Matteo Accardo

Matteo Accardo arrived at ESO in October 2003 to work in our department. He was recruited for his skills in various domains like mechanical design, cryogenics, integration and testing of optical and infrared instruments.

Matteo comes from Firenze where he got his master diploma in Mechanics in 1993. He has also the following specializations: CAD-CAM-FEA (600h in 1994) and Micro mechanics (550h in1995). Before joining ESO he worked for the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) during 6 years.

Here is a table showing his responsibilities in the projects where he had an active participation:

At INAF	LBT - Large Binocular Telescope	Design studies, integration and test
	Adaptive secondary mirror for MMT and LBT	Support in the field of mechanics
	Pyramid wavefront sensor	Support in the field of mechanics
	Amber spectrograph for the VLTI	Design studies, cryogenics and test
At ESO	VIMOS	Design, integration and test
	IRIS	Design, integration, assembly integration and testing
	AMBER	Assembly integration and testing

He has also collaborated with FINITO, PRIMA, REMIR, CRIRES, CONICA, MUSE, X-SHOOTER, OMEGA-CAM, UVES.

Matteo speaks English, Italian, Spanish, German.