MATTEO MASSARO (matteo.massaro@unipd.it) is Associate Professor with the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova. He previously held positions as 'Research Fellow' at Oxford University and Padova University, where he graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering and was granted a PhD in Industrial Engineering. He held 'Visiting Researcher' positions at the Department of Engineering of Cambridge University (UK) and at the Product Development Center of Harley-Davidson Motor Co. (US).

He has been recipients of competitive grants and principal investigator of industrial projects related to vehicle dynamics, optimal control, tyre dynamics, motorcycle stability, racetrack safety, mechanical vibrations, airbag modelling and simulation, driving simulators and aeroelasticity.

He is a member of the board of supervisors of the PhD course in Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova, the head of the vehicle dynamics laboratory and the University Reference (tutor) for the International Student Competition MotoStudent.

He is associate editor of the journal Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility. At University of Padova he teaches ‘Vehicle Dynamics’ (MSc in Mechanical Engineering) and ‘Applied Mechanics’ (BSc in Mechanical Engineering).

He is the author of 100+ scientific papers published in international journals and international conferences. In 2018 he published the book 'Dynamics and Optimal Control of Road Vehicles' with Oxford University Press.

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