Giancarlo Santamato

Giancarlo Santamato (born in Bari, Italy, in 1989) is a Mechanical Engineer, registered since September 2015 with the Order of Engineers of the Province of Bari. His professional journey is characterized by extensive experience in applied research in structural mechanics, with a particular focus on the modeling and simulation of complex mechanical structures and systems, experimental dynamics, and the development of advanced sensor systems. In 2014, he earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering — Mechanical Design curriculum — with honors from the Polytechnic University of Bari, and in 2020, he completed my Ph.D. with honors at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. After initial post-graduate collaborations with companies in the automation and robotics sector, in 2016, he embarked on an academic career at the Sant’Anna School, where he was involved in numerous industrial projects carried out in collaboration with leading companies in the transportation, infrastructure, and defense sectors. During this experience, he had the opportunity to independently establish a research line in the monitoring of civil and mechanical structures, where his contributions focused on the design of robotic inspection systems, the development of innovative methodologies for analyzing induced vibrations, the design of components for the integration of advanced sensors, and the associated development of numerical algorithms for signal processing. His continuous and incremental work on these topics has resulted in numerous scientific publications in top-tier international journals in applied mechanics. Additionally, he has presented his research at various international conferences and organized intensive courses abroad in collaboration with foreign universities. The strong industrial impact of his studies is demonstrated by my ownership of several international patents. he also actively serves as a peer reviewer, often by invitation, for the most prestigious journals in the field. In parallel, he has been involved in research projects with colleagues, where he has applied his expertise in mechanics while also developing multidisciplinary skills in robotics and haptics. This includes contributing to studies on the development of devices for vibrotactile rendering, upper limb tracking, and exoskeletons. Furthermore, he coordinated the research team during the final phase of the AVATAR project, dedicated to the development of telepresence platforms. He has provided significant teaching support, contributing to courses in mechanical design, simulations, and nonlinear elasticity for Master’s degree students in Mechanical, Nuclear, Aeronautical, and Aerospace Engineering. He has also been invited to deliver several seminars and orientation courses. At the Sant’Anna School, he has also supervised thesis students in the Master’s program in Bionic Engineering.