Alan Facchinetti has been an Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since December 2014. His research activities focus on the dynamics, stability, and control of mechanical systems, with primary applications to railway vehicles and their interaction with the infrastructure, as well as the dynamics of offshore wind turbines. He has developed numerical models for the simulation of tram and railway vehicle dynamics, analyzing ride comfort, safety, and pantograph-catenary interaction. He has participated in several European projects and has taught courses on the dynamics and modeling of mechanical systems, vibration control and diagnostics. He is an expert member of several working groups for drafting standards concerning pantograph-catenary interaction.