Pier Marzocca

Pier Marzocca
Assistant Professor
234 CAMP
Clarkson University
PO Box 5725
Potsdam, NY 13699-5725

T: 315-268-3875  Fax: 315-268-6695
E-mail: pmarzocc@clarkson.edu
Research site: http://people.clarkson.edu/~pmarzocc/
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Education
Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Aeronautical Engineering, M.S.,1996
Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., 2000
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. training
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA Aerospace Engineering PostDoc, 2001-2002

Teaching
Dr. Marzocca is coordinating with Prof. Erik Bollt (MATH) the interdisciplinary i-UAV team. Other Faculty involved: Ken Visser, Brian Helenbrook. Dr. Marzocca is the faculty advisor for the Clarkson University Wright Brother Glider Club and the Turbojet Propulsion Group.

Honors, Awards and Nominations
“Engineering Sporn Award” Nomination, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Thermal Stresses 2003 Recognition for exceptional work; Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society for Aerospace Engineering, Elected Member; Italian National Research Council (CNR) PhD fellowship Rome, Italy; Awards “Antonio Bertolotti” for “Best M.S.” master degree in Aeronautical Project; Politecnico di Torino Scholarship “Top ten-percent”, Torino, Italy; “Best Diploma” Awards Rotary & Lions Clubs, Technical College of Pinerolo, Italy; Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (CEUT) Award, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Courses taught include:

Undergraduate
AE200 - Aeronautical Engineering Seminar
AE429 - Aircraft Performance and Flight Mechanics
AE430 - Stability and Control of Aerospace Vehicles

Supervision of various independent study projects:
AE365 ST: Fundaments of aeroelasticity
AE365 ST: UAV Autonomous Visual Control
AE365 ST: Unmanned aerial vehicle design
AE465 ST: i-UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
AE465 ST: i-UAV prototyping and aeroelasticity

Graduate
ME628 ST: Models/Analysis of Nonlinear Mechanical Phenomenon

Supervision of various independent study projects:
ME657 ST: Advanced vibration analysis
ME657 ST: Linear/Nonlinear Aeroelasticity

Research Interests
Dr. Marzocca research efforts focus mainly on aero-thermo-elasticity, fluid-structure interactions, linear/nonlinear structural dynamics, aeroelastic stability and control, unsteady aerodynamics, aerodynamic shaping and morphing concepts, wind energy, smart materials and control actuators, and unmanned-air-vehicles (UAV). Past and on-going collaborations are with scientists and researchers from the following (Country) institutions: (USA) NASA Langley Research Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; (SOUTH KOREA) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Gyeongsang National University, Korea Polytechnic University, and Dongkuk University, (CANADA) The University of Western Ontario, Memorial University of Newfoundland; (ITALY) Polytechnic of Turin, University of Rome “La Sapienza”; (ARMENIA) National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Marzocca is conducting research in a number of modern issues pertaining to the aeroelasticity of flexible flight vehicle systems, and in particular toward the understanding of problems associated with the open/closed-loop nonlinear aeroelastic response, flutter and post-flutter behavior of aircraft vehicles. Success in such research requires the development and integration of a number of disciplines including modern aeroelasticity, structural mechanics, unsteady aerodynamics, feedback control methodologies, advanced composite material structures, and dynamics of multi-body systems. For more information, see http://www.clarkson.edu/~pmarzocc.

Selected Publications

Copies of reprints are available. Please send request via Email: pmarzocc@clarkson.edu

A. Edited Books
  1. L. LIBRESCU, P. MARZOCCA, Thermal Stresses‘03, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Vol. 1, 500 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-9721257-2-8.

  2. 2. L. LIBRESCU, P. MARZOCCA, Thermal Stresses‘03, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Vol. 2, 500 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-9721257-2-8.
B. Book Chapters
  1. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU and W.A. SILVA, “Consideration of a Flutter Prediction Methodology Using a Combined Analytical-Experimental Procedure,” Special Volume Recent Advances In Experimental Mechanics, In Honor of Isaac M. Daniel, edited by Emmanuel E. Gdoutos, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0683-7, June 2002, 844 pp.
C. Referred Journal Publications
  1. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, G. CHIOCCHIA, “Aeroelastic Response of a 2-D Lifting Surfaces to Gust and Arbitrary Explosive Loading Signatures,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 41-65.

  2. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, G. CHIOCCHIA, “Aeroelasticity of Two-Dimensional Lifting Surfaces Via Indicial Function Approach,” The Aeronautical Journal, March 2002, pp. 147-153.

  3. Z. QIN, P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, “Aeroelastic Instability and Response of Advanced Aircraft Wings at Subsonic Flight Speeds,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2002, pp. 195-208.

  4. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, W.A. SILVA, “Aeroelastic Response and Flutter of Swept Aircraft Wings,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, May 2002, pp. 801-812.

  5. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, W.A. SILVA, “Aeroelastic Response of Nonlinear Wing Section by Functional Series Technique,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, May 2002, pp. 813-824.

  6. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, G. CHIOCCHIA, “Aeroelastic Response of a 2-D Airfoil in Compressible Flight Speed Regimes Exposed to Blast Loadings,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 4, June 2002, pp. 259-272.

  7. L. LIBRESCU, P. MARZOCCA, W.A. SILVA, “Supersonic/Hypersonic Flutter and Postflutter of Geometrically Imperfect Circular Cylindrical Panels,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 39, No. 5, September – October 2002, pp.802-812.

  8. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, W.A. SILVA, “Flutter, Post-Flutter and Control of a Supersonic 2-D Lifting Surface,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 25, No. 5, September – October 2002, pp. 962-970.

  9. L. LIBRESCU, G. CHIOCCHIA, P. MARZOCCA, “Implications of Cubic Physical / Aerodynamic Nonlinearities on the Character of the Flutter Instability Boundary,” International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 38, March 2003, pp. 173-199.

  10. Z. QIN, L. LIBRESCU, P. MARZOCCA, “Aeroelasticity of Composite Aerovehicle Wings in Supersonic Flows,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 40, No. 2, March-April 2003, pp. 162-173.

  11. P. MARZOCCA, L. LIBRESCU, W.A. SILVA, “Nonlinear Open-/Closed Loop Aeroelastic Analysis of Airfoils via Volterra Series,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, April 2004, pp. 673-686.

  12. L. LIBRESCU, P. MARZOCCA, W.A. SILVA, “Linear/Nonlinear Supersonic Panel Flutter in a High-Temperature Field,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 41, No. 1, July – August 2004, pp. 918-924.

  13. Y. YUAN, P. YU, L. LIBRESCU, and P. MARZOCCA, “Aeroelasticity of Time-Delayed Feedback Control of Two-Dimensional Supersonic Lifting Surfaces,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 5, September – October 2004, pp. 795-803.
Extended list: http://people.clarkson.edu/~pmarzocc/