Andrea Cini

Visiting professor

Address: Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain
Telephone:
Fax: +34 91624 8225
E-mail: andrea.cini@uc3m.es
Nationality: Italian

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)
2019-Current
Name and address of employer
Bioengineering and Aerospace engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid/Spain
Type of business or sector
University
Occupation or position held
Visiting professor
Main activities and responsibilities
Research and Teaching: Composite optimisation procedure development, Conceptual design of Hybrid/Electric regional aircraft, Virtual certification method development, Manufacturing cost estimation, Aero-structural optimisation, Damage tolerance of additively manufactured components. Developing and coordinating the Aeroelastic and Structural Design Group (ASD Lab),
Dates (from – to)
2016-2019
Name and address of employer
Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Aerospace Manufacturing, University of Nottingham, Nottingham/UK
Type of business or sector
University/research centre
Occupation or position held
Senior Research Fellow, Aerostructures Theme Lead/Research fellow
Main activities and responsibilities
Research: Composite minimum weight optimisation procedure development, Conceptual design, analytical tool development for preliminary weight estimation, Concurrent design for manufacturing, preliminary design of a lightweight joined composite wing for high efficiency rotorcraft flying demonstrator (ASTRAL project).
Managing and coordinating the aerostructures research group.
Dates (from – to)
2013-2015
Name and address of employer
Design and Development Department, Asso Werke s.r.l., Fornacette (Pisa)/Italy – Automotive industry (400 employees)
Type of business or sector
Industry
Occupation or position held
Product Technical Manager
Main activities and responsibilities
Leading and Management of the design and development department. Design and manufacturing of engine pistons for sport cars and motorbikes, FE thermal-mechanical and multi-axial fatigue analyses, Research and development of new products and design methods.
Dates (from – to)
2012-2013
Name and address of employer
Mechanical Department, Kayser Italia s.r.l., Livorno/Italy – Aerospace industry (50 employees)
Type of business or sector
Industry SME
Occupation or position held
Structural Engineer and R&D
Main activities and responsibilities
Research and development: Design and development of life sustaining systems and experiment devices for the International Space Station, Design of microfluidic systems for biological experiments in microgravity condition, FE thermal and mechanical verification of structures and electronic devices.
Dates (from – to)
2011-2012
Name and address of employer
Damage Tolerance Group, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Manufacturing and Materials, Cranfield University, Cranfield/UK
Type of business or sector
University
Occupation or position held
Research fellow
Main activities and responsibilities
Research: Study of crack development from machined scratches, Analysis of notch plasticity effect on short crack nucleation and propagation, Development of damage tolerance methods for fatigue life prediction of scratched components.
Dates (from – to)
2009-2011
Name and address of employer
Biorobotics Institute, CRIM lab (Research Centre of Micro-engineering) Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna, Pisa/Italy
Type of business or sector
University/research centre
Occupation or position held
Research fellow
Main activities and responsibilities
Research: Leader of a research project to develop a mechanical device for the kinematic optimisation of insect-like flapping wing, FE analysis of interaction between human gut tissue and endoscopic probes, Optimisation of eel-like swimming kinematics

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates (from – to)
2006-2009
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Damage Tolerance Group, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Manufacturing and Materials, Cranfield University, Cranfield/UK
Principal subjects/occupational
Three-year PhD project funded by and in collaboration with Airbus. Investigation of crack initiation and propagation process from scratches in aircraft fuselage joints. Development of fatigue life and short crack growth prediction model.
Title of qualification awarded
PhD in Fatigue and Damage tolerance
Dates (from – to)
2003-2005
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Università degli studi di Pisa, (University of Pisa) Pisa/Italy
Principal subjects/occupational
Aeronautical Engineering (Airframe design) Two-year engineering master programme: Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aircraft Structures, Aircraft Design, Aero Engines, Structural Dynamics, Fracture Mechanics, Automatic Controls, Flight Mechanics, Aircraft Systems, Flight Dynamics, Aerospace Materials.
Title of qualification awarded
MSc in Aeronautical engineer (Aerostructures)
Dates (from – to)
2000-2003
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Università degli studi di Pisa, (University of Pisa) Pisa/Italy
Principal subjects/occupational
Aerospace Engineering Three-year engineering programme
Title of qualification awarded
BSc in Aerospace Engineering

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE
Italian
OTHER LANGUAGES
English
Reading skills
Excellent
Writing skills
Excellent
Verbal skills
Excellent
SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc.
Turkish-Russian Civic Forum, Education Science Committee Member (2014-2018), Turkish Higher Education Council- Technology Transfer Offices Evaluation Committee Member (2014-2018)
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc.
ASD Lab coordinator at UC3M, Madrid
Project manager of ASTRAL Clean Sky 2 EU research project (5M €) at the University of Nottingham. Manager of the ASTRAL consortium where the University of Nottingham was core-partner with Airbus Helicopters and GE Aviation. Relation management within the consortium and between the consortium and Clean Sky 2 JU.
ASTRAL Stress and Design team leader at the University of Nottingham. Technical manager of a group of 4 researchers. Relation management with industrial partners.
Product Technical Manager at Asso Werke s.r.l. Leading and Management of a group of 5 engineers. Relation management with costumers (Audi, Ferrari, Ducati, BMW). Member of a steering committee for the improvement of company productivity.
Leader of a research project at Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna. Supervisor of 3 MSc students.
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management issued by PeopleCert
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.
Mechanical fatigue and static testing of coupons and aircraft fuselage samples. Fractography and failure analysis using Optical and Scanning Electron Microscope. Metal machining Static and dynamic, linear and non-linear FE analyses. Thermal and fluid-structure interaction FE analysis. Fracture mechanics and damage mechanics damage evolution simulation. FE-based structural optimisation (topology, shape, size and composite optimisation).
OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Competences not mentioned above.
Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS) Visiting fellowship at the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing granted from Cranfield University
DRIVING LICENSE(S)
B

AUTHORED OR CO-AUTHORED ARTICLES

ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS 1. M Bainbridge D, Bacharoudis K, Cini A, Turner A, Popov A, Ratchev S. Advanced Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration. SAE Technical Papers 2019;2019-September (September)

2. Cini A, Irving PE. Development of fatigue cracks from mechanically machined scratches on 2024-T351 aluminium alloy-Part I: experimentation and fractographic analysis. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2017;40(5):776-789.

3. Cini A, Irving PE. Development of fatigue cracks from mechanically machined scratches on 2024-T351 aluminium alloy-Part II: finite element analysis and prediction method. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2017;40(6):853–868.

4. Dorman M, Toparli MB, Smyth N, Cini A, Fitzpatrick ME, Irving PE. Effect of laser shock peening on residual stress and fatigue life of clad 2024 aluminium sheet containing scribe defects. Material Science and Engineering A 2012;548:142-151.

5. Cini A, Irving PE. Transformation of defects into fatigue cracks; the role of Kt and defect scale on fatigue life of non-pristine components. Procedia Engineering 2010;2(1):667-677.

6. Zhao YX, Irving PE, Cini A. Hardness environments around fatigued scratches in clad and unclad 2024 T351 aluminium alloy. Material Science and Engineering A 2009;500(1-2):16-24.
ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ONLY) 1. Ashraf F, Cini A, Castelluccio GM. Decoupling geometric and microstructural gradients in fatigue crack formation, Fatigue 2021, 2021, Online.

2. Cini A. Minimum weight structural optimisation procedure for the preliminary sizing of a composite wing of a compound helicopter. Clean Sky 2 technology progress conference, 2021, Madrid, Spain - Organiser.

3. Ashraf F, Cini A, Castelluccio GM. Coupling geometric and microstructure gradients in fatigue crack formation. TESConf 2020 - Through Life Engineering Services, 2020, Cranfield, UK

4. M Bainbridge D, Bacharoudis K, Cini A, Turner A, Popov A, Ratchev S. Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration, SAE AEROTECH® Europe, 2019, Bordeaux, France

5. Cini A, Popov A, Ratchev S. Minimum weight structural optimisation procedure for the preliminary sizing of a composite wing of a compound helicopter. 6th Aircraft Structural Design Conference, 2018, Bristol, UK

6. Cini A, Irving PE. Transformation of defects into fatigue cracks; the role of Kt and defect scale on fatigue life of non-pristine components. 10th International Fatigue Congress, Fatigue 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.

7. Cini A. Transformation of mechanical defects into fatigue cracks - prediction of the effects of scratches on service life. International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural material VII, 2009, Hyannis, MA, USA.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Principal Investigator (national projects)
Project No Name Duration
RETENTIVE-CDTI (Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) Rear end virtual testing digital twin by advanced FEM 2021-ongoing
PEGASO-CDTI (Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) Advance autoclave mould design for composite uniform temperature and curing homogenisations 2021-ongoing

Principal Investigator (international projects)
Project No Name Duration
ASTRAL-Clean Sky 2 Advanced Wing Structure for Rotorcraft Additional Lift demonstrator 2015-2021
ELECTRO (CS2 third party) Improvement and validation of Open-Concept preliminary design tool 2021-ongoing
H-INDEX 4 (Scopus)