Prof. Giovanni Mimmi

Professor Giovanni Mimmi

Giovanni Mimmi is Full Professor of Applied Mechanics, author of 110 papers for scientific journals, congresses, books.

Member of Gearing & Transmissions Technical Committee of IFToMM (International Federation for the promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science); member of AAM (American Academy of Mechanics), AIMETA (Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), GIMC (Gruppo Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale).

Founder and chairman of the first-level degree course in Mechanical engineering at the University of Pavia (2003-2009).

Invited member of scientific committees at international congresses, chairman at international congresses, lecturer at international conferences and congresses, referee for journals and congresses.

As a project leader he has received financial supports by MIUR, CNR, ASI, etc.

He has been the coordinator in the years 2007/08 and 2008/09, of the first level Master in "Raffinazione idrocarburi: processi ed affidabilità", in collaboration with ENI R&M (Refining & Marketing) and ECU (Eni Corporate University). He participated, as local coordinator for the University of Pavia, in the project NET-FOR-MEC (NETwork FOR MEChanics), and to the project POLOMECCANICA, dedicated to the technological innovation of the mechanical firms in the Lombardia region, granted by Regione Lombardia through FSE.

He is teacher at the University of Pavia and has been tutor in more than 70 Doctoral and Degree Thesis. He is member of Collegio Docenti, Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria dei Sistemi Meccanici at Politecnico di Milano.

Main research fields are: kinematics, dynamics, and design of mechanisms; identification and diagnostics; hydraulic and pneumatic actuators; robotics; bio-mechanics.