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Ferruccio Resta

Ferruccio Resta has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Acea Group since 28 April 2025.

He has held the position of Full Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Politecnico di Milano from 2004 onwards, where he has also undertaken several key governance roles. From 2017 to 2022, he served as Rector of the university and, from 2020 to 2022, as President of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI). Previously, he headed the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2007–2016) and acted as the Rector’s Delegate for Research Enhancement and Technology Transfer (2011–2016).
He is currently President of the Politecnico di Milano Foundation, the Tech Europe Foundation, the National Centre for Sustainable Mobility (MOST), and the Bruno Kessler Foundation. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of Allianz S.p.A., Coima REM S.r.l., Fiera Milano S.p.A., Zanetti S.p.A., and the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo. In addition, he supports the activities of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport as an expert member of the Ministry’s Technical Mission Structure.
Further to these responsibilities, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Marcegaglia Group, through which he brings his strategic insight and experience into the industrial and technological sectors.
In 2019, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, conferred upon him the title of Commendatore of the Italian Republic in recognition of his contributions to engineering and research.
His scientific work focuses on numerical and experimental research across several fields, including mobility and infrastructure, mechatronics and vibration control, monitoring and diagnostics, vehicle mechanics, energy harvesting systems and MEMS, as well as fluid–structure interaction (such as wind engineering and fluid dynamics). He is the holder of 10 international patents and has authored over 300 scientific publications featured in national and international journals and presented at numerous global conferences.
He is the author of Ripartire dalla conoscenza (2021, Bollati Boringhieri), Fondamenti di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata (2003, McGraw Hill), and Controllo dei sistemi meccanici (2010, Polipress), and continues to be actively engaged in promoting scientific and technological knowledge.
He earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1992 and obtained a PhD in Applied Mechanics in 1996.

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