Biografia

CURRICULUM VITAE

ROSARIO SINATRA, born in Catania on January 31th, 1961

MS "cum laude" in Engineering, Transportation Section, at the University of Catania, Italy, in 1985.

• associate professor from 01/11/1998 in Applied Mechanics University of Messina and from 01/11/2001 in Applied Mechanics University of Catania;
• full professor from 01/01/2011 in Applied Mechanics University of Catania.

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

From 1990, he teaches in the fields of Kinematics and Dynamic analysis of manipulators, dynamics of non-linear systems, mechatronics, Modelling of mechanical systems.

http://www.diim.unict.it/users/rsinatra/corsi/corsi.htm

Speaker of the seminar on Dynamics of Parallel Kinematics, along with five other international speakers, at the Euron Winter School, EURON ROBOTICS, from 25 March to 30 March 2007, which takes place annually at the Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Valencia (Spain ), (reference site: http://isa.umh.es/vr2/).

 

MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS

He is author of more then 110 papers, including those published on specialised journals, and presented at international conferences.

The main tasks are:

• Kinematics and Dynamics of Robotic Mechanical Systems;
• Static and balancing of mechanical systems;
• Kinematics, dynamics and design of climbing e hybrid rolling robot;
• Undewater robotics and sensors;
• Mechatronics: sensors and actuators;
• Vibrations Mechanical Systems

http://www.diim.unict.it/users/rsinatra/ricerca/ricerca.htm

Revisor/editorial board by the following journal:

• ASME Journal of Dynamics, Measurement and Control
• ASME Journal of Mechanical Design,
• Mechatronics International Journal
• Journal of Multibody Systems Dynamics
• Mechanism and Machine Theory
• IEEE Transactions on robotics.

From 1990 until now have scientific collaboration by:

• Department of Mechanical Engineering & Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Integrated Manufacturing Techologies Institute-National Research Council of nada, London, Ontario, Canada;
• Dipartimento di Meccanica del Politecnico di Torino;
• Department of Mechanical Engineering of Reyson University of Toronto;
• Thales Alenia Space, via Saccomuro 6, Roma;
• EUROMECC S.r.l., SS 192 km 79; Misterbianco (CT);
• Hypertec solutions, Via Fortunato Zeni 8, Rovereto (TN);
• Many universities on the southern shore of the Mediterranean basin ad rector's delegate.

 

RESPONSABILITY IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

• PO Italia-Malta 2007-2013 BIODIVALUE - Resp. Sc. PP8 (Univ. CT);
• MIUR (LAB. PUB.PRIV), DM 19447, SOLAR Project;
• PRIN Miur Cofin 2006, 2008; Resp. Sc. UO CT.4
• EUROPEAID/132-715/M//ACT/EG;
• POR FSR Sicilia 2007-2013, SI-MAR
• PO Italia-Tunisia 2007-2013 TATRAC – Resp Sc. PP4 (Univ CT)
• PO Italia-Malta 2014-2020 MEDIWARN - Resp. Sc. LP (Univ. CT);

And more other projects…

ACTIVITY ABROAD

• Associate Member of “American Society Mechanical Engineering” (ASME) dal 1992;
• Scientific visitor presso il Department of Mechanical Engineering & Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada from Feb. 1994 al Mar. 1995;
• Scientific visitor presso il NRC-IMTI London, Ontario, Canada from Sept. 1999 to Nov. 1999.

CONSULTING ACTIVITY

The consulting activity was carried out on the topics covered in the context of academic skills, namely in the field of Applied Mechanics stains, robotics and automation, sensors for the marine environment.