{"id":499,"date":"2026-09-15T13:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/?post_type=person&#038;p=499"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:40:53","slug":"dr-fabio-bottalico","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mechanical\/faculty-staff\/dr-fabio-bottalico\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fabio Bottalico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-bio\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Fabio Bottalico is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His doctoral research focused on developing camera-based drone payloads and computer vision techniques for 3D optical metrology applications. 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Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bari, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-research-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Computer Vision and Image Processing, Digital Image Correlation, Stereo Vision, Non-Destructive Testing, Optical Vibration Measurements, and Drone-Based Imaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2026 Bio Dr. Fabio Bottalico is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His doctoral research focused on developing camera-based drone payloads and computer vision techniques for 3D optical metrology applications. 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