Francesco Rosa has worked in research and development in various roles for over four years, with people of different nationalities in small and big projects. He is currently a mechanical design engineer in the molded case circuit breakers group, principally covering topics related to cost saving. His technical competencies include 3-D and 2-D technical design, CAD/CAM machining, laser reverse-engineering, additive manufacturing and FEM simulations. Rosa is also skilled in product engineering and project management. Francesco Rosa attended both Politecnico di Milano (mechanical engineering degree) and Bologna University (doctorate). He is currently an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. His research interests include gear bending fatigue; methods and tools for geometric modeling of gears; numerical simulations of gear manufacturing processes; and gear meshing.