PROJECTS
In this page you can find some projects of mine, realized during my BSc and MSc studies. These experiences helped me to develop some important capabilities, such as creativity, problem solving, continuous improvement attitude and the ability to work both in group and autonomously. I define myself as a high motivated person, with an innovative mindset, impatient to share my ideas but still ready to challenge them. That's how I have set myself in both working and private context: always in search of the continuous improvement.
Indeed, in order to achieve this personal continuous improvement, I tried over the last years to get involved in different working realities through professional courses/qualifications, internships and work experiences. In this way I created a multidisciplinary background by specializing in different areas and the variety of the projects represented below can attest it.
"Verification and structural dimensioning for a supporting frame of a bending machine"
This project was the result of my internship experience at Padana Cleanroom SRL (Cremona, Italy), during the third and last year of my BSc in Mechanical Engineering (major in Mechanical Design).
As the title recalls, the project was initially focused on the design and in a second phase on the structural dimensioning of a frame that was going to support a new CNC bending machine that the company purchased.
Over the realization of the frame, my goal was also to make a comparison between what the classical applied mechanics teach and the results obtained by a CAD software.
To do this, I have first performed the structural analisis manually (according to the classical theory and formulas) and then realized the 3D model of both the bending machine and its support frame using Autodesk Inventor. Finally I have simulated different situations (during static & operational mode) using the Finite Element Analysis Simulator of Autodesk Inventor.
"SMART CLINIC - Medical Assistance Providers"
Scroll or click to open and visualize my pitch about the project work developed during Strategic Management & Business Planning course, attended during the first semester of my MSc in Industrial Automation Engineering (major in Technologies and Management).
The goal of this project as defined by the professor, was to think about an innovative product and to create for it both a pitch and a business plan (including a short/medium term Financial Anaysis), applying all key principles in terms of business strategy and management, tought during the cource.
In addition to these requirements, personally, I’ve also tried to consider particularly the graphic design of the presentation as well as to show my technological insights and views through the characteristics and capabilities of
the product that I have finally presented. However I prefer let the pitch explain better what's about, so please click to open and visualize my SMART CLINIC project!
"SMED Analysis"
The presentation on the left shows a group work realized for the Lean Production course during the third semester of my MSc. As the title indicates, this project represents a real case study where a SMED analysis was performed in order to reduce the changeover time of a production line.
For the execution of the analysis, we have firstly observed the whole changeover process through the videos provided by the professor. Then, we recorded all the changeover times and categorized each activity (in Value Added, Semi-Value Added and Non Value Added
activities). In order to make a comparison between the situation before and after applying our improvements, we have then generated a KPI by giving different marks to these 3 categories. The result was a reduction of almost 50% of the initial changeover time as shown by the final pie charts!
"Two small theses realized during the course of Planning, Management and Supply of Goods and Services
(last semester of MSc)"
"Industry 4.0: The Italian SMEs Revolution"
After a short introduction to the last industrial revolution, this thesis concerns Italy's National Plan for encouraging industries in making the first step to their digitalization.
"LEAN Production: Far more than a business strategy"
This small thesis concerns lean manufacturing principles, firstly passing through various definitions and interpretations and secondly by analyzing the most important and common tools used for its implementation.
"Four reports realized during the elective course of Applied Mechanics
(third semester of MSc)"
"Data analysis for an angular position transducer"
The goal of this report was to create a Matlab program for the processing of the data provided by an angular position transducer and for the graphical representation of the displacement, the angular velocity and the acceleration, starting from the specifications of the instrument, the calibration data and from the data recorded during four different tests.
"Vibration analysis and control of a helicopter seat"
Realization of a Matlab program for the study of the vibrations transmitted to the pilot of a helicopter as a function of the parameters characterizing the system. Appropriate choices had to be made in order to respect the vibration levels prescribed by the ISO 2631 standard.
"Analysis of the oscillatory behavior of a vibrating metal sheet"
Analysis of the oscillatory behavior of a vibrating metal sheet by calculating the equivalent damping coefficient and its variation as a function of the peak amplitude.
"Transfer function of an accelerometer""
The aim of this project was to create a Matlab program that reproduces graphically the relationship between the acceleration value provided by a piezoelectric transducer and the actual acceleration value measured.
"BMI in Your Hands "
"BMI In Your Hands" is a kind of survey and it would be the first of the series project named "1 Year Project” that I proposed at BMI’s Castelletto plant direction during my internship. Its goal was to improve the relationships between the shopfloor operators, the middle level managers and the higher level managers/directors.
In addition, this brief survey was aiming to give the opportunity to the personnel to propose, for the first time, changes and improvements regarding not only the production but the whole company’s structure. For the personnel this would be a sign of confidence from the direction while for the direction would be an opportunity to understand if within the personnel there were any soft skills that never came out until that moment.
