Professor Pier Marzocca
Details
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College: STEM Research & Innovation
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Department: Research & Innovation
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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pier.marzocca@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Industry Projects
- Collaborative projects
- Mentoring (long-term)
About
Professor Pier Marzocca has served as the Director of the Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace and Defence Centre at RMIT University since 2021.
Professor Marzocca is the Program Leader for two Joint Chair with the Defence Science and Technology Group, the Joint Defence Chair in Structures and Materials Experimentation, and the Joint Defence Chair of Supersonic Propulsion and Flight Technologies. Prior to these roles, he held positions as Acting Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) in the School of Engineering (2020/21) and as the Associate Dean of Engineering and Deputy Head of School in the Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Discipline (2015-2020) at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Prof. Marzocca also served as an Assistant (2003-2009), Associate (2009-2014), and Full Professor (2014) in the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department at Clarkson University, where he currently holds a Research Professor position. He earned his doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2001, and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech from 2001 to 2003.
Research fields
- 401201 Aerodynamics (excl. hypersonic aerodynamics)
- 400102 Aerospace structures
- 400101 Aerospace materials
- 4001 Aerospace engineering
UN sustainable development goals
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 4 Quality Education
- 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Supervisor projects
- Efficient transfer learning across domains and data modalities
- 23 Sep 2024
- Investigating the Feasibility of Integrating Rotating Detonation Engines into Flight Vehicles using Digital Engineering Techniques
- 22 Jul 2024
- 3D Reinforced Multifunctional Fibre Polymer Composites
- 20 Nov 2023
- Development of Control Laws for Whirl Flutter Suppression on Distributed Propulsion Aircraft
- 28 Sep 2023
- Development of a Machine Learning Based Algorithm for Characterising the Vehicle Interior Noise
- 24 Mar 2023
- Sensor expansion for hydrodynamic components
- 13 Dec 2022
- Design of FC-Based Propulsion Systems for Aircraft
- 5 Oct 2022
- Development of Audio Sensing for Autonomous Cars
- 3 Oct 2022
- Trusted Autonomous Operations of Distributed Satellite Systems for Earth Observation Missions
- 4 Feb 2022
- Intelligent Health and Mission Management Systems for Aerospace and Defence Applications
- 3 Feb 2022
- Spacecraft Attitude Control using Inertial Morphing
- 7 Oct 2021
- Structural Prognostics and Health Management
- 20 Aug 2021
- Digital Twin and Machine Learning-assisted Thermal Management, Mass Optimisation and Additive Manufacturing
- 5 Aug 2021
- Progressive Damage Analysis for Aerospace Composite Structures Subjected to Impact Loads
- 10 May 2021
- Structural Prognostics and Health Management
- 13 Apr 2021
- A Multifunctional Shield for an Earth Satellite
- 15 Dec 2020
- Development of a Shipboard Landing System for Rotorcraft using Real-Time Ship Motion Prediction Algorithms
- 18 Jun 2020
- Aeroelasticity for distributed propulsion systems
- 28 May 2020
- Design, Build and Test of a Bi-Modal Unmanned System
- 24 Mar 2020
- Propagation of small cracks due to underloading and overloading in aerospace structural metallic materials
- 12 Mar 2020
- Airline Route Development: Developing Airlinks to Benefit All Stakeholders
- 7 Oct 2019
- Liberalising air navigation services in Australia and its impact on safety
- 1 Oct 2019
- Numerical Investigation of Transonic Buffet Control Using a Two-Dimensional Bump
- 5 Jun 2019
- Small Fatigue Crack Nucleation And Growth in Aluminium Alloy 7085-T7452
- 14 Mar 2019
- Data-Driven Reduced Order Modelling for the Analysis and Prediction of Transonic Buffet and Flutter
- 13 Feb 2019
- Shape Sensing and Load Reconstruction for Aerospace Structures
- 29 Nov 2018
- Reinforcement Learning Approach to predict and adapt autonomous flight paths to unexpected conditions in a Safety Critical Workflow
- 1 Mar 2018
- Laser Spark Mixing and Ignition Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Fuels in a Scramjet Combustor
- 4 Aug 2017
- Modelling and Experimental Investigations of a Bi-modal Unmanned Underwater/ Air System
- 1 Mar 2017
- Modal Decomposition with a Limited Number of Sensors: Virtual Sensor Expansion in Aeroelastic Systems
- 1 Mar 2017
- A Concurrent Design Facility Architecture for Education and Research in Multi-Disciplinary Design of Complex Systems
- 18 Jul 2016
- Physical Insights, Characteristics and Diagnosis of Structural Freeplay Nonlinearity in Transonic Aeroelastic Systems: A System Identification Based Approach
- 3 Feb 2016
Teaching interests
Supervisor interests: Flow-Structure-Interaction, Linear and Nonlinear Aeroelasticity, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Structural Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Composites and Adaptive Structures, Smart Structures, Reduced-Order-Modelling, Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification, Diagnostics/Prognostics, Digital Twin/Thread Solutions, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Maintenance, Energy Harvesting, Unmanned Aerial Systems and Operations, Aerospace and Aviation Technologies, Aircraft and UAS Design
Research interests
With a career spanning since 1996, Prof. Marzocca specializes in multi-physics modeling and characterization of advanced materials and structures, focusing on their interactions with fluids, magnetic, electric, and thermal fields. His expertise lies in aeroservoelasticity, unsteady aerodynamics, structural dynamics and controls of advanced aerospace systems, encompassing active flow and aeroelastic controls of flexible structures, model-based and data driven system identification technique, model-based system engineering, digital twin/thread solutions, structural diagnostics, prognostics, and load monitoring of defense assets supporting the NextGen sustainment ADF program. His recent projects cover the design, modeling, and testing of aerospace and energy systems, such as wind turbine blades, multifunctional composite and functionally graded structures, unmanned aerial vehicle systems, and energy efficiency and harvesting systems.
Prof. Marzocca leads or co-leads numerous research projects, securing over $30 million USD in funding from various government agencies, including the Australian Federal and State Government, Australian Research Council, DST Group, DSI, NSF, AFOSR, ARMY, ONR, DOE, EPA, and NYSERDA, as well as private foundations and industries such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, DefendTex, GE, and Pratt & Whitney. Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Marzocca has received several awards, including the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the Forest R. McFarland Award from SAE. He has been recognized with the ONR ASEE Senior Faculty Fellowship Award, the Inaugural Research Excellence Award, and the Outstanding New Teacher Award from Clarkson University, as well as the "Antonio Bertolotti" Award from Politecnico di Torino.
As an Fellow of RAeS, Associate Fellow of AIAA, and former chair of the SAE Unmanned Aircraft System Technical Committee, Professor Marzocca continues to contribute significantly to the aerospace community. He serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, is a Member of ASCE, and holds the position of Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering and Journal of Thermal Stresses. With a prolific publication record, he is the author and/or co-author of over 500 papers and has reviewed more than 50 national and international journals and books.
