Dr. Michele Ducceschi

Born in: Brescia, Italy;
Passport: Italian;
Languages: Italian (MT), English, French

Current Position

• Associate Professor, University of Bologna (April 2021 - Permanent)

Past Positions

• Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art (October 2020 - January 2021)
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art (October 2017 - September 2020)
• Newton International Fellow, Acoustics and Audio Group, University of Edinburgh (March 2015 - March 2017)
• Postdoctoral Researcher at UME-ENSTA (February 2014 - February 2015)

Education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, ENSTA and École Polytechnique (2010 - 2014) - Thesis: Nonlinear vibrations of thin rectangular plates: A numerical investigation with application to wave turbulence and sound synthesis
• MSc in Acoustics and Music Technology, University of Edinburgh (2009 - 2010) - Thesis: Nonlinear plate vibrations: A modal approach
• BSc in Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova (2004 - 2008) - Thesis: Numerical integration and variable timestep: application to the two-body problem

Funding

• 2021: ERC Starting Grant, awarded by The European Research Council (€1,500,000)
• 2017: Early Career Fellowship, awarded by The Leverhulme Trust (£100,000)
• 2015: Newton International Fellowship, awarded by The Royal Society and The British Academy (£100,000)
• 2010: EDX Doctoral Scholarship, awarded by École Polytechnique
• 2009: Jean Kennoway Howells Scholarship, awarded by University of Edinburgh
• 2007: Education Abroad Program Scholarship, awarded by Università degli Studi di Padova and University of California

Contact

• Dr. Michele Ducceschi
• Office 169, School of Engineering, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
• Email: michele DOT ducceschi AT unibo DOT it