Human life swings like a pendulum, endlessly back and forth between boredom and pain, with fleeting, and indeed illusory, moments of pleasure and joy
Arthur Schopenhauer
Francesco Santoro
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Francesco Santoro
www.santoronet.it - www.uniba.it/it/docenti/santoro-francesco
Gender M | Date of Birth 04/07/1967 | Nationality Italy
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2 2022
present
present
Professor
Qualified as full professor
GSD 07/AGRI-04 (Agricultural, Forestry, and Biosystems Engineering)
SSD AGRI-04/B (Agricultural Mechanics)
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA)
University of Bari Aldo Moro - www.uniba.it
Via Giovanni Amendola, 165/A – 70126 Bari (Italy)
- Fundamental and advanced research
- Bachelor and master’s course teaching
Sector/Activity
- Agricultural mechanics and mechanization (olive oil production, tillage, etc.)
- Precision agriculture
- Work safety and health in agriculture
March 16 2001
May 1 2022
May 1 2022
University research scientist
(Agricultural mechanics)
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science
University of Bari Aldo Moro - www.uniba.it
Via Giovanni Amendola, 165/A – 70126 Bari (Italy)
- Fundamental and advanced research
- Bachelor and master’s course teaching
Sector/Activity
- Agricultural mechanics and mechanization (olive oil production, tillage, etc.)
- Precision agriculture
- Work safety and health in agriculture
January 01 1995
March 15 2001
March 15 2001
Fixed-term university research scientist
(Applied geology / Geotechnical engineering)
Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry (formerly Institute of Applied Geology and Geotechnics)
Polytechnic University of Bari - www.poliba.it
Via Edoardo Orabona, 4 – 70125 Bari (Italy)
- Fundamental and advanced research
- Workshop professor
Sector/Activity
- Land management and safeguard (slope stability, etc.)
- Geotechnical engineering (Foundations, tunnels, dams, etc.)
July 17 1995
present
present
Self-employed professional engineer
- Preliminary, executive and final designs
- Project management & supervision
Sector/Activity
- Land management (Slope stability, etc.)
- Geotechnical constructions (Shallow and deep foundations, retains, etc.)
- Concrete structures & buildings design
- Steel structures & buildings design
- Telecommunication (cellular network) design & installations
- Civilian and industrial electrical design & installations
- Civilian and industrial thermal design & installations
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2000
PhD in Geotechnical Engineering QEQ 8
Marche Polytechnic University - Ancona (Italy)
1995
Professional engineer license (Bari engineers board)
Polytechnic University of Bari – Italian Ministry of university and of technical and scientific research
1994
Master’s degree in civil-structural engineering QEQ 7
Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy)
1985
Scientific high school diploma QEQ 6
Scientific high school Enrico Fermi - Bari (Italy)
Communication skills
- Good communication skills get in long-time didactic experience
Organisational / managerial skills
- Excellent organisational, coordination and management skills in productive and working team
Job-related skills
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities
Digital skills
SELF-ASSESSMENT
| Information processing | Communication | Content creation | Safety | Problem solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proficient user | Proficient user | Proficient user | Proficient user | Proficient user |
Levels: Basic user - Independent user - Proficient user
Digital competences - Self-assessment grid
- Excellent user of office software suites (word-processing, spreadsheet, slide-show)
- Excellent user of bi- and tri-dimensional CAD software
- Good user of image processing software
- Excellent user of programming languages BASIC, Pascal, Delphi, C++, VisualBasic .net, VisualC# .net, VisualC++ .net, HTML; ASP, VBScript, JavaScript
- Good user of structural and mechanical design software
FURTHER INFORMATION
Driving licence
Motorbike and cars driving licence
Publications
Projects
Conferences
Workshops
Grants and awards
Teaching activity
Projects
Conferences
Workshops
Grants and awards
Teaching activity
- Author and/or co-author of 121 printed scientific papers 78 of which “Elsevier Scopus” indexed with 813 citations - h-index 17 and 64 of which “Clarivate Analytics Web of Science” indexed with 534 citations – h-index 15
- Monography co-author of “Theory of Vibrating Lifting Tools of Sugar Beet Harvesters” MDPI-2022
- Proceedings co-author of “Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture-XI International Scientific Symposium 2022” – Springer Ed.
- Proceedings co-author of “Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture-XII International Scientific Symposium 2026” – Springer Ed.
- Delegate of the Rector of the University of Bari Aldo Moro for Building Heritage 2025-2031
- External member and President of University of Trieste Disciplinary Board 2025-2028
- Elected member of the Italian National University Council (CUN) 2019-2023
- Member of the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineers (AIIA)
- Member of Scientific Committee in more than 20 national and international conferences
- Speaker and/or invited speaker in more than 40 national and international conferences
- Teacher in several European and extra-European universities within specialist courses and/or workshops
- University teaching in the following bachelor and master’s course held at UniBA
- 2026-2027: “Mechanics and robotics for green areas” (6 ECTS)
- 2026-2027: “Drone image processing laboratory” (3 ECTS)
- 2026-2027: “Machines and tools for precision agriculture” (3 ECTS)
- 2025-2026: “Mechanics and robotics for green areas” (6 ECTS)
- 2025-2026: “Drone image processing laboratory” (3 ECTS)
- 2025-2026: “Machines and tools for precision agriculture” (3 ECTS)
- 2024-2025: “Machinery and plant applications in food processes” (6 ECTS)
- 2024-2025: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2024-2025: “Machines and tools for precision agriculture” (3 ECTS)
- 2023-2024: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2023-2024: “Machines and tools for precision agriculture” (3 ECTS)
- 2023-2024: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2022-2023: “Road design for agro-forestry-pastoral mechanization” (6 ECTS)
- 2022-2023: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2022-2023: “Machines and tools for precision agriculture” (3 ECTS)
- 2022-2023: “Physics” (60)
- 2021-2022: “Road design for agro-forestry-pastoral mechanization” (6 ECTS)
- 2021-2022: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2021-2022: “Physics” (60)
- 2020-2021: “Road design for agro-forestry-pastoral mechanization” (6 ECTS)
- 2020-2021: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2020-2021: “Physics” (60)
- 2019-2020: “Road design for agro-forestry-pastoral mechanization” (6 ECTS)
- 2019-2020: “Agro-forestry mechanization and safety (safety module)” (3 ECTS)
- 2019-2020: “Physics and statistics” (9 ECTS)
- 2019-2020: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2018-2019: “Road design for agro-forestry-pastoral mechanization” (6 ECTS)
- 2018-2019: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities-Safety module” (3 ECTS)
- 2018-2019: “Physics and statistics” (9 ECTS)
- 2018-2019: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2017-2018: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2017-2018: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities” (6 ECTS)
- 2016-2017: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2016-2017: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities” (6 ECTS)
- 2015-2016: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2015-2016: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities” (6 ECTS)
- 2014-2015: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2014-2015: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities” (6 ECTS)
- 2013-2014: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2013-2014: “Mechanization and safety in agro-foresty activities” (6 ECTS)
- 2012-2013: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2011-2012: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2010-2011: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2009-2010: “Physics” (6 ECTS)
- 2008-2009: “Quality of processes and certification” (3 ECTS)
- 2007-2008: “Quality of processes and certification” (3 ECTS)
- 2005-2006: “Quality of processes and certification” (30)
- 2004-2005: “Quality of processes and certification” (3 ECTS)
- 2004-2005: Machines and plants for post-harvest operations” (3 ECTS)
- 2003-2004: “Tractors and aggregates” (60 teaching hours (6 ECTS)