"Born in Spoleto (Perugia) on 9 January 1882.
- He graduated in Industrial Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino on 8 November 1919
- Research Assistant in Construction Science at the Politecnico di Torino from 15 November 1919 to 31 January 1922. Research Assistant of bridge theory and teacher of Construction Science and director the annexed Laboratory at the Royal School of Application for Engineers in Pisa from 1 February 1922 to 15 February 1925
- Qualified as a lecturer in Construction Science pursuant to Decree of 8 June 1923
- Professor of Construction Science at the Royal School of Engineering in Pisa from 16 February 1925
- Full Professor of Construction Science at the Royal School of Engineering in Pisa from 16 February 1928
- Transferred to the role of professor of Mechanics of Machines (now Mechanics Applied to Machines) at the Politecnico di Milano on 29 October 1935
- First class award of Merit for Education, Culture and Art awarded by the Ministry of Public Education - pursuant to Decree 2 June 1959
- Untenured Professor from 1 November 1962
- President of ANIPLA – Italian National Association for Automation
- National Vice President of AMI – Italian Mechanical Engineering Association
- Member of the Steering Committee of IDAMI – Institute of Documentatio of the Italian Mechanical Engineering Association
- Corresponding member of the Lombardy Institute of Science and Literature
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Dynamometric Institute of the C.N.R.
- Director of the Institute of Scientific Cinematography at the Politecnico di Milano"
[extract from the 1981 nomination statement]