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Full name

Vito L Tagarielli

URL of homepage

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~vlt22/

Job function

Postdoc

Job sector

University

Company or institution

University of Cambridge

Title of group

Micromechanics Centre

Doctoral thesis advisor

Norman Fleck

Doctoral thesis advisor 2

Vikram Deshpande

My resume

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Vito L. Tagarielli, PhD
Pembroke College
CB2 1RF Cambridge, UK
vlt22@cam.ac.uk

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

2002 –2005   PhD
Micromechanics Centre, CUED, University of Cambridge, UK
Project description: Mechanics of sandwich construction. Blast and impact protection of marine and aerospace structures

1995-2001  BEng + MEng
Laurea at Politecnico di Bari, Bari - ITALY 
Grade: 110/110 e lode (summa cum laude)
Thesis work: Thermo-mechanical stresses in thin films for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), Nano-indentation techniques for mechanical characterization of TBC coatings

Work experience

Aug 2006 – present
Research associate, Cambridge University Engineering Dept., Micromechanics Centre.
Project description: Plasticity at the micron scale. Size effects in metal plasticity, mechanics of nano-crystalline materials.

Feb 2005 – Aug 2006
Research associate, Cambridge University Engineering Dept., Micromechanics Centre.
Project description: Blast resistance of composite sandwich structures.

Jun 2001 – Dec 2001
Research assistant at DIMeG – Polytechnic of Bari (Italy).
Project description: Rolling contact fatigue concepts applied to railways wear. Low cycle fatigue, cyclic plasticity of metals, shakedown and ratchetting of rail steel.

Feb 2001 – Jun 2001
Teacher of Manufacturing, Mechanics and Design at IPSIA “Santarella”, Bari (Technical high school).  Class teaching and workshop activity (60 students)