.I.I.M), PhD in Structural Mechanics; Title: Large petroleum tanks seismic behavior: fluid dynamics modeling and experimental tests. Description: Sloshing dynamics modeling natural frequencies evaluation; similitude theory application.
PhD Co-ordinator: Prof. Ing. A. Risitano, D.I.I.M. University of Catania. Supervisor: Prof. Ing. L. Compagno, D.I.I.M. University of Catania. In collaboration with Agip Petroli S.p.A..

Masters: 23/7/1997, University of Catania, Department of industrial and mechanical engineering (D.I.I.M), MSc in Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: natural fruit juice freezing: process simulation and plant consequences.
Supervisor: Prof. Ing. L. Compagno, D.I.I.M. University of Catania

High School 1990, Liceo Nicola Spedalieri di Catania, Italy. Certificate of classical maturity
3. Academic positions

03/4/2017 License for professor; Italian certification for tenured associate professorship (period: 2017-2023; Group of academic recruitment fields: 09/B - Manufacturing, Industrial and Management Engineering; Academic recruitment field: 09/B2 - Industrial mechanical systems engineering; Academic discipline: ING-IND/17- industrial mechanical systems engineering).
Primary positions
01/11/ 2012 to date Permanent university researcher, University of Catania, Italy: Academic discipline: ING-IND/17- industrial mechanical systems engineering (from 2012 to 2018 the position is funded by means of the research agreement between University of Catania and Isab srl-Lukoil srl)
Other current appointments

01/11/ 2018 to date Lecturer in Logistics (9 CFU), Master’s degree in engineering management, Department of Electric, Electronic and Informatic Engineering, University of Catania
Previous appointments

2010-2018 Lecturer in Logistics (9 CFU), Master’s degree in engineering management, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Catania

2015-2019 Lecturer in Design and Management of Industrial Plants (3 CFU), Bachelor’s degree in industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Catania

2006-2010 Lecturer by contract in Logistics (9 CFU), M.sc. degree in Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Catania

2003-2006 Lecturer in Mechanical Plants (6 CFU), Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Catania

02/11/2009 - 31/10/2011 Research fellow, University of Catania, Italy: Academic discipline: ING-IND/17- industrial mechanical systems engineering; project title: “Analysis and implementation of methods for Electric and Electronic Equipment Waste recovery and recycling”

01/07/2007 - 30/06/2009 Research fellow, University of Catania, Italy: Academic discipline: ING-IND/17- industrial mechanical systems engineering; project title: “Analysis and implementation of methods for industrial processes planning and control”

01/07/2005 - 30/06/2007 Research fellow, University of Catania, Italy: Academic discipline: ING-IND/17- industrial mechanical systems engineering; project title: “Analysis and implementation of methods for industrial processes planning and control”

Administrative positions
2019 to date Member of Board of Department of Electric, Electronic and Informatic Engineering, University of Catania