Opening Plenary Session

As senior manager of Materials and Process Engineering (MP&E) at BHGE Turbomachinery Process Solutions, Massimo leads a global organisation of engineers and Phd’s in the development and industrialisation of innovative materials and processes for use with centrifugal compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines and pumps. He works closely with universities, GE Global Research, and other GE businesses to leverage best practices and cross-pollinate materials-related innovation. Prior his current role, Massimo served five years as Manager for Failure Analysis and Life Assessment. During this period, under his guidance, his team developed several models for estimating the temperature of hot gas path components deploying a condition based maintenance approach and life extension of gas turbines. Massimo built up his experience by holding several positions, including Materials Engineer for gas turbine development (GE10, HPST, GE5, FR52/E), Senior Process Engineer (investment casting and coatings) and Coordinator for Italian and European Funded Projects. In his work experience Massimo has been part of cross functional teams called to prevent or address field issues during new product introduction. In 2013 he received the O&G CEO Award to recognize Technology Impact on Customers. In 2017 he received from Jeff Immelt GE CEO the prestigious GE Edison Award for his excellence in Engineering.

Massimo holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from University of Rome G. Marconi and a Master of Engineering in Turbomachinery Design from Università degli Studi di Firenze. He been Thesis Advisor for several Master Sc. degrees and PhDs. He is the author and co-author of 25 patents covering technology for centrifugal compressors, gas turbines and more recently in the field of Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy.

As a full professor of Metallurgy within the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Trento; Head of the Mechanical Design and Metallurgy group since 1990; Head of Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies; vice Rector for Personnel Affairs and Collective Bargaining, and for Relations with Enterprises. He is author of about 470 publications on international and national journals and Conference proceedings and two patents. Founder of the K4Sint, start-up of Trento University dedicated to product development with SPS. He has received an Honorary Award from Cracow Technical University and Doctor Honoris Causa Award from Universidad Carlos III Madrid. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padua and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from Torino Polytechnic. He was Chairman of PM2010 World Congress, Florence, Italy; is the Coordinator of EPMAs EPMI group; member of the Technical Program Committee of several Euro PM Congress, member of the International Steering Committee for World PM2016 Congress; Teacher at EPMA Summer School and Young Engineers Day and is currently President of the Powder Metallurgy Committee of Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia.

Matteo Federici holds a M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy. Soon after graduation he became R&D Technologist at Sacmi Imola S.C., where he has worked for more than 20 years so far. Originally involved in the improvement of forming and sintering processes for Ceramic materials, after a few years he was appointed as sales manager of ceramic plants in South America, Eastern Europe and Germany. Since 2006 he has been Head of the Business Unit ‘Special Pressing’, which deals with all forming and thermal equipment for PM, refractory materials, steel shaped plates, alloys coining and includes some of the activities of a few subsidiaries of SACMI, such as Riedhammer GmbH, Gaiotto Automations SpA and Laeis GmbH where he holds the position of Member of the Board.