PhD in INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

email: costanza@ing.uniroma2.it
phone: +39 06 72597185
building: Ing. Industriale

Prof. Girolamo Costanza since March 2000 is Assistant Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Industrial Engineering Department.
Since July 2017 he is Associate Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Industrial Engineering Department.
Since January 2022 he is qualified (ASN 2022) for Full Professor of Metallurgy.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The research activity is documented by 120 scientific papers published on international and national journal and conference proceedings.

The main research topics are:
1) Improvement of the fatigue behavior of Al MMC;
2) Effect of fluidized bed treatments on surface and mechanical properties of metals;
3) Production and morphological and mechanical characterization of metal foams (Al, Ag, Fe, Pb);
4) Shape memory alloys employed as sensors or sensors/actuators;
5) Pressure assisted solidification for high performance Al components;
6) Microstructural study of fcc materials under small charge explosion;
7) Superplasticity in PbSn Alloy;
8) Structures of liquid metals and precursor phenomena during melting and solidification;
9) Structural materials to be employed in the future fusion reactors;
10) Mechanical and microstructural analysis of welded joints with different techniques (TIG, Laser, FSW, SMAW, Explosion).

Prof. Costanza has been referee for the following international journal:
Composites Science and Technology;
International Journal of Material and Product Technology;
International Journal of Fatigue;
International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering;
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.

Prof. Costanza is member of the Editorial Board of:
Journal of Metallurgical Engineering (Scirea);
American Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Science Publishing Group).

Since 2002 he is member of the PhD of Industrial Engineering.