CURRICULUM

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor of Structural and Continuum Mechanics and Structural Dynamics, Sapienza University of Rome

HONORS AND AWARDS

· US National Science Foundation, Graduate research assistantship Grant N. NSF-CMMI-1031036 (Team member)

· Sardinia State Research and Development Authority grant CRP-49952 (Team member)

· Invitation for Ph.D. thesis publication by “University Press Sapienza Università di Roma”

· Selected for a campus visit and job interview for the tenure track position of Assistant Professor for the Department PME, section Engineering Dynamics, TU-Delft.

RESEARCH GRANTS

2017 Principal Investigator of the project “Nonlinear modeling, numerical validation, and feasibility study of shape memory alloy hangers for mitigation of flutter and vortex-induced oscillations in suspension bridges”, Sapienza Research Grant, n. RP11715C7F757039.

2016-2017: Component of the project "Experimental and numerical validation of a Shape Memory Alloys shock absorber", PI Prof. D. Bernardini, Sapienza Research Grant

2016-2017: Co-PI of the project “Nonlinear dynamic simulation toolbox for ropeway systems, criteria for design, validation and passive control” Research grant provided by POMA-Leitner SPA

2012-2015: Component of the project “Development of an active control apparatus for payload oscillations in harbor crane” Grant CRP-49952 provided by Sardinia State, Italy

2009-2012: Component of the project provided by National Science Foundation, grant NSF-CMMI-1031036

MEMBERSHIPS

· The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME, member #000100315401

· Italian Society of Structural Mechanics, SISCo: “Società Italiana di Scienza delle Costruzioni”

· Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AIMETA: “Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata”

· 2012-2013: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA

· Sept. 2018: Founding member of the NOnlinear DYnamics Society, NODYS, association

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. W. Lacarbonara and A. Arena, (2011). ”Flutter of an Arch Bridge via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 112-123.

2. A. Arena and W. Lacarbonara, (2012). ”Nonlinear Parametric Modeling of Suspension Bridges under Aeroelastic Forces: Torsional Divergence and Flutter”. Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 2487-2510

3. G. Formica, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and H. Dankowicz, (2013). “Coupling FEM with Parameter Continuation for Analysis and Bifurcations of Periodic Responses in Nonlinear Structures”. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 8, pp. 021013-1-021013-8

4. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca, (2013). ”Nonlinear Aeroelastic Formulation and Post-Flutter Analysis of Flexible High-Aspect-Ratio Wings”. Journal of Aircraft. Vol. 50 No. 6, pp. 1748-1764 DOI: 10.2514/1.C032145.

5. H. Y. Farsani, D. T. Valentine, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, P. Marzocca, (2014). “Indicial Functions in the Aeroelasticity of Bridge Decks”. Journal of Fluids and Structures. Vol. 48 pp 203-215.

6. A. Casalotti, A. Arena and W. Lacarbonara, (2014). “Mitigation of Post-Flutter Oscillations in Suspension Bridges by Hysteretic Tuned Mass Dampers”. Engineering Structures. Vol.69, pp 62-71.

7. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, D. T. Valentine and P. Marzocca, (2014). ”Aeroelastic behavior of long-span suspension bridges under arbitrary wind profiles”. Journal of Fluids and Structures. Vol. 50 pp 105-119.

8. W. Lacarbonara, A. Arena, S. S. Antman, (2015). “Flexural Vibrations of Nonlinearly Elastic Circular Rings”. Meccanica. Vol. 50, 3, pp 689-705.

9. A. Arena, A. Casalotti, W. Lacarbonara and M. P. Cartmell, (2015). “Dynamics of Container Cranes: Three-Dimensional Modeling, Full-Scale Experiments, and Identification”. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. Vol. 93 pp 8-21.

10. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and M. P. Cartmell, (2015). “Nonlinear interactions in deformable container cranes”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. Vol. 230, pp. 5-20. DOI: 10.1177/0954406215570700.

11. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca, (2016). “Post-critical Behavior of Suspension Bridges Under Nonlinear Aerodynamic Loading”. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 11 (1), N. 011005, pp. 1-11. doi:10.1115/1.4030040. Paper number: CND-14-1087.

12. A. Arena, A. Pacitti, W. Lacarbonara, (2016). “Nonlinear response of elastic cables with flexural-torsional stiffness”. International Journal of Solids and Structures. International Journal of Solids and Structures. Vol. 87 pp 267-277. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.09.019

13. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, (2017). “On the stability of magnetically levitated rotating rings”. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. Vol. 131–132, pp. 286-295, doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.07.007

14. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, A. Casalotti (2017). "Payload oscillations control in harbor cranes via semi-active vibration absorbers: modeling, simulations and experimental results". Procedia Engineering. Vol. 199, pp. 501-509. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.136.

15. A. Arena, B. Carboni, F. Angeletti, M. Babaz, W. Lacarbonara (2019) "Ropeway roller batteries dynamics: Modeling, identification, and full-scale validation". Engineering Structures. Vol. 180, pp. 793-808, doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.10.059

16. A. Arena, M. Talò, M. P. Snyder, W. Lacarbonara (2020) “Enhancing flutter stability in nanocomposite thin panels by harnessing CNT/polymer dissipation”. Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 104, n. 103495, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2020.103495

17. B. Carboni, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2020) “Nonlinear vibration absorbers for ropeway roller batteries control”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. In press.

18. H. Arvin, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2020) “Nonlinear vibration analysis of rotating beams undergoing parametric instability: Lagging-Axial motion”. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 144, n. 106892, pp. 1-21.

19. E. Ottaviano, A. Arena, V. Gattulli (2020) “Geometrically exact three-dimensional modeling of cable-driven parallel manipulators for end-effector positioning”. Mechanism and Machine Theory. In press.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. E. Ottaviano, A. Arena, V. Gattulli, F. Potenza (2019). “Slackening Effects in 2D Exact Positioning in Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulators”. In: Pott A., Bruckmann T. (eds) Cable-Driven Parallel Robots. CableCon 2019. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 74. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20751-9_27.

  2. A. Arena, F. Massimi, W. Lacarbonara (2020). “Dynamic Morphing of Actuated Elastic Membranes”. In: Kovacic I., Lenci S. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting Nonlinear Dynamics for Engineering Systems. ENOLIDES 2018. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 37. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23692-2_4.

  3. A. Morock, A. Arena, M. Lanzerotti, J. Capps, B. Huff, W. Lacarbonara (2020) "Active Sling Load Stabilization". Proceedings of the First International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2019), Nonlinear Dynamics and Control - Vol. II, pp. 129-136.

    1. P. Rosatelli, W. Lacarbonara, A. Arena, D. J. Inman (2020) "Dynamic Response of a Morphing Wing". Proceedings of the First International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2019), Nonlinear Dynamics of Structures Systems and Devices - Vol I, pp. 429-437.

CONFERENCE PAPERS (INDEXED)

1. A. Arena, G. Formica, W. Lacarbonara and H. Dankowicz (2011). “Nonlinear Finite Element-Based Path Following of Periodic Solutions”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference. Volume 4, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2011, Pages 787-793. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-48673.

2. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca (2011). ”Nonlinear Aeroelastic Formulation for Flexible High-Aspect Ratio Wings via Geometrically Exact Approach”. Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 2011, Article number AIAA 2011-1916. DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-1916.

3. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca (2012). ”Post-Flutter Analysis of Flexible High-Aspect-Ratio Wings”. Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 2012, Article number AIAA 2012-1977.

4. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca (2012). ”Unsteady Aerodynamic Modeling and Flutter Analysis of Long-Span Suspension Bridges”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 1, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 15-21. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-70289

5. A. Arena, A. Casalotti, W. Lacarbonara, M. P. Cartmell (2013). “Three-Dimensional Modeling of Container Cranes”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 7 A, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-13689.

6. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, P. Marzocca (2013). “Post-flutter bifurcation behavior in long-span suspension bridges”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 7 A, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-12429.

7. W. Lacarbonara, A. Arena, S. S. Antman (2013). “Nonlinear Flexural Vibrations of Unshearable Elastic Rings”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 7 A, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-12427.

8. A. Arena and W. Lacarbonara (2015). “Free Vibration of Micromembranes Subject to Prestress and Pressure”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 4, 2015. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2015-46365.

9. A. Arena (2015). “Free Vibration of Flexible Cables”. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 8, 2015. DOI: 10.1115/DETC201546364.

10. A. Arena, B. Carboni, W. Lacarbonara, M. Babaz (2017). "Dynamic response and identification of tower-cable-roller battery interactions in ropeways". Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume 6, 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67810.

11. A. Arena, B. Carboni, W. Lacarbonara (2018). "Nonlinear dynamic response of hysteretic wire ropes: modeling and experiments". Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume, 2018.

12. B. Carboni, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2018). "Passive vibration control of roller batteries in cableways". Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, 2018.

13. F. Massimi, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, (2018). "Dynamic morphing of actuated elastic membranes". IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting nonlinear dynamics for engineering systems. ENOLIDES 2018.

14. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2020). " Dynamic morphing of elastic plates via principal parametric resonance". Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference Volume, 2020.

NON-INDEXED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1. W. Lacarbonara and A. Arena (2008). ”Aerostatic Torsional Divergence of Suspension Bridges via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation”. In Proceedings of 10th Convegno Nazionale di Ingegneria del Vento, IN-VENTO 2008. Cefalù (PA), Italy, June 8-11, 2008.

2. W. Lacarbonara and A. Arena (2008). ”Three-Dimensional Model of Suspension Bridges via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation”. In Proceedings of GIMC 2008, XVII Convegno Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale. Alghero, Italy, September 10-12, 2008.

3. A. Arena and W. Lacarbonara (2009). ”Static and Aeroelastic Limit States of Ponte della Musica via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Model”. In Proceedings of 19th Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata. Ancona, Italy, September 14-17 2009.

4. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca (2011). “Nonlinear dynamic stall flutter for flexible high-aspect ratio wings”, 7th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC 2011). Rome, Italy, July 24-29, 2011.

5. G. Formica, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and H. Dankowicz (2011). “General-Purpose Finite Element-Based Path Following of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems”. In Proceedings of XX Congresso dell'Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata. Bologna, Italy, September 12-15, 2011.

6. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, P. Marzocca (2013). “Bifurcation behavior in long- span suspension bridges undergoing flutter”. Proceedings of the Euromech Colloquium n. 541: New Advances in the Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Composites for Smart Engineering Design. Senigallia, AN, Italy, June 3-6, 2013.

7. A. Casalotti, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2013). “Flutter suppression in long-span suspension bridges by arrays of hysteretic tuned mass dampers”. Proceedings of XXI AIMETA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Torino, Italy, Sept. 17–20, 2013.

8. W. Lacarbonara, A. Arena, S. S. Antman (2013). “Nonlinear vibration of parametrically forced elastic rings”. Proceedings of XXI AIMETA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Torino, Italy, September 17–20, 2013.

9. D. Arciuolo, I. Pennacchia, A. Arena, S. Antonuccio, F. M. Vecchio, A. Carbone, V. Arena (2013). “Yb-1 expression in 97 stage I-II breast cancers”. Proceedings of VI Congresso Triennale Siapec-Iap. Roma, October 26-30, 2013.

10. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and P. Marzocca (2014). ”Flutter of suspension bridges under nonuniform wind profiles”. In Proceedings of 13th Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, IN-VENTO 2014. Genova, June 22-25, 2014.

11. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara and M. P. Cartmell (2014). “Three-dimensional modeling of container cranes with deformable boom”. ENOC 2014 - Proceedings of 8th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference. Vienna, Austria, July 6-11 2014.

12. J. C. Sartorelli, B. Marin, F. AC Pereira, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2014). “Double pendulum dynamics with non-vertical parametric excitation”. ENOC 2014 - Proceedings of 8th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference. Vienna, Austria, July 6-11 2014.

13. A. Casalotti, A. Arena and W. Lacarbonara (2014). “Container Cranes Control via Semi-active Tuned Mass Dampers”. Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Buffalo, NY, USA, August 17-20, 2014, DETC2014/ DFD-34416.

14. W. Lacarbonara, A. Arena and S. S. Antman (2014). “Nonlinear Vibrations of Magnetically Levitated Rotating Rings”. Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Buffalo, NY, USA, August 17-20, 2014, DETC2014/ VIB-34969.

15. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara, G. Rega (2016). “Vortex-induced dynamic instabilities in suspension bridges due to parametric and autoparametric resonance”. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Integral Methods in Science Engineering, IMSE 2016. Padova, July 25-26, 2016.

16. A. Casalotti, A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2016). “Asymptotic approach to flutter control via hysteretic absorbers”. Proceedings of the XXIV ICTAM. Montreal, Canada, August 25-29, 2016.

  1. A. Arena, W. Lacarbonara (2017). "Control of vortex-induced parametric instabilities in suspension bridges". Proceedings of XXIII AIMETA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Salerno, Italy, September 4-7, 2017.

  2. A. Arena, B. Carboni, W. Lacarbonara (2018). "Nonlinear parametric modeling of compression roller batteries and experimental validation". 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference. ESMC 2018.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

· W. Lacarbonara and A. Arena, “Analisi di stabilità aerodinamica del Ponte della Musica”. City of Rome, report for the General Contractor Mattioli SpA, 2009.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

· Editorial Advisory Board Member of SpringerPlus. Dec. 2015 to Jun. 2016.

· Reviewer Board Member of Journal of Modern Mechanical Engineering and Technology. Apr. 2020.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

· Organizer of the MSNDC-11: Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics of Smart Structures and Systems at the 2020 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 16th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC) Hilton, St. Louis, MO, August 16 – 19, 2020

· Session Co-Chair for the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2020. August 16-19, 2020, St. Louis, MO, USA: 16th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC) - MSNDC - 7.1 Smart Structures (Technical Session)

· Member of the organizing committee of “AIMETA 2019: XXIV Conference – Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics”, Sapienza University of Rome, 15-19 September, 2019.

· Member of the organizing committee of “APESS 2019 - 12th Asia-Pacific-Euro Summer School on Smart Structures Technology”, Sapienza University of Rome, 15 July - 3 August, 2019.

· Member of the organizing committee of “ANCRiSST 2019 - 14th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology”, Sapienza University of Rome, July 18-21, 2019.

· Member of the organizing committee of the “First International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference” (NODYCON), Sapienza University of Rome, February 17-20, 2019.

· Session Chair for the X International conference on structural dynamics EURODYN 2017. September 10-13, 2017, Rome, Italy. Technical session MS03 IV.

· Session Co-Chair for the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2015. August 2-5, 2015, Boston, USA: 27th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB) - VIB-2 Structures and Continuous Systems (VIB/MSNDC) - VIB-2-4 Structures and Continuous Systems IV (Technical Session).

· Invited lecturer at the 14th International Conference on Integral Methods in Science Engineering, IMSE 2016. Padova, July 25-59, 2016. Title of the presentation: “Vortex-induced dynamic instabilities in suspension bridges due to parametric and autoparametric resonance”.

· Invited lecturer at the Euromech Colloquium n. 541: New Advances in the Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Composites for Smart Engineering Design. Senigallia, AN, Italy, June 3-6, 2013. Title of the presentation: “Bifurcation behavior in long-span suspension bridges undergoing flutter”.