1. UNIVERSITA’ POLITECNICA delle MARCHE Dipartimento di Meccanica Ancona, ITALY DIRECTOR – Prof. E.P.Tomasini – ep.tomasini@univpm.it ep.tomasini@univpm.it http://mm.univpm.it/dipartimento/ CONTACTS for wood/furniture projects Prof. Nicola Paone – n.paone@univpm.itn.paone@univpm.it Dr. Paolo Castellini – p.castellini@univpm.it

2. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE in EU FUNDED RESEARCH PARTNER in 23 EU projects in FP4, FP5, FP6 COORDINATOR ( Prof. Tomasini, Prof.Paone ) of: – 5 EU RTD projects – 1 EU Thematic Network – 1 EU Marie Curie Series of Events RESEARCH GROUP composed of: – 4 professors – 8 research engineers – 18 phd students

3. KEY COMPETENCES and SKILLS Development of measurement techniques for non invasive detection of: vibrations and noise. 3-D shape and dimensions fluid velocity temperature With applications to: quality control and industrial diagnostics process control vibro-acoustic and modal analysis of mechanical systems human health/safety artworks and civil structures

4. KEY COMPETENCES and SKILLS MAIN MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES: electro-optic techniques – interferometric and Doppler techniques – vision systems – IR techniques – fiber-optic sensors ultrasonic techniques – non contact ultrasonics – laser ultrasonics

5. FIRST CHOICE TOPIC for FP7 call Nanotechnologies, Materials, Production Technologies Advanced Wood-Based Composites and their Production MEPOS – optical sensors for automation of sanding machines DIPP – ultrasonic sensors for quality control of particleboards Examples in wood/furniture emitter receiver gap in air thickness CHIPBOARD Tt ot pulsed laser panel Capacitive ultrasound transducer