Università di Bologna
I design mechanical systems that don't fail, simulate the ones that might, and prototype ideas until they work.
Vibration Control in a 6-DOF Manipulator
Master's thesis — active damping via LQR and piezoelectric actuation. 34% displacement reduction, settling time halved.
Structural Analysis of a Robotic Gripper
FEM & topology optimization — 28% weight reduction, all safety factors maintained.
Heat Exchanger CFD Optimization
Plate heat exchanger redesign: +19% thermal efficiency, −12% pressure drop.
Selected Projects
Engineering projects spanning dynamics, structural analysis, thermal systems, and prototyping.
Active vibration damping for a 6-axis robot — LQR, piezoelectric actuation, prototype. End-effector oscillation −34%, settling time halved.
FEM and topology optimization of an industrial gripper: 28% weight reduction, all safety factors within spec.
Plate heat exchanger redesign: +19% thermal efficiency, −12% pressure drop vs. baseline.
Generative design for an automotive bracket: CNC → additive, 41% mass reduction, improved fatigue life.
The Problem
Industrial 6-DOF manipulators exhibit significant end-effector vibration during high-speed operations. Baseline: ±2.3 mm displacement vs ±0.5 mm target.
Approach
Modal analysis via ANSYS, LQR control design in MATLAB/Simulink, physical validation on scaled prototype. Piezoelectric actuators at joints 3 and 5 based on modal strain energy maps.
Results
34% reduction in peak displacement. Settling time 380 ms → 210 ms. Prototype confirmed within 6% margin.
Ferdeghini.
I'm a mechanical engineer from Bologna — a city I love for its porticoes, its obsession with food, and its serious engineering tradition.
At UniBo I focused on dynamics, control systems, and mechanical design — problems at the intersection of math and intuition.
Outside the lab: basketball since 12, Emilian cooking, strong opinions on music.
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The human side.
What you do outside work says as much about you as what you do in it.
Playing since I was 12. Point guard. The game taught me more about teamwork and decisions under pressure than any course ever did.
Emilian through and through. Cooking is engineering: variables, process, result. You can also eat the prototype.
Always something on. Ambient for focus, rap for energy, jazz on slow evenings.
Playground
Curiosity given permission to run.