Michele Fiorentino

Ph.D | Full Professor | Head of Melab

1999 Graduated with honours in Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2003 Ph.D. in “Advanced Manufacturing Systems,” 2015 Associate Professor at Polytechnic University of Bari in “Design and Methods of Industrial Engineering,” at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Management (DMMM). 2017 Full Professor qualification. He teaches at the MSc in Industrial Design and in Mechanical Engineering. From 2018 to 2021, coordinator of the M.S. degree program in industrial design, now deputy. Member of the Committee for equal opportunities, welfare and against discrimination (CUG) of Politecnico di Bari. DMMM Department Director deputy of Department image &communication. IEEE Senior Member, ADM member, Co-editor of IEEE CG&A journal, Department of Spatial interaction, member of the scientific committee of IEEE ISMAR conference, general chair in 2021 and 2022. Expert in CAD-CAX system, functional and aesthetic modelling, Designer of industrial products and virtual and augmented experiences. Author of more than 100 international scientific papers and one patent.

Keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

VIRTUAL DESIGN AND METAVERSE

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS (industrial, medical, sport, retail)

INDUSTRY 4.0

Publications

Prof. Fiorentino has authored more than 100 publications in international journals and conferences

Didactics

"Virtual Design and Simulation", 6 ECTS, at the M.S. in Industrial Design, Polytechnic University of Bari “Virtual Prototyping and Augmented Reality "6 ECTS at the M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bari

Membership

Since 2019 he is member of EuroXR association and since 2022 he is member of IEEE association.

Awards

2022 -Best Professor Award, third place, Politecnico di Bari 2021-2022, Master in Industrial Design, https://www.progettoingegneria.it/

2020 ADI DESIGN INDEX - Targa giovani, preselection to Compasso d’oro ADI 2022 price, as relator of thesis “Sail-bubble project”. Cfr. https://www.adi-design.org/2020_z00552, 3 GIUGNO 2021 Pubblicato in Adi Index 2020 - ISBN 978-88-943723-9-7 “Sail-bubble” project, Laurea magistrale in Industrial design .

2014 EUROVR 2014 Best Industrial Impact Award- L'articolo "M. Bordegoni, F. Ferrise, E. Carrabba, M. Di Donato, M. Fiorentino, A.E. Uva, “An Application Based on Augmented Reality and Mobile Technology to Support Remote Maintenance”, Proceedings of EuroVR 2014"

2003 Best Paper Award, INI-GraphicsNet, a network of Institutions for advanced education, training, and R&D in Computer Graphics technology, systems, and applications (http://www.inigraphics.net), Titolo: Spacedesign: A Mixed Reality Workspace for Aesthetic Industrial Design. In Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR '02). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 86.

2000 Leonardo da Vinci Fellowship (2001/2002), Industrial Application Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), Darmstadt, Germania.

Patents

2020 Patent: “Multiple radial joint”, Authors: Carullo, Rossana; Labalestra Antonio; De Feo Antonio; By Liso Rocco; Little Francesco; Fiorentino Michele. (Num. 102018000020032), Priority date 18/12/2018, Issued 11/11/2020. This patent in 2020 won “Programma di valorizzazione NOACRONYIM”, a competitive call by national agency of Development and Investments-Invitalia, 18-09-2020.

Contacts

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