Federico CHELI was born in Parma on 29th September 1956, graduating in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). In 1983 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Department of the Politecnico di Milano and became Associate Professor at the same University in 1992. In September 2000 he was appointed Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. His scientific work was developed mainly in the field of the dynamics and the stability of mechanical systems applied to vehicles, to the dynamics of large structures, to the dynamics of rotors and to vibration problems of the machines. His scientific work has resulted in more than 280 scientific publications, mostly published in international journals or presented in international congresses.
