RESEARCH

Main research interests

- Protective and functional coatings (wear, corrosion, thermal protection) - metallic, ceramic, composites, nanostructured - fabricated by thermal spray (Plasma spray, HVOF).

- Advanced diagnostic techniques for Cultural Heritage.

Recent Research Projects

- Wear resistant coatings from nanostructured precursors by traditional and liquid injection assisted thermal spray”,

(AST, Univ.“La Sapienza”).

- Nanostructured organic, inorganic and hybrid scaffolds for re-generative medicine (MIUR/PRIN).

- Gel casting cellular ceramics (PRISMA INSTM)

- Combustion cells: new materials for SOFC (INST-FISR)

- Ceramic materials and coatings for thermal protection systems of re-entry space vehicles (ASI-CIRA)

Main Collaborations

- Superior Institute for Conservation & Restoration

- Center for Plasma Processing of Materials, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Memberships

- Member of Italian Inter-university Consortium on Materials Science & Technology (INSTM).

- Member of Italian Society of Materials Engineering (AIMAT).

Editorial and Peer Reviewing Activity

- Reviewer for international funding activities (Israel Science Foundation).

- Panel of Reviewers for the Italian Ministry of University & Research, Projects PON R&C 2007-2011.

- Panel of Reviewers for Evaluation of Research Quality (VQR 2004-2010) of Italian universities and research centers

(Italian Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research—ANVUR)

- Reviewer for the scientific journals:

• Surface & Coatings Technology (Elsevier)
• Applied Surface Science (Elsevier),
• Materials Science Letters (Elsevier),
• Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
• Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (ASM International)
• Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C (Professional Engineering Publishing)
• Journal of Engineering Tribology, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J (Professional Engineering Publishing).
• Journal of Materials Design and Applications, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L (Professional Engineering Publishing)
• Strain (Blackwell Publishing)
• Surface Engineering (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining)
• Journal of Aerospace Engineering
• Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B(Professional Engineering Publishing)
• Current Nanoscience (Bentham Science Publishers)
• Advances in Materials Science & Engineering (Hindawi Pub. Corp.)
• International Review of Chemical Engineering (Praise Worthy Prize)
• Journal of the American Ceramic Society (Wiley & Blackwell)
• Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
• Tribology Letters (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)
• Coatings (MDPI)
• Journal of Composite Materials (SAGE)
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (ASM International)
• The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design (SAGE)
• Journal of Coatings (Hindawi)
• Materials & Design (Elsevier)
• Materials Research Innovations (Maney)
• Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier)
• Journal of Advanced Ceramics (Springer)

Editorial Board of Coatings (MDPI)

Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Thermal Spraying of Metallic Coatings" for Metals (MDPI)

Editorial board of Journal of Coatings (Hindawi Publishing Corp.), 2013-2016.Editorial board of Journal of Advanced Thermal Science Research, since 2014.Editorial board of The Open Civil Engineering Journal (Bentham Science Publishing), 2009-2010 .

Awards

“Donald Julius Groen Prize 2007” awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Structural Technology and Materials Group (STMG), for best scientific paper “Advanced thermal spray coatings for tribological applications”, (C. Bartuli,T. Valente, F. Casadei, M.Tului), published on Journal of Materials: Design and Application, Proc. IMechE, Part L, 2007, 221, 175-185.