Ciro Santus Curriculum Vitae

Ciro Santus Curriculum Vitae
Personal details
Name / Surname: Ciro Santus
Birth: Gazzaniga (BG) Italy, il 21 dicembre 1978
Citizenship: Italian
Address: Università di Pisa, DICI - Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering,
Mechanical division. Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 2 – 56126 – Pisa, Italy
Tel.: +39 347 5823796, Office: +39 050 2218007, Fax: +39 050 2210604
E-mail: ciro.santus@ing.unipi.it
Web: http://www.dimnp.unipi.it/santus/
Graduation
Mechanical Engineer degree, at Pisa University, Italy (equivalent to Master of Science in
Engineering), March - 2003. Mark 110 cum laude (Maximum Grade).
College attended during graduation: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e
Perfezionamento Sant’Anna di Pisa.
PhD at Pisa University, Italy - 2008. Title: “Analytical and experimental investigations of
innovative oil drill pipe connections”.
Internships and collaborations
2001 - 2 months internship at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago IL,
(USA), FE thermo/mechanical simulations on composite materials.
2003 - 8 months research activity at Mechanical Department of Pisa.
University; Design and FE simulations on cylindrical gears in collaboration with AVIO,
Propulsione Aerospaziale S.p.A.
2007 - 6 months at Mechanical and Manifacture Engineering department, Trinity
College, Dublin, as Visiting Research Fellow. Research activity: Theory of Critical
Distance; Short crack behavior in metals fatigue.
Current position
Researcher at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa.
Italian SSD: ING-IND/14 (Machine Design, Structural Integrity).
Teacher at Mechanical Engineering course: "Fundamentals of Machine Design".

Research activities
Metals fatigue; Contact Mechanics; Fretting fatigue; Contact fatigue; Residual stresses;
Hydrogen embrittlement; Gears; Tubular threaded connections.
Collaborations
AVIO Propulzione Aerospaziale S.p.A., Torino - Gears, Contact fatigue.
Eni S.p.A. Exploration&Production Division, Milano. - Tubular threaded connection.
VAM drilling, Paris. - Tubular threaded connection fatigue.
SINT Technology, Florence. - Residual stress measurement.
Kolbenschmidt Pierburg AG, Livorno. - Sintered steel components fatigue strength.
Continental Automotive Italy Spa, Pisa. - Fuel injection technology.
GE Nuovo Pignone, Firenze. - Bolted flange leakage pressure. Bladed wheel dynamics.
Awards
- IMechE CEGB Prize Winning Papers 2010, Journal of Strain Analysis 2010 best paper.
- 2011 young researcher contribution from University of Pisa.
- AIAS Capocaccia 2012, young researches best paper.
Scientific Papers
Published papers available at: http://www.dimnp.unipi.it/santus/Pubblicazioni.html
2012 H-index: 4