Alessandro Brancati, PhD, PMP®

Experience

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  Imperial College London

  Dec 2006 - Nov 2010

  PhD

  Keyword: Boundary Element Method, Fast Solution of Acoustic Problems, Active and Passive Noise Control, High Numerical Computing, Optimisation TechniquesThe focus of the research at ICL is to:• Create a virtual platform for solving large-scale engineering acoustic propagation problems• Develop optimisation technique to reduce the noise pressure level using sensitivity analysis• Establish new active and passive noise control strategiesThe PhD was carried out with the support of the European research project with acronym SEAT under the 6th Framework Programme. The SEAT project has been focused on developing a smart seat to improve the comfort in the economy class of aircraft. In particular, the research at ICL was aimed at creating a virtual platform where studying the acoustic propagation phenomenon inside an aircraft cabin model and proposing tools for reducing the noise level perceived by passengers.Master and last year undergraduate students course: Buckling and Post-buckling Behaviour of a Panel in Compression Show less

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  Imperial College London

  Feb 2011 - Jul 2011

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Keyword: Boundary Element Method, Vibrating Structures, High Numerical Computing, Acoustic-Structural CouplingDuring the experience as Post Doc at Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London I worked for optimization of Boundary Element Method based techniques for Fast Solution of Acoustic Problems:• Hierarchical Adaptive Cross Approximation• Active Noise Attenuation• Sensitivity formulation for three dimensional active noise control with 6 degree of freedom

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  Freelancer

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  Civil Structural Engineer

  Structural analysis of an historical building

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  University of enna "Kore"

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

  Research Associate - Settore Scientifico Disciplinare Ing-Ind 06 Fluidodinamica

  Keyword: Boundary Element Method, Fast Solution for Vibrating Structures, High Numerical Computing, Fast Solution for Acoustic-Structural CouplingDuring the experience as Post Doc at Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of University of Enna “Kore” I developed and implemented formulations for speeding up the Boundary Element Method solutions of structural-acoustic coupling differential equations for predicting stress and strain behaviour of vibrating structures.

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  MIUR

  Jun 2012 - Jan 2016

  Project Executive Manager - City Free Project

  City Free is a project based in Palermo, Sicily, granted by the MIUR (Ministry of Instruction, University and Research of Italy) in the call PON R&S 2007-2013 Announcement D.D. 84/Ric del 2 March 2012, Smart Cities and Social Innovation, and consists on developing a new sustainable transportation system based on sharing concept. The idea is to develop a mobile app to instantly match drivers with riders traveling in similar directions ensuring high levels of trust and safety standards.Our research target is the college student and our test starts from the main Sicilian Colleges, intended as HUB. HUBs are distinctive meeting points that create an established network between different places. Colleges and Universities, in particular, are places where a number of users arrive and start their trips back home. Situation: in 2012-2013 only the 12% of the college students know what carpooling is.Task: teaching process with an innovative approach (upside-down education), simply user experienceAction: several interview and application of the Lean Management approachResults: more than 5.000 users (critical mass) enrolled the project.---Project objective: Develop a mobile app to instantly match drivers with riders traveling in similar directionsInitiating: develop project charter, identify stakeholdersPlanning phase: define scope, create WBS, develop schedule, plan risk response, stakeholder, procurement and communication managementExecuting phase: acquire team, manage project work, manage communications, procurement and stakeholdersMonitoring & Controling phase: monitor and control project work, validate scope, control schedule, costs, procurement, quality and risksClosing phase: close procurements and project, send results to main sponsorProject outcome: real-time carpool sharing in urban areas has been provided with more than 6.000 usersMore on http://www.ponrec.it/open-data/risultati/social-innovation/pon04a3_00399/ Show less

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  Freelancer

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2017

  Cost and structural analysis and supervising works for a refurbishment of a private sewerage system I'm working on the starting phases for two projects, one in fashion and the other in sailing fields, in order to develop a project charter: requirements documentation, feasibility and marketing studies, high level planning, prototyping and test. Also the possibility of acceding to a loan using crowdfunding platforms has been evaluated. As acoustic engineer I've worked to simulate the sound propagation around and inside big ancient buildings as pyramids and obelisks. The goals are to evaluate both internal and external sound propagation locating point source and planewaves. Moreover, an home-made code as been formulated and implemented to predict the natural frequencies for every shape object.

  • Structural Engineer

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Acoustic Engineer

    Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
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  OXFAM Italia

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

  Desk Manager

  I worked for Oxfam Italia for the project “Incarta il presente, regala un futuro” “Wrap the present, give a future” where I manage 2 donation desks: a toyshop in Palermo and a perfumery in Carini. The PMI standards for project manager have been utilised to successful reach the project goal.The aim was to hire, train and manage volunteers to wrap presents of clients and ask them a small donation for helping populations of Darfur in the south of Sudan.The hiring process was successful completed with roughly 80 volunteers, of which 50 from 2 high schools and 3 school classes and the remaining using charity and volunteer organizations.The 5-hour training course for students was focused on transmitting motivation to the project and awareness of each personal contribution to the final goal of the project and it was divided into 4 parts:- Introduction for the project, presentation of each students, breathing excercise- Presentation of problems of developing countries using an experimental approach- Games focused on increasing confidence and responsibility- Communication techniquesThe volunteer management was focused on creating a positive and inspiring environment. Each volunteer was asked to work at a single task. There were three main tasks:- comunication with the potential donor- wrap the gift- manage the line and complete all the operations to provide and quick and precise service.As a results I was able to donate the highest amount of donations in the whole Sicily. Show less

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  Freelancer

  Jan 2018 - now

  Professional Freelancer
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  Kala Onlus

  Apr 2018 - now

  Sustainability Manager / Fundraising and Communication Manager

  Currently I am working as Sustainability Manager and Project Manager for an organisation that manages a kindergarten with 45 kids coming from 14 different countries, mainly sub-Saharan states, and help migrants and locals with economic and integration problems in the historical centre of Palermo (www.kalaonlus.org).My role consists of:• manage the fundraising and communication area of the organization• conceive, plan, manage and control fundraising campaign (https://www.kalaonlus.org/incarta-la-solidarieta-2019/)• optimise the organisation expenses• volunteer acquisition and management• acquisition of loyal donors• manage fundraising campaigns for companies (volunteering employees, co-marketing, caused-related marketing, joint fundraising, sponsorship, etc.)• training fundraising staff• coordinate and manage the “Servizi 0-6: Passaporto per il futuro” project.The PMP standards have been used to reach all the goals. Show less