Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s)
COSTANTINO MENNA
Address(es)
Via Sorrentino, 99 - 80030 - Carbonara Di Nola - (Na) - Italy
Telephone(s)
+390818253749; +390817683672
Fax(es)
+390817683491
E-mail
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected]
Mobile:
+393332205327
NationalityItalian Date of birth
09/07/1985
STUDIES AND CARREER March 2010 – present Ph.D. student: Materials and Structures PhD program, (ranked 1st for the admission) - Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Tutor: Prof. A. Prota Research Activities: Dynamic behavior of Composite and Sandwich structures - Damage characterization of composite structures - Finite Element modeling - Smart materials – Inorganic composite matrix ( Geopolymers) - Life Cycle Analysis
November 2010 Italian engineering professional license - School of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
October 2007 – December 2009 Master’s Degree - Materials Engineering (Structural Program) - final grade 110/110 Cum Laude – School of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Acquired skills: structural and functional properties of materials, transformation processes and technologies, measurement methods of material properties (for ceramic materials, polymers, composites, etc.), numerical methods for engineering Thesis: numerical simulation of impact tests on composite laminates through Finite Element Method using the commercial FE code LS Dyna
October 2004 – October 2007 Bachelor’s degree - Materials Science and Engineering - final grade 110/110 Cum Laude – School of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Acquired skills: Knowledge of basic engineering topics including chemistry and physics of materials. 1
Thesis: synthesis and characterization of polyolefin based nanocomposites added with flame retardant
September 1999 - July 2004 Diploma di Maturità Scientifica (High School Degree) at the Institute “Evangelista Torricelli” in Somma Vesuviana (Naples), Italy, with the grade of 100/100
WORK EXPERIENCE October 2010 – December 2010 Internship (PhD school): life cycle assessment (LCA) applied to civil infrastructures - Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) - École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal (Canada)
September 2009 – October 2009 Internship (Master Course): production of GFRP composite specimens through hand lay-up and hotpressing - Materials and Production Engineering Department - University of Naples Federico II, Italy
October 2008 – December 2008 Internship (Master Course): heat treatments for steel components (hardening, quenching, etc.) - Colmegna Sud s.r.l. - Marcianise - Caserta (Italy)
July 2007 – October 2007 Internship (Bachelor Course): Synthesis and characterization of polymeric nanocomposites - Proplast (plastic materials engineering – Politecnico of Tourin), Alessandria (Italy)
September 2006 – June 2007 University collaboration (Part Time): Library assistant at the department of chemical engineering - School of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
TRAINING COURSES May 2011: Material Modeling & User-Defined material in LS-DYNA – LS-DYNA: 8th European Users Conference, Strasbourg – France
April 2010: “Nonlinear computational solid & structural mechanics” - theoretical formulations, technologies and computations - IMATI-CNR (Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies) University of Pavia (Italy)
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS July 2011: Student grant provided by University of Naples Federico II for Engineering undergraduate students guidance and tutorship services
July 2008: Roberto Rocca Education Program (provided by TenarisDalmine, Bergamo – Italy)
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May 2008: Award received in 2008 as one of the best graduated student (Bachelor's degree) of the Engineering Faculty - University of Naples 'Federico II
PUBLICATIONS International Journals, Peer-Reviewed: Menna, C., Asprone, D., Caprino, G., Lopresto, V., Prota, A., "Numerical Simulation Of Impact Tests On Gfrp Composite Laminates", International Journal of Impact Engineering, Volume 38, Issues 8-9, AugustSeptember 2011, Pages 677-685 Menna C., Asprone D., Jalayer F., Prota A., Manfredi M., “Sustainability analysis of a RC building accounting for time-dependent seismic risk”, Under Review, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2011 Menna C., Zinno A., Asprone D., Prota A., “Numerical Assessment On The Behavior Of High Energy Impacted Sandwich Structures”, Under Review, Composite Structures, 2012 International /National Conferences C. Menna, D. Asprone, G. Caprino, V. Lopresto, and A. Prota, “Numerical simulation of low velocity impact tests on GFRP composite laminates”, 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, ICCS 16, 2830 June 2011 C. Menna, A. Zinno, D. Asprone, and A. Prota, “Finite element modeling of impact behavior of phenolic sandwich structures”, 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, ICCS 16, Porto, Portugal 2830 June 2011 Menna C., Jalayer F., Asprone D., , Prota A., Manfredi M., “Sustainability assessment of a RC building accounting for time-dependent risks”, XIV Convegno Nazionale ANIDIS – L'Ingegneria Sismica in Italia, Bari, 18 – 22 Settembre 2011 Carey N., Myers J., Asprone D., Menna C., Prota A., “Blast Testing and Numerical Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Panels Coated with Discrete Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (DFRP) Systems”. Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, Rome 13-15 June 2012
ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Effect of a Thin Soft Core on the Impact Behavior of CFRP Laminates - Simulation of honeycomb deformation mechanisms
LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE Languages - Italian (mother language) - English (oral: good, written: good) 3
- French (oral: intermediate, written: intermediate) Computer knowledge - Operative systems: Windows, MacOS - Programming languages: MATLAB, Dev C++ - Programs: MS Office, AutoCAD, Catia V5 R6, Origin ProLAB, SimaPRO. - Fnite Element programs: LS Dyna (advanced), ABAQUS (basics), ANSYS (basics)
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