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Matteo Polcari

Ph.D. Candidate

Department
Mechanical Engineering, ACMTRL
Office
Falmouth 204

Expertise

Finite Element Simulation

Research Interests

Finite element simulation of textile fabrics, automated manufacturing of composite wind turbine blades

Education

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, 2015
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, 2014

Biosketch

Matteo is a lifelong MA resident and has been a student at UMass Lowell since 2010. His graduate-level academic and research focus has been on finite element simulations and composite materials, especially related to composite wind turbine blades and their associated manufacturing processes.