Personal details
Name: Livan Fratini
Palermo, October 9th 1970
Nationality: Italian
Private address: Via G. Carini, n.9 90144 Palermo - Italy -
Actual position: Full Professor of “Manufacturing Processes”
Department of Engineering, University of Palermo - Palermo - Italy
Phone: +39 91 23861851 - e-mail:
[email protected]
Education:
1993-1996 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, PhD in Production Engineering
1988-1993 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, Master degree in Mechanical Engineering
Previous academic positions
2001-2011 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, Associate Professor
1999-2001 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, Assistant Professor
1999 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, Staff Researcher
1996-1999 Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, Part-time researcher
Academic work experience
2021 Deputy Rector, University of Palermo, Italy
2018 – 2021 Vice Rector for Research and Third Mission, University of Palermo, Italy
2015 – 2018 Delegate of the Rector for operative management of research, University of Palermo, Italy
2014 – 2015 Delegate of the Rector for Scientific and technological research, University of Palermo, Italy
2010 – 2015 Vice-Director of Dept. of Chemical, Management, Computer System, Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
2011 – 2013 Vice-Chairman of the Board of Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
2010 – 2013 Chairman of the PhD Course in Chemical, Management, Computer Systems, Mechanical Engineering – Branch Production Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
2007 – 2013 Member of the Scientific Commission of the Academic Senate for Industrial and Information Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
2001 – 2004 Secretary of the Board of Mechanical Engineering study course, University of Palermo, Italy
1999 - Faculty member, University of Palermo, Italy
Memberships
Associazione Italiana di Tecnologia Meccanica (AITeM)
Member since 1995; Member of the “Consiglio Direttivo” (Board of Directors) since 2011 to 2015 with the role of Vice-President;
ESAFORM - European Scientific Association for material FORMing
Member since 2001; Organizer the minisimposium “Innovative joining by forming technologies” since 2001 to 2020; Member of the Scientific Committee since 2006; Member of the Board of Directors (BoD) since 2012; Secretary of the BoD since 2014 to 2018; Vice-President since 2018 to 2020; President of since 2020
International Institution for Production Engineering Research (CIRP)
Associate Member of CIRP since 2005; Fellow of CIRP since 2014
SME – Society of Manufacturing Engineering
Fellow of SME since 2014, Member of the Board of Directors of Namri/SME; Chairman Elect of the Scientific Committee Namri/SME since 2016 to 2018; Chairman of the Scientific Committee Namri/SME since 2018 to 2020; Secretary of the Board of Namri/SME in 2020; President-elect of Namri/SME in 2021
Invited lectures to international conferences
First author
1. L. Fratini, G. Buffa, G. Ingarao (2021), “Metal scraps recycling by forming: process mechanics analysis through numerical modeling”, IS-KSTP30 (International symposium on technology of plasticity for celebrating KTSP’s 30 years anniversary), Nov. 24-26 2021 Busan South Korea.
2. L. Fratini (2020) “Hybrid joints and tailored structures”, The 1° International Congress about Friction Stir Welding in Italy, Milano February 13th 2020.
3. L. Fratini (2018) “Innovative solid state based processes for light alloys recycling”, International conference on Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Bejing 19th-21st April 2018
4. L. Fratini (2015) Incremental Forming, lecture at 4th Summer School on Sheet Metal Advanced Research and Teaching, Erlangen 4th-9th Oct. 2015
5. L. Fratini (2015) “On the FSW of light weight alloys in mixed joints”, invited speak at the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies – Current trends and future directions, Shanghai.
6. G. Buffa, S. Pellegrino, L. Fratini (2014) "Mixed lightweight joints design through Friction Stir Welding of aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys", invited keynote al Congresso Manulight 2014, Dortmund, Aprile 2014.
7. L. Fratini, G. Buffa, D. La Spisa (2012), “Friction based solid bonding welding processes”, Keynote paper at Esaform 2012, Erlangen Germany, March 2012.
8. G. Buffa, L. Fratini, S. Pasta (2008), “Residual stresses in friction stir welding: numerical simulation and experimental verification”, invited paper at ICRS-8 8th International Conference on Residual Stresses, Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A, Augost 2008.
9. L. Fratini, G. Buffa, (2007), “On the numerical simulation of FSW processes”, invited keynote paper at 2nd International Conference on New Forming Technology (ICNFT), Bremen Germany, September 2007.
