Marco Cocconcelli received the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in applied mechanics from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. In 2007, he joined the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he is currently an Associate Professor in applied mechanics with the Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering. His research interests include diagnostics of bearings and gears,monitoring of machinery in stationary and non-stationary conditions, history of mechanisms and machine science. He is a member of the Permanent Commission for the History of Mechanism and Machine Science and of the Technical Committee for Reliability of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM).