Michele Calì is Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Methods at the Electronics and Computer Engineering Department at University of Catania (UdC), Italy. He received the M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from UdC in 1995 and Ph.D. degree in Structural Mechanics from UdC in 2000. In May 2023 he obtained National Academic Qualification as Full Professor. He collaborates in many research projects with prestigious Italian and foreign Industrial companies: Ferrari S.p.A., Erg Refineries S.p.A., ISAB Refineries, ST Microelectronics, Fiat S.p.A, Stellantis, NT&T, Euromecc S.p.A., Elasis, FANUC Industrial Robot, Bosh, etc.
His research interests include Reverse Engineering techniques, Rapid Prototyping techniques, CAD-CAE modeling and simulations, Development of new sustainable biomaterials, Algorithms Processing, Computer Aided Tolerancing (CAT), Geometric and Structural Optimization in mechanical and biomedical field. He published more than 80 manuscripts in most valuable International Journals and more than 60 papers in national and international Conferences.
Responsible of Erasmus agreements: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science (Sl); Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Dpto. Estructuras, Construcción y Expresión Gráfica (ES); University of Picardie “Jules Verne”, Faculty of Sciences and Modeling, Information and Systems (MIS) laboratory, Amiens, (FR).
Awarded in 2018 as «Hight-Quality Researcher» Manchester University (UK) and Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (CNR); best paper regular session in ICNRDTNS Congress 18-20 September 2019 Radenci, Slovenia; best paper in ICEERE Congress 20-22 May 2022, Saidia, Marocco.
Member of the Editorial Board: «Modelling and Simulation in Engineering», Ed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation. ISSN: 1687-5591; “Design of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures for Biomedical Applications Technology” Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Hindawi; International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Ed. Springer Paris. ISSN: 1955-2513; ”Smart Manufacturing Technology” Applied Sciences Journal; «Pattern Recognition Using Neural Networks» Sensor MDPI Open Access Journal; «Design for Sustainability and EcoDesign in Renewable Energy Production and Transport» Applied Science MDPI Open Access Journal. Author of the book “Geometric Constructions in Technical Drawing”, Bonanno Editor, 2000.
Miroslaw Rucki is a professor on Mechanical Engineering, with main scientific interest on dimensional measurement. After graduating studies on mechanical engineering, M. Rucki received Polish Government Scholarship for PhD Studies, Poznan University of Technology (Poland), from 1994–1996. He obtained a PhD in metrology and measurement systems in 1997. He was an assistant professor at Poznan University of Technology, Institute of the Mechanical Engineering, Division of the Metrology and Measurement Systems, from 1997–2010. At present, he is working as a professor at Casimir Pulaski Radom University (Poland). Recently, he was awarded by the Rector for the research activity and achievements, 2nd degree award in 2017–2018, and 1st degree award in 2019–2021.