Dr Ing. Pierre Vella

Dr Ing. Pierre Vella

Dr Ing. Pierre Vella

  B.Mech.Eng.(Hons)(Melit.),M.Sc.(Cov.),Ph.D.(Birm.)

Senior Lecturer

Room 100
Engineering Building
University of Malta
Msida
  +356 2340 2059
Dr Ing. Pierre Vella graduated as a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Malta in 1988. He also obtained a MSc in Engineering and Manufacturing Management (distinction) from Coventry University in 2001. Between 1988 and 2003, he worked in industry, predominately in the microelectronics fabrication sector. He then joined the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (DIME) at the University of Malta, where he was responsible for the management of the department’s laboratories until October 2007. In 2007 he was appointed as an academic member with the same department and subsequently obtained his PhD degree from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 2015. His PhD thesis dealt with micro and nano manufacturing process chains. He currently holds the post of Senior Lecturer with the DIME and his primary research interests include the design and manufacture of microscale products as well as advanced manufacturing technologies (in particular Electrical Discharge machining, Additive Manufacturing and Laser Micromachining). In addition, he has also actively participated in applying for externally funded projects both at local and EU levels to support research in priority areas. Over the past 16 years, Dr Vella has taught various modules at both under and postgraduate levels related to advanced manufacturing processes and micro/ nano manufacturing.

DICKERHOF, M., VELLA, P., AZCARATE, S., TEMUN, A. and ANSON, S., 2011. Towards a European Approach for Modelling of Multimaterial Micromanufacturing Technologies, Proceedings of the 4M 2011 Conference, November 2011 2011, pp. 348-349-353.

VELLA, P.C., DIMOV, S.S., BROUSSEAU, E.B., MINEV, E., DOBREV, T., PETKOV, P. and VELKOVA, V., 2011. Length Scale Integration: Implementation of a New Process Chain for Producing Replication Masters with Micro and Nano Scale Features, Proceedings of the 4M 2011 Conference, November 2011 2011, pp. 343-344-347.

FARRUGIA, P.J., VELLA, P. and MIFSUD, M., 2010. A Framework Supporting Life-Cycle Guidance For Fabricating Micro Components By Compression Moulding, ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2010) 2010, pp. 223-224-232.

KAUTT, M., ABAD, E., MINEV, R., BROUSSEAU, E., VELLA, P., AZCARATE, S., ANSON, S.M. and DIMOV, S.S., 2010. Developing a distributed toolbox for advanced multimaterial micro and nano processing in Europe, Proceedings of the SSI 2010 (SMART SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 2010) Conference, March 2010 2010.

MINEV, R., VELLA, P., BROUSSEAU, E., DIMOV, S., MINEV, E. and MATTHEWS, C., 2010. Methodology for Capability Maturity Assessment of MNT chains, Proceedings of the 4M 2010 Conference, November 2010 2010.

MINEV, R., VELLA, P., BROUSSEAU, E., DIMOV, S., SCHOLZ, S. and MATTHEWS, C., 2010. Capability Maturity Study of the Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Structuring, Patterning and Characterization MNTs, Proceedings of the 4M 2010 Conference, November 2010 2010.

VELLA, P.C., BROUSSEAU, E.B., MINEV, R. and DIMOV, S.S., 2010. A Methodology for Technology Maturity Assessment of Micro and Nano Manufacturing Processes and Process Chains, , April 2010 2010.

VELLA, P., BORG, J.C., GRECH, A.K. and SPITERI, D., 2007. Design for Micromilling Guidelines, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED '07. 2007.

  • ENR2101 - Engineering Systems and Components
  • IME2102 - Engineering Metrology
  • MFE1202 - Fundamentals of Manufacturing and Machining
  • MFE2201 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes
  • MFE4110 - Maintenance Management

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