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MSC.Nastran
5 / 5
Abaqus
3 / 5
Ls-dyna3D
2 / 5
Altair Hyperworks
4 / 5
MSC.Patran
3 / 5
Various Proprietary Engineering Tools by Airbus, Ricardo and Atkins
5 / 5

CAD / PLM

DS CATIA V5
3 / 5
DS 3DEXPERIENCE
3 / 5
PLM
3 / 5

Stress

ISAMI
4 / 5

F&DT

AFGROW
4 / 5
NASGRO
4 / 5
FRANC3D
4 / 5

Airframe Certification

CS-25 Large Aeroplanes
4 / 5

Programming Skills

python
5 / 5
javascript
4 / 5
bash
4 / 5
VBA
4 / 5
C/C++
3 / 5
java
3 / 5

Databases

SQLite
4 / 5
MongoDB
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PostgreSQL
4 / 5

Web Frameworks

Flask
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Tornado
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Django
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Scrapy
3 / 5
FastAPI
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JS Libraries

AngularJS
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Bootstrap
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D3.js
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Leaflet
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Babylon.js
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Three.js
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Plotly
3 / 5
jQuery UI
3 / 5
jQWidgets
3 / 5
React.js
3 / 5
Vue.js
3 / 5
TensorFlow.js
3 / 5

Version Control

Git
4 / 5
Github/Gitlab
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Jenkins
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Jira
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Confluence
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Cloud Platforms

GCP
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AWS
2 / 5
Azure
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OpenShift
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Kubernetes
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Kubeflow
2 / 5
Docker
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Pandas
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GeoPandas
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Dask
4 / 5
Bokeh
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Panel
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HoloViews
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Flask
4 / 5
SKLearn
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Tensorflow
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Keras
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English
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 Advanced Proficient User
Italian
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 Mastery Proficient User
Spanish
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 Threshold Independent User
French
A2
 Waystage Basic User

Emanuele Cannizzaro


Aerospace Engineer, Software Developer, Data Analyst, Open-Source Evangelist and Business Transformer


Career Profile

Business-minded engineer that provides data-driven and customer-oriented solutions to challenging problems with a demonstrated ability to deliver valuable insights via analytics and advanced big data tools.

Current Work Experience

Technical Team Leader

2019 to Present
Airbus, Toulouse, France
  • Responsible of A350 Nose and Center Fuselage Structural Assembly F&DT Team in Toulouse with direct reporting to the Head of

Previous Work Experiences

Senior Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer

2015 to 2019
Airbus, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Responsible for A321 LR Outer Wingbox F&DT Team

Head of Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

2011 to 2015
Assystem UK, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Responsible for supervising the Time, Cost and Quality aspects of the F&DT deliverables to UK customers
  • Management of the F&DT Teams in UK and Germany
  • Responsible for the technical delivery of Assystem F&DT work package.
  • Responsible for setting the analysis requirements, planning the tasks and deliverables, defining the loads standards, drawings and methods to be used, demonstrating traceability and ensuring consistency across the work packages.

Senior Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer

2004 to 2011
Atkins, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Direct focal point of the Airbus Team for the Outer Wingbox Work packages delivered produced internally and externally
  • Project Manager of contracts outsourced to companies in UK, Europe and India
  • Responsible for technical delivery of Atkins F&DT work packages and act as Airbus delegated F&DT Signatory for the Ribs and Engine Attachments Work Packages.

Senior Computer Aided Engineer

April 2001 to July 2004
Ricardo, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
  • Perform numerical simulation of powertrain units

Prooject Engineer

1999 to 2001
Atkins, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Project engineer supporting many engineering tasks.

Projects

Airbus A350
F&DT Lead Engineer
Airbus A321LR
Airbus A400M
Airbus A380
Bugatti Veyron
Chrysler ME 4-12
Ford GT
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
Transmission for off-highway vehicles
Transmission for motorbikes
Hatfield rail crash investigation
Ladbroke Grove rail crash investigation
Beagle2 Mars Lander – Composite Panel Assembly
Wylfa Power Station Superheater Closure Weld Failure
Oldbury Power Station Masonry Wall Assessment
Dungeness A Power Station – Seismic Modifications to Essential Equipment
Offshore Structure Analysis
Sizewell A Power Station – Lower Duct Restraint
Hartlepool Power Station Seismic Modifications to Electrical Cabinets
Heysham Power Station Seismic Modifications to Electrical Cabinets
Thermal Analysis of Composite Wings
Turbine Housing Containment Prediction
Fatigue Workflow Automation
Aero2Stress
QuASAR

Roles

Senior Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer

  • Responsible for setting the analysis requirements, planning the tasks and deliverables, defining the loads standards, drawings and methods to be used, demonstrating traceability and ensuring consistency across the work packages. On behalf of the Outer Wing Certification Team I interact with engineers from Airbus, Risk Sharing Partners (RSP) and suppliers involved in Checkstress activities.
  • I was reporting directly to the Airbus Outer Wing F&DT Lead Engineer. My tasks included to write justification documents and technical reports, track the delivery, review the quality of calculation files from the suppliers and perform fatigue and crack propagation analysis.
  • Project Manager in charge of delivery to AUK of work contracted to supply chain.
  • Coordinator across all Atkins Work Packages.
  • F&DT TIT Member responsible of quality standard review and technical acceptance of supply chain deliverables.
  • Responsible Engineer in charge of production and delivery of F&DT documents such as Airframe Certification Document (ACD), Airworthiness Justification Document (AJD), Stress Dossier (SD), Load Interface Report and Structural Repair Manual (SRM).
  • My involvement included load and stress calculations, development of methods, Fatigue and Crack Growth analyses and write up of document and calculation files for both standard fatigue and Sustained Engine Imbalance (SEI) loads.
  • The calculations were performed using a mixture of hand calculations in Mathcad and spreadsheet format, programming code, industry standard finite element software such as Patran, Nastran and Franc2d and Airbus UK proprietary tools such as DAMTOL, FESPS and Collection Programs.
  • Contribute to the design and manufacturing of the most innovative aircraft in the world.
  • Perform fatigue and damage tolerance analyses as well detailed stress analysis (hand-calculation and FEM)
  • Develop stress intensity solutions and perform residual strength analyses
  • Evaluation of fatigue test results (full scale, component, coupon etc..) and support of qualification testing
  • Preparation of formal engineering analysis reports, test plans and test reports
  • Potential for direct liaison/support with the airworthiness authorities
  • Leading and analyzing/validating Wing Midbox structures (including Wingtip/Winglet) from Fatigue and Damage Tolerance (F&DT) perspective using Airbus methods and tools.
  • Detailed creation of milestones and deliveries planning and the associated resource planning in collaboration with the Head of Engineering.
  • Ensure adherence to airworthiness regulations, relevant design principles, processes, methods and manufacturing capabilities guidelines.
  • Lead Integration activities with all stakeholders, Risk Sharing Partners and External Engineering Service companies.
  • Communicate with relevant stakeholders, i.e. Chief Engineers, Programme, Procurement, FAL, Plant, etc.
  • Defining, interpreting and validating any fatigue test, from coupon testing to major full-scale testing and assessing the fleet impact.
  • Provide relevant input to design for the creation of drawings for manufacture and support to other functions (i.e. production, customer service) as needed.
  • Come up with innovative ideas and new ways of working with customers or suppliers.
  • Continuous quality monitoring of all inputs and where applicable instigate processes to recover quality
  • Develop new initiatives to weight optimize and reduce costs on the product through innovation
  • Initiate and provide support to Continuous Improvement and Lean projects to minimize waste and ensure maximum functional and operational efficiency.
  • Develop team members to improve their technical and leadership skills. Encourage Fatigue learning to Design and Stress Engineers as a part of Multi Skill initiatives of the company.
  • Proven track record in checking and approving stress engineering work in an aerospace design organization
  • Experience in defining and actively contributing to V&V activities
  • Clear communicator and team player
  • Strong motivation to help build and shape your organization, structures and processes
  • Proven track record in successfully managing engineering suppliers as a focal point for stress analysis and on-time delivery of high quality engineering work
  • Excellent knowledge of stress and fatigue analysis methods following established standards for CFRP and metallic structures
  • In-depth understanding of the loading scenarios and mechanical behavior of aircraft structures throughout the entire flight envelope
  • Extensive working experience with the FEM solver OptiStruct and pre- and post-processing tools HyperMesh and HyperView
  • Ability and willingness to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment
  • Strong project management and technical leadership skills
  • High level of self-reliance with the ability to work in a team, as well as autonomously

Senior Stress Engineer

  • A multi disciplinary Engineer with both Static Strength and Fatigue and Damage Tolerance experience in Aeronautical and Automotive structures. Typical performed tasks include: - Carry out the dimensioning of primary structures on serial programs; - Accompany the progress of the design in accordance with the results of the calculations and the methods of execution; - Assist in updating maintenance calculations on structural changes. Depending on the phase of the project, I participated in the pre-sizing calculations, justification and certification. I created robust and strong business case proposals, realization of the studies according to the expectations in terms of quality, cost and time I performed or managed the development of the calculation methods and ensure the validation of the deliverables.

Senior Finite Element Engineer

  • Sizing and stress analysis of the fuselage and its various interfaces by means of hand calculations, numerical simulations (FEM) and optimization techniques.
  • Sizing and stress analysis of the CFRP flap structure and interfaces to the engines and the wings by means of hand calculations, numerical simulations (FEM) and optimization techniques.
  • Hold responsibility for numerical modelling, simulations, post-processing and reporting of the simulation results.
  • Close collaboration with engineers from interfacing discipline, e.g., mechanical design, materials & processes, manufacturing and testing.
  • Act as supplier focal point for outsourced stress analysis work packages (preparation of input data, definition of analysis details, review of results, etc.) and ensure that high-quality engineering data are delivered on time.
  • Author and review of high-quality technical documentation.
  • Actively support improving team efficiency by shaping processes and building methods and guidelines of the department.
  • Take a leading role in the design of the Lilium Jet, with a focus on the structural analysis and design of the airframe
  • Represent all stress engineers in the project team as a focal point to all relevant stakeholders, e.g., Principle and Chief Engineers, Head of Engineering Functions, Lead Stress Engineers of other project teams
  • Review and approve stress engineering work, e.g., analysis data, FE models and stress reports
  • Manage interfaces with the project team as well as to neighboring systems from a stress engineering perspective
  • Hold responsibility for all stress analyses, post-processing and reporting prepared by the project team for milestone reviews
  • Actively contribute to categorization of aircraft structures, planning and execution of V&V activities and project planning from a stress engineering perspective
  • Highlight existing gaps in processes and guidelines and actively propose solutions
  • Work closely with engineers from Mechanical Engineering, Crashworthiness, Design, Manufacturing and Testing throughout the entire program to develop an airframe with exceptional performance

Head of Function

  • Delivered presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with multiple teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment during projects execution.

Team Leader

  • I was responsible for providing technical leadership of the stress team.
  • I was responsible for performing and leading the analysis, test, certification and support of the aircraft airframe, Interiors, and its structural systems within the program and defining the certification program for structures.
  • I assisted with organizing and hiring the stress team.
  • I represented the stress department at program/technical reviews as well as customers/supplier meetings, ensuring the engineering definition meets all stakeholder requirements.
  • I ensured adherence to all engineering processes/standards, and participatde in design reviews to meet certification, cost, schedule and manufacturability goals.

Project Manager

Data Analyst

  • Create Dashboards for quick data visualization.
  • Develop interactive dashboards and web applications to support decision making, to ease the visualization of data, to discover hidden insights and to monitor Key Performance Indexs.
  • Implementation of Data Analytics and Machine learning to Airframe Engineering design domain.
  • Developed, tested and deployed machine learning models for prediction analysis based on open ource libraries such as Scikit-learn, Keras and Tensorflow.
  • Created workflow for feature engineering of large datasets using Python Pandas like libraries.
  • Worked with Agile methodologies for Minimum Viable Product on code version control systems.
  • Built a data science model that predict the impact of aircraft requirements on structural modification based on static strength analysis.
  • Lead the business-goal and definition of projects, development and implementation of data-science models, data-visualization and orienting technical and functional evolution of the big-data platform and tools.
  • I am responsible for delivery of digital solutions to improve business performance, automation of data gathering and representation, and development of digital applications and digital control rooms primarily via the Skywise platform.
  • Focal point for data analytics and programming best practices, and support the development of others.
  • Part of Digital transformation and product development with mix of roles as Product or Business owner delegate.
  • Drive positive business outcomes by defining and validating technical and functional specifications for product development through the engagement with multiple stakeholders in Digital Transformation at Airbus through Digitalization of Design and Manufacturing Services Project.
  • Function as senior quality assurance analyst and perform business acceptance testing by validating business requirements.
  • Function as a part of team aimed at defining and validating business acceptance testing of behalf of clients.
  • Developed dashboards with data to get overview of process, no manual creation.
  • Developed MVP(s) and worked on industrialization of different tools in 2D/3D/F3D Automation;
  • Combined aircraft data and aircraft engineering expertise to deliver predictive maintenance models to airlines.
  • Performed ad hoc analysis of in-flight events.
  • Developed big data algorithms running across the entire fleet of aircraft.
  • Develop python libraries, web applications, and models to support the development of new aircraft and systems.

Automation Engineer

  • Automate existing processes with digital solutions like Skywise and Python.
  • Lead a Proof of Concept to quick visualization of Stress Data.
  • Spearhead wide range of operations, including developing and implementing Digitalization/Automation opportunities in design, stress, and manufacturing streams for various OEMs in Aerospace and Automotive industries.
  • Define automation requirements and feasibility studies (as-is & to-be process) by analyzing current process and methods, as well as organizing workshops with key stakeholders.
  • Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from project conception through post-delivery & maintenance in Waterfall/Agile/SAFe methodology (including project planning, resource management , budgeting, Offshore management, Pre/technical sales)
  • Utilized C#, VB.Net, Python, VBScripts with a keen focus on defining solutions, Tools architecture definition, UX/UI design, and detailed technical work specification for application development on PLM tools.
  • Technical supervising and supporting students on their master thesis topics
  • Implemented best practices, recognizing and developing CATIA Macros aimed at automating design/check activities.
  • Performed various tasks comprising Automatic generation and reporting of KPIs with VBA macros,
  • 3D design check of electric systems installation, and change management tracking and design fixes in 3D for issues identified.

Full Stack Software Developer

  • Define for new apps, repository management, authentication integration, API management, sup-port during the deployment and upskilling and coaching of engineers
  • {"Implement and promote Python best practices"=>"clean and pragmatic code, unit tests, version control, packaging, etc."}

Google Champion

  • Support colleagues during the migration
  • Promote collaboration within Google Workspace
  • Provide Awareness Sessions

Airbus Cloud Champion

  • Contribute to define the Airbus Cloud deployment strategy

Apps Script Developer

  • Propose & Develop Digital solutions to transform legacy tools.

Appsheet Tester

  • Share awareness of the tool
  • Support the familiarisation for new users

Connected Sheet Tester

  • Remove blockers linked to limitations of table size in Google Sheets versus MS Excel
  • Demonstrate the capacities of the tool to work with large datasets
  • Enable new leaner workflows

MS Decommissioning Champion

  • Support the MS Office users to migrate the usecases to Google Workspace with no negative impact to the business operations

Qualifications

CEng

2005 - 2017
Engineering Council

Member of IMechE

1999 - 2017
IMEchE

Fatigue and Durability Committee Member

2006 - 2015
Engineering Integrity Society

Airbus Signatory in Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

2015 - 2019
Airbus Operation Ltd

Level 2 Approver and Authoriser

Airbus Signatory in Finite Element Analysis

2015 - 2019
Airbus Operation Ltd

Level 1 Approver and Authoriser

Education

MEng in Aerospace Engineering

September 1992 - November 1998
Università degli Studi di Palermo

Five years University Degree with Erasmus placement at Nottingham University, United Kingdom

Mark: Full Mark First Degree (110/110 cum laude)
Thesis: A Virtual Subsonic Wind Tunnel Simulator for educational purposes

Dashboards

A351 NCF Struct-Assy Fatigue
A350 NCF Struct-Assy Team
Analysis Tools
Double Torque Tightening

Contributions

Aero2Stress

Airframe Digital Twin Platform and Services

Quasar and Digital Stress Dossier

The concept of Airframe digital twin consists in capturing and digitalizing real life events happening on a physical product with a particular focus on the A/C event management (quality issue, non-conformity, in-service incidents, …) to compare them with virtual representations of the product. Its purpose is to propose end to end harmonized solutions to manage A/C events during manufacturing and in-service operations.

3DExperience One Platform

Airframe Fatigue Twin

AF-Twin Data Analyst is an advanced fatigue spectrum analysis and visualization software. It has been designed to ease fatigue spectrum analyses, visualization and sensitivity analysis tasks.

Time-Series Analytics Studio

The Time Series Analytics Studio (TSAS) is an integrated collaborative tool suite that enables business oriented time series data exploration and analysis.

Trainings

Udacity Nanodegree

  • Data Analyst for Airbus

Skywise

  • Advanced Data Analyst
  • Foundry experts

Google

  • App Script Advanced Modules
  • Google Cloud Functions Fundamentals
  • Getting Started With Application Development on Google Cloud
  • Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals Core Infrastructure
  • Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure Foundation

AWS

  • AWS Developer Getting Started

Airbus

2011
  • ISAMI
  • PRIMES 3
  • CATIA V5 interrogation Course and DMU Navigator

Ricardo

  • MSC.Fatigue Introduction Course

Altair Engineering

  • HyperWorks Update Training Course

Sysnoise

  • Basic Training Course

MSC.Software

  • Practical Finite Element Modeling Techniques using MSC.Nastran

Abaqus

  • Standard Training Course

Hackathons

Product Safety Hackathon

ADS-B Hackathon

MS Decommissioning Hackathon #1 and #2

Airbus is moving to Google Workspace and MS Office has been identified as a legacy tools that has to be decommissioned. Valid blockers prevent this process. Hackathons have been organised to accelerate the blockers remediation and enable the Google Workspace adoption through a cross-function collaboration The objectives of the Hackathons are:

  • Reinforce the momentum around the decommissioning project and bring together key focal points;
  • Emphasize the choice to move to Google Workspace and its added value for Airbus;
  • Boost people in this journey;
  • Unlock blockers to remove as many Microsoft Office licenses as possible this year;
  • Promote cross-function collaboration.

AppSheet Workshop with Google

Conferences

Pycon UK 2018
Future.AI Hosted by Altair
Several PyData (Virtual Event)
Several PyData Bristol Meetup
Akademy 2019 - Milan, Italy

Repositories

IFL
DSD
Airframe Certification Summary
Airbus Google Workspace Wrapper

Open Source Repositories

airfare Air Fare
armadillo Armadillo C++ linear algebra library from http://arma.sourceforge.net
awesome_topics
emanuelecannizzaro.github.io Repository of personal website @ https://emanuelecannizzaro.github.io
felyx Clone of http://felyx.sourceforge.net/
ferespost ferespost
flight_delays A bokeh dashboard of Flight Delays
google_colaboratory Google Colaboratory
h5nastran a python module for Finite Element results in HDF5
h5nastran2 A refactored issue of h5Nastran