Summary
Pierangelo Masarati is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with over 20 years of experience bridging computational mechanics research and engineering software development. He is the principal developer and maintainer of MBDyn, a widely used open-source multibody dynamics solver, and an original member of the OpenLDAP Core Team, reflecting a rare mix of domain-specific simulation expertise and foundational systems software contributions. Author or co-author of more than 270 scientific papers through 2018, his research focuses on multibody and rotorcraft dynamics, aeroservoelasticity, structural control and smart materials, often translating advanced theory into robust, reusable code. Active in the European Rotorcraft Forum and based in Milan, he combines academic leadership with sustained open-source stewardship, evidencing a long-term commitment to reproducible, community-driven engineering tools.
20 years of coding experience
English, Italian