Contacts
Phone: +39.02.2399.8487
E-mail: alfredo.cigada@polimi.it
Secretary's Office of the RL Measurements
Yixin Chen
Phone: +39.02.2399.8406
E-mail: yixin.chen@polimi.it
Professor of Mechanical and Thermal Measurements since 2002- at Politecnico di Milano
Visiting researcher at Danish Maritime Institute (now Force Technology) 1992-1993 and University of Miami 2019-2020.
Research and Publications: About 250 papers in the following topics: fluid structure interaction, vehicle sub-structure interaction, cable vibrations, electro-mechanical interaction, measurements through image processing, new measurement techniques, fiber optic sensing and MEMS, acoustics, structural health monitoring, safety and security, crime fighting, renewable energy, protection of cultural heritage, measurements for human health, human structure interaction.
Main Info: Member of the Board of Directors of Politecnico di Milano (2004-2010) - associate editor of “Experimental Techniques” and “Sensors”.
Holder of 7 patents: 6 international, all of them licensed.
Principal investigator of many international projects, mainly on Structural Health Monitoring of civil infrastructures.
Thesis Proposals
Thesis MIS 012/2021 - 3D shape measurements with drone-mounted scanners - Prof. Alfredo Cigada, Prof. Emanuele Zappa
Thesis MIS 013/2021 - Structural health monitoring in the ambit of the Meazzastadium - Prof. Alfredo Cigada, Prof. Emanuele Zappa
Thesis MIS 014/2021 - Design and testing of vibration protection devices for art pieces - Prof. Alfredo Cigada, Prof. Emanuele Zappa
Thesis MIS 015/2021 - New approaches to measure concrete damage detection - Prof. Alfredo Cigada, Prof. Emanuele Zappa
Thesis MIS 016/2021 - Monitoring of Pietà Rondanini: new approaches to cultural heritage preservation - Prof. Alfredo Cigada, Prof. Emanuele Zappa