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Dimti - People
Alessandro Pegoretti |
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Page last updated: 15/04/2009
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Academic
career |
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 Graduated
in Materials Engineering (University of Trento, 1988)
Research
scientist (University of Trento, 1992 - 2001)
Postdoctoral
Fellow (Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut,
USA, April-October 1995)
Research
scientist (Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut,
USA, (March-September 1997)
Associate
Professor (University of Trento, 2002 to present) |
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Teaching
activity (last 3 years) |
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Materials Control and Instrumental Analysis (Master program in Materials Engineering, University of Trento, 2001 present)
Laboratory
of Mechanics of Materials (Master programs in Materials and Mechatronics
Engineering, University of Trento, 2005 present)
Experimental
Mechanics of Materials (PhD School in Materials Engineering, University
of Trento, 2004 present)
Nanocomposites
and multiphase polymeric materials (PhD School in Materials Engineering,
University of Trento, 2005 present)
Qualification
Mechanical Testing Machines (PhD School in Materials Engineering,
University of Trento, 2004 present)
Mechanical
properties of polymers and composites (PhD School in Chemical Engineering,
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahνa Blanca, Argentina, 2006).
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Research
topics |
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Deformation,
yield and fracture of polymers and composites
Nanocomposites
and multiphase polymeric materials.
Fiber-matrix
interactions in composite materials.
Hydrothermal
stability of polymeric and composite materials.
Materials
for biomedical applications. |
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Top
10 Publications |
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Pegoretti A, Riccς T. On the essential work of fracture of neat and rubber toughened polyamide-66. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 2006; 73(16) 2486-2502.
Pegoretti A, Zanolli A, Migliaresi C. Preparation and tensile mechanical properties of unidirectional liquid crystalline single-polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology 2006; 66(13) 1970-1979.
Kolarik J, Pegoretti A. Non-linear tensile creep of polypropylene: time-strain superposition and creep prediction. Polymer 2006; 47(1) 346-356.
Preghenella M, Pegoretti A, Migliaresi C. Atomic force acoustic microscopy analysis of epoxy-silica nanocomposites. Polymer Testing 2006; 25(4) 443-451.
Pegoretti A, Penati A. Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) and its short glass fibres composites: effects of hygrothermal aging on the thermo-mechanical behaviour. Polymer 2004; 45(23): 7995-8004.
Pegoretti A, Pandini S, Ricco T. Post-yield compressed semicrystalline poly(butylene terephthalate): energy storage and release. Polymer 2004; 45(10): 3497-3504.
Pegoretti A, Kolarik J, Peroni C, Migliaresi C. Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate)/layered silicate nanocomposites: morphology and tensile mechanical properties. Polymer 2004; 45(8): 2759-2767.
Pegoretti A, Ricco T. Rate and temperature effects on the plane stress essential work of fracture in semicrystalline PET. in Fracture of Polymers, Composites & Adhesives II ESIS Publication 32 Edited by B.R.K. Blackman, A.Pavan, J.G. Williams, Elsevier , Oxford, UK, 2003, pp. 89-100, ISBN: 0-08-044195-5.
Pegoretti A, Fambri L, Zappini G, Bianchetti M. Finite element analysis of a new composite dental post. Biomaterials 2002; 23(13): 2667-2682.
Pegoretti A, DiBenedetto AT. Measurement and analysis of stress transfer and toughness at a fiber-matrix interface. Composites Part A 1998; 29(9-10): 1063-1070.
The complete list of publications is available on Polaris
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Other
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Member of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), of the Italian Association of Materials Engineering (AIMAT), and of the Italian Association of Macromolecules (AIM)
Member of the scientific council of the Italian Interuniversitary Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)
Winner of a Fullbright scholarship (1996) and of AIMAT Prize (1998).
Referee of international scientific journals in the field of polymer and polymer composites (on a regular basis: Biomaterials; Composites; Composites Science and Technology; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; Macromolecular Materials and Engineering; Macromolecular Rapid Communications; Polymer; Polymer Bulletin; Polymer Composites; Polymer Engineering and Science)
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Associate
Professor of Materials Science and Technology