**Permanent:** * Massimo Solzi * Francesco Cugini * Massimo Ghidini (on leave to Dept. Mater. Sci. & Metall., Univ. of Cambridge, UK) **Temporary:** * Giovanni Garulli (PhD student) **Previous members:** * Greta Cavazzini (now at Linkotec) * Nicola Sarzi Amadé (now PhD at IMEM-CNR) * Giacomo Porcari (now at ERO s.r.l. Castenedolo (BS)) * Chiara Pernechele (now at Dallara Automobili SpA) * Davide Del Monte (now post-doc at IMEM-CNR) * Raffaele Pellicelli * Giovanni Asti (retired)