Alessandro Sabato

Dr. Alessandro Sabato earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calabria, Italy. During his doctoral studies, he spent 18 months at Columbia University, NY, as a Research Associate, conducting experimental testing for vibration-based monitoring of heritage buildings and oil-drilling pipelines. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML). At UML, Dr. Sabato’s research focuses on integrating non-contact and computer vision techniques with unmanned aerial vehicles to enable automated assessment of large-scale structures. His broader interests include artificial intelligence, drone-borne inspection, image and signal processing, nondestructive evaluation, structural dynamics, and structural health monitoring. Over the past six years, Dr. Sabato and his research group have secured ~$6 million in funding from state and federal agencies as well as industry partners to adv