Alessandra Manenti holds a PhD in Applied Mechanics received in 1986 from Politecnico di Milano.
Since 2002 she is Associated Professor at Politecnico di Milano.
Since 2008 she teaches the class of Mechanical Measurements at the second year of the Mechanical Engineering Degree.
She authored about 80 scientific papers mainly in the field of fluid-structure interaction.
Actual main research subjects are related to wind induced cable vibrations. Her expertise is both in field and laboratory test and in analytical simulation models.
She is a member of various Cigré B2 Working Groups.
She is reviewer for some Journals, among which the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
She is the responsible for the laboratory tests of conductors and fittings at the Department of Mechanics.