- Mayor employments and achieved ranks
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Italy
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April 2009-present Head of the Dept. of
Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento
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April 2008-present Full professor of Solid and Structural
Mechanics, Dept. of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento
and
visiting research professor at the STR.E.GA. Laboratory, University of Molise,
Termoli (CB).
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January 2005-March 2008 Full professor of Solid and Structural
Mechanics, S.A.V.A. Dept. University
of Molise,
Campobasso.
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2003
Rank of Full Professor.
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November 2001–December 2004 Tenure track position as Associate
Professor of Continuum Mechanics (Solid Mechanics, Strength of Materials
and Structural Analysis) at the University
of Ferrara.
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2000 Rank of Associate Professor.
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USA & Canada
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August 28-September 5 2009
Visiting at the Department
of Mathematical Sciences - Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh PA 15213.
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April 15-May 14 2009 Visiting at: Dept.
of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada.
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August-Sept. 2008 Rheology
Research Center and Dept of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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August-Sept. 2007 Dept of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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July-August 2006 Co-op endowed Visiting
Professor, College of Engineering and Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM),
Cornell University, New York 14853.
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January-June 2005 Visiting Professor at
the Center
for Nonlinear Analysis and Department of Mathematical Sciences - Carnegie-Mellon University,
Pittsburgh PA 15213.
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January-June 2004 Visiting Professor at
the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM), Cornell
University, 212 Kimball Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853.
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January-June 2002 Visiting professor at the University
of Kentucky, Department of
Mathematics, Group of Continuum Mechanics (coordinated by Dr. Chi-Sing
Man), Lexington KY.
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Postdoctoral Associate at the Center
for Nonlinear Analysis and Department of Mathematical Sciences - Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh-PA-USA.
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Ph.D. in Continuum Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Structural
Analysis and Applied Mathematics. Consortium among the Universities of Florence, Bari, Genova,
Pisa,
Udine-Italy.
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Visiting graduate
student at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis and Department of Mathematical
Sciences-Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh-PA-USA.
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Sept. 25, 2009: Member of the board of five coordinators of the
Italian academic area of “Solid and Structural
Mechanics”, s.s.d. ICAR/08;
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Group of Mechanics of Materials, Italian Association of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA), national
coordinator since March 2008 together with R. Massabò
(Genova) and P. Vena (Milano);
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Italian Group of Fracture, IGF;
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National Group of Applied Mathematics, GNFM-ITALY.
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SNP, Society for Natural Philosophy;
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ISIMM, International Society for the
Interaction between Mechanics and Mathematics.
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February 2005-December
2006 Member of the panel of reviewer of the project X-Fast, Advanced Space Transportation,
European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC,
AB-Technologies. Project
Manager: Dr. Eng.
Biagio
Ancarola (see ref.s: 1, 2, 3, 4).
My scientific interests are in the broad area of multiscale
modelling in Continuum Mechanics and related areas of Engineering Sciences.
In particular, recent applications towards the achievement of new constitutive equations for biological
materials, and other materials at the nanoscale are an active part of my
current and future research. My
recent studies can be summarized in the sequel and, in particular, the
interdisciplinary aspects of my research is highlighted in (2, 4,7, 9), whereas collaborations with
industries are listed in (8) and (9).
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Effective properties of random viscoelastic composites:
a rigorous procedure allowing for finding the effective
constitutive equation for such composites is set up to capture their
space-time non-local behaviour; residual stresses are taken into account
and the frequency dependence of the RVE-size is discussed. This research is
a common project together with W. J. Drugan,
Engineering Physics Dept., University
of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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Mechanics of nano- biological systems:
the study of this topic started in 2004 at Cornell University,
after several many briefings and conversations with Tobias Baumgart, Sovan L. Das, Professors James T. Jenkins
and Timothy J. Healey.
The research is going to the following interlacing directions:
-biomembranes, liposomes, GUVs, and the derivation of the guiding
energetics:
together with G.Zurlo and M.D. Piccioni, Polytechnic School of
Bari, Italy;
-toy models for biological fluids resembling the properties of
GUVs:
together with T. J. Healey, head
of the Dept. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, USA;
-cells and the derivation of the guiding energetics etc. :
together with C. Biondi (head),
M.E. Ferretti and L. Lunghi, Dept. of Biology and
Evolution, Div. Of General Physiology, University of Ferrara, Italy;
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A new multiscale field theory
for the behavior of materials exhibiting microstructures;
the approach is established in the framework of the theory of structured
deformations: together with D. R. Owen, Center for Nonlinear
Analysis and Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon University,
Pittsburgh PA, USA.
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A new approach to crystalline
plasticity: the influence of microstructures on the macroscopic
behavior of metallic crystals undergoing finite deformations is interpreted
with the new tools provided by the theory of structured deformations,
together with D. R. Owen (see above).
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Constitutive equations suitable for describing both plastic and rate
effects at large deformations in polymers and metals;
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Wrinkling under tension of thin elastic sheets: ongoing research together with E. Fried, formerly Dept. of
mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering, Washington
University in St. Louis, now at
the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mc Gill
University, Montreal, Canada (eliot.fried@mcgill.ca);
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Theory of viscoelasticity and its applications:
-the explicit form of the maximum recoverable
work (minimal free energy) in linear viscoelasticity, together
with G. Gentili (deceased in the year 2000) and M. Golden, head of the School
of Mathematics, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland;
-the analytic form of the minimal free energy for continuum spectra
viscoelastic material: together with M. Golden (see above);
-free energies, state and St. Venant’s principle in
viscoelasticity: together with G. Gentili and M. Golden, see above.
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A probabilistic methodology accounting
for crystalline plasticity: ongoing research devoted to capture
both crystallographic and non-cristallographic slips in crystals undergoing
finite deformations:
Together with: R. Paroni, Dept. of Architecture and Environmental
Engineering, University of Sassari, Italy and C.S. Man, Dept. of
Mathematics, University of Kentucky,
Lexington KY, USA (mclxyh@ms.uky.edu).
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On the influence of the Laplace pressure on sintered metallic
nano-powders: ongoing research dealing with the investigation of the effects of
the gas pressure in evolving pores on the resulting properties of sintered
bodies (together with L. Galuppi, graduate student in Solid Mechanics at
the University
of Trento).
This is the follow-up of a project done together with
TRW-Automotive through the years 2005-2007: the subject of the work remains
classified. Reference person for TRW Automotive: Dr. Eng. Bruno Bertagna (Bruno.Bertagna@TRW.COM) ,
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Modelling for cold and dry compaction of ceramic powders, joint
grant with D.I.M.S.-Trento. Reference person for S.A.C.M.I. Imola S. C.:
Dr. Eng. Alessandro Cocquio (Alessandro_Cocquio@sacmi.it).
- Recent talks and scientific activity
2010
February Ecole
Polytechnique Paris-LMS, France (talk)
2009
September AIMETA 09-Ancona (talk)
August visit at the CNA-CMU Pittsburgh PA
July ISDMM09-Trento (talk)
January
GMA09-Polytechnic School-Milan, Italy (talk)
2008
September
Opening
colloquium at the RRC (Rehology Research Center) University of
Wisconsin-Madison-WI-USA (reference: Prof. Dr. Eng. A. J. Giacomin, Chair, RRC). Click on here to watch the video of the
talk.
July Invited
speaker at the symposium on "Recent Developments in the theory and
applications of Structured Deformations, Canada (reference: Prof. Dr. D. R. Owen;
May Invited
speaker at the Workshop on "Modelling biomembranes and biological
structures", USA (reference: Prof. Dr. Eng.
T. J. Healey.
February Visiting
professor at the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural
Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA (ref. Prof. Dr.
Eng. E. Fried, now at the Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, Mc Gill University, Montreal-Canada);
2007
October Invited speaker at the 44th
Society of Engineering Sciences Conference-Bernard Coleman symposium, Texas
A. & M., College Station
TX, USA.
July-September Visiting professor
at the:
-Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Nonlinear
Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh
PA 15213-3890
USA ;
-Department of Engineering Physics, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
January-February Invited lectures from the following
institutions:
Dept.
of Mechanical Engineering, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA;
Dept.
of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics Dept. (TAM) Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, USA;
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
Washington University, St. Louis, MI, USA.
2006
July-August Co-op endowed Visiting Professor,
College of Engineering and Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(TAM), Cornell University, 212 Kimball Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
March-April Invited lectures from the following
institutions:
Department of Mathematical Sciences and
Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Aerospace and Mechanics Dept., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN,
USA (Host: Prof. Dr. Eng. R. D. James),
Dept.
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Washington
University, Saint Louis MO, USA,
Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics Dept., Cornell
University, Ithaca NY, USA.
2005
January-June Invited Visting University Professor,
Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh-PA,
USA.
2004
June-September Visiting professor, Center for Nonlinear
Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh-PA,
USA;
January-June Invited seminars in the following
institutions:
-Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, MN-USA;
-Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department
(TAM), Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, USA;
-Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University,
Pittsburgh-PA, USA;
-University
of Kentucky, Department of
Mathematics (Group of Solid Mechanics), Lexington
KY-USA.
2003
December
Invited speaker at the Cofin 2002 Meeting, conference of the national grant
"MMSM", national coordinator Prof. P. Podio-Guidugli, Bressanone, ITALY;
November Invited speaker at the
international conf. Colloquium Lagrangianum 2003, Montpellier, France;
September
Invited speaker at the SNP Meeting/IMA PI Conference: MultiscaleEffects in
Material Microstructures and Defects, University of Kentucky,
Lexington KY-USA.
August Visiting
at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh-PA, USA.
Invited seminar, A new approach to texture and plasticity of polycrystals.
February-March Visiting
at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh-PA, USA.
2002
August-September
Visiting at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh-PA, USA.
July Invited
lecturer at the CISM Course: Multiscale Modeling in Continuum Mechanics and
Structured Deformations, International
Center for Mechanical
Sciences, Udine-Italy, July 15-19, 2002. Lecturers:
D.R. Owen (USA), F. Marigo (FRA), M. Silhavi (Ceck Rep.), Le (D), G. Del
Piero and R. Paroni, Italy.
2001
August Visiting
at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh-PA, USA.
Invited seminar, A new approach to texture and plasticity of polycrystals.
February-March Visiting
at the Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh-PA, USA.
2000
September Invited speaker
c/o Meeting on Dissipative
Effects in Mechanics”, Society for Natural Philosophy Meeting, University of California-Berkeley,
USA (ref. Prof.
Dr. D. Steigman)
June Invited
speaker c/o Euromech2000, minisymposia “Strain localization and phase
transitions”, Metz, FRA (ref. Prof.
Dr. C. Faciu, Cristian.Faciu@imar.ro).
February Invited
seminar c/o Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena-CA-
USA (host: Prof. Dr. Eng. M. Ortiz).
FROM INDUSTRY
2006-present: S.A.C.M.I. Imola S. C. Ceramics
grant on "Modelling for cold and dry compaction of ceramic
powders", joint grant with D.I.M.S.-Trento. Reference person for
S.A.C.M.I. Imola S. C.: Dr. Eng. Alessandro Cocquio (Alessandro_Cocquio@sacmi.it).
2005-2007:
TRW Automotive grant. The subject of the work remains classified. Reference
person for TRW Automotive: Dr. Eng. Bruno Bertagna (Bruno.Bertagna@TRW.COM) .
See page 7
number (8) for the follow-up research.
FROM PUBLIC SOURCES
2007-2008:
Chair and coordinator of INTERREG-Card-Phare Meetigation of Seismisk Risk
and Modelling", Croatia-Molise program.
2003-2006:
Member of the National Grant "Modeling of Polycristalline
Materials", in Applied Mathematics, Solid Mechanics, Mechanical
Engineering and Material Science and Engineering.
- Summary of the recent teaching activity
Academic Year 2008-2009
Solid Mechanics II, BS course for Mechanical and Material Science
and Engineering majors, College of
Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Solid Mechanics and Advanced Structural
Engineering II, BS course for Civil
Engineering majors, College of Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Solid Mechanics and Advanced Structural
Engineering, MS course for Building
and Architectural Engineering majors (EU program), College
of Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Academic Year 2007-2008
Solid Mechanics I, BS course for Mechanical and Material Science and
Engineering mahors, College of Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Solid Mechanics II, BS course for Mechanical and Material Science
and Engineering mahors, College of
Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Academic Year 2006-2007
Structural Design, BS course for Civil Engineering
majors,
Applied Structural Design I and II, courses for
Industrial Engineering majors, ,College
of Engineering, University of Molise-Italy.
Solid Mechanics II, BS course for Mechanical and Material Science
and Engineering majors, College of
Engineering, University of Trento-Italy.
Academic Year 2005-2006
Cornell University Summer 2006:
TAM310 Advanced Engineering Mathematics;
University of Molise
-Termoli (Civil Eng.): Statics, Theory of
Structures, Strength of Materials. -Campobasso (Mechanical Eng.)
Strength of Materials.
University of Ferrara (Mechanical Eng.
and Material Science) -Basics of Solid and Fracture Mechanics.
Academic Year 2003-2004
Spring Semester 2003-2004
(January-June 2004): Topics in Continuum Mechanics, TAM754: Multiscale Geometry
in the Statics and Dynamics of Microstructural Changes. Graduate Program in
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell
University, Ithaca
NY -USA.
Theses advised:
-PhD.,
Galuppi, L.: On the influence of the Laplace
pressure on sintered materials: ongoing research. Solid Mechanics Group,
Dept, of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento.
-PhD: Zurlo, G.: Material and geometric phase transitions in biological
membranes, Dissertation for the fulfilment of the Doctorate of Philosophy
in Structural Engineering and Continuum Mechanics (Advisors: L. Deseri,
R. Paroni, S. Marzano, Co-Advisor T. J.
Healey), University
of Pisa, (2006).
- BS thesis about "Measure of the stress
intensity factor for ceramic materials suitable for biomedical
applications", in collaboration with the Ceramics Center
of
ENEA (National Agency of Alternative Energies
and Technologies)- Faenza-RA-Italy;
- MS thesis about "Meshless models for the
predictions of rate sensitive irreversible large deformation processes in
manufacturing".
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