Claudio Somaschini is a mechanical engineer who graduated with honors in 2012 from the Politecnico di Milano, where he also earned his PhD with honors in 2016. Since June 2019, he has been a researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he teaches applied mechanics.
He specializes in railway infrastructure dynamics, focusing on the response to train passages and the continuous monitoring of structural health. Additionally, he has expertise in aerodynamics across various sectors including high-speed trains, where he employs both numerical and experimental methods in real-world scenarios and wind tunnel tests, long-span bridges, focusing on the study of aeroelastic stability, and he currently oversees aerodynamic testing in sports at the Wind Tunnel of the Politecnico di Milano.