Andrea Piccolroaz

2000    Materials Engineering degree, University of Trento.
           Thesis: Pressatura a freddo di polveri ceramiche: indagine sperimentale e modellazione costitutiva. Tutor: Prof. Davide Bigoni.
2004    Materials and Structural Engineering PhD degree, University of Trento.
           Thesis: Elastoplastic models of compaction of granular materials. Tutors: Prof. Davide Bigoni, Prof. John Willis, Prof. Alessandro Gajo.

International experiences:

20/05/2003 - 30/09/2003 Visiting Researcher, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

09/01/2006 - 09/10/2006 Research Associate, Applied Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

12/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 Visiting Researcher, Applied Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

07/07/2008 - 07/09/2008 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.

14/07/2009 - 31/08/2009 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.

05/07/2010 - 30/07/2010 Visiting Researcher, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.

01/08/2010 - 31/07/2012 Marie Curie Fellow (IEF), Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.

Assistant Professor (Marie Curie Fellow)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
University of Trento
Via Mesiano, 77
38123 Trento, Italy
Tel: +39 0461 282583 Fax: +39 0461 282599
e-mail: roaz@ing.unitn.it
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~piccolro/

• Member of ISIMM (International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics) since 2011.

• Member of ECerS (European Ceramic Society) since 2013.

Ceramic Technology Transfer Day Award (of the ACIMAC and ISTEC-CNR), 2012 (together with Prof. Bigoni and Dr. F. Dal Corso), for the best and most innovative research projects in the field of ceramics that have applicability in industry.

• Piccolroaz, A., Gajo, A. and Bigoni, D. (2002)
  Forming of advanced ceramics. VI convegno AIMAT, Modena, September 8-11, 2002.
• Piccolroaz, A., Bigoni, D. and Willis, J.R. (2006)
  A dynamical interpretation of flutter instability in non-associative elastoplastic solids. British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Keele, UK, April 24-27, 2006.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. and Movchan, A. (2006)
  Evaluation of SIFs for 3D interfacial crack with a wavy crack front. Multiphysics 2006, Maribor, Slovenia, December 14-15, 2006.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. and Movchan, A.B. (2007)
• A singularly perturbed problem for three-dimensional interfacial cracks. XVIII AIMETA National Congress, Brescia, Italy, September 11-14, 2007.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. and Movchan, A.B. (2008)
  Interfacial crack loaded by asymmetric forces. GMA 2008, Genova, Italy, February 29 - March 1, 2008.
• Piccolroaz, A., Bigoni, D., Cocquio, A., Deseri, L., Gajo, A. and Galuppi, L. (2008)
  Constitutive modeling and simulation of cold forming of ceramic powders. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Venezia, Italy, June 30 - July 4, 2008.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G., and Movchan, A.B. (2009)
  Unsymmetrical loading of interfacial cracks. 7th Euromech Solids Mechanics Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-11, 2009.
• Piccolroaz, A. and Bigoni, D. (2009)
  Non-smooth yield criteria. XIX AIMETA National Congress, Ancona, Italy, September 14-17, 2009.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. and Movchan, A.B. (2010)
  Symmetric and skew-symmetric weight functions for the analysis of perturbed interfacial crack problems. IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. and Movchan, A.B. (2010)
  Perturbation problems for interfacial cracks. The IV International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation. Cape Town, South Africa, September 6-8, 2010.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G., Movchan, A.B., Movchan, N. (2011)
  Asymptotic solutions for cracks in heterogeneous media. WIMCS Gregynog Mathematics Colloquium 2011. Gregynog, Wales, UK, May 23-25, 2011.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G., Movchan, A.B., Movchan, N. (2011)
  Mode III crack advancing in a bimaterial plane with finite array of defects. International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials 2011. University of Limerick, Ireland, August 21-24, 2011.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. (2012)
  Integral identities for a semi-infinite interfacial crack in 2D and 3D elasticity.
  IUTAM 2012 Symposium - Fracture Phenomena in Nature and Technology. University of Brescia, Italy, July 1-5, 2012.
• Piccolroaz, A., Mishuris, G. (2012)
  Integral identities for a semi-infinite interfacial crack in 2D and 3D elasticity. The 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Beijing, China, August 19-24, 2012.
• Piccolroaz, A., Morini, L., Gourgiotis, P.A., Mishuris, G. (2013)
  Loading profile effects on dynamic crack propagation in couple stress elastic materials. 10th HSTAM 2013 International Congress on Mechanics. Chania, Crete, May 25-27, 2013.
• Piccolroaz, A., Morini, L., Mishuris, G., Radi, E. (2013)
  Integral identities for a semi-infinite interfacial crack in anisotropic elastic bimaterials. The Third International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures. Prague, Czech Republic, June 5-7, 2013.
• Piccolroaz, A., Morini, L., Gourgiotis, P. (2013)
  Incorporating intrinsic length-scales in fracture toughness of microstructured ceramics. 13th International Conference of the European Ceramic Society. Limoges, France, June 23-27, 2013.
• Piccolroaz, A., Morini, L., Gourgiotis, P. (2013)
  Fracture modelling of microstructured ceramics. CERMODEL 2013 - Modelling and Simulation Meet Innovation in Ceramics Technology. Trento, Italy, July 10-12, 2013.

Grants

• INTERCRACKS
  MARIE CURIE IEF 2009: Unsolved problems in Fracture Mechanics of heterogeneous materials.
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Coordinator: Prof. Gennady Mishuris
  Duration: 2 years
  173404 Euro

• INTERCER2
  MARIE CURIE IAPP 2011: Modelling and optimal design of ceramic structures with defects and imperfect interfaces.
  Role: Proposer
  Coordinator: Prof. Davide Bigoni
  Duration: 4 years
  Total budget: 2,398 kEuro

• FIRB 2010
  Structural mechanics models for renewable energy applications.
  Role: Scientific Coordinator of UNITN unit
  Coordinator: Dr. Marco Paggi
  Duration: 4 years
  Total budget: 954 kEuro

• MeMic
  MARIE CURIE CIG 2013: Fracture mechanics of microstructured composites incorporating intrinsic length-scales.
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Coordinator: Prof. Davide Bigoni
  Duration: 4 years
  Total budget: 100 kEuro

• CERMAT2
  MARIE CURIE ITN 2013: New ceramic technologies and novel multifunctional ceramic devices and structures.
  Role: Coordinator
  Duration: 4 years
  Total budget: 2,572 kEuro

Organization of International Conferences

• GMA07 - I Riunione del Gruppo Materiali AIMETA Trento, Italy, 23-24 February 2007.
• ISDMM09 - 4th International Symposium on defect and material mechanics Trento, Italy, 6-9 July 2009.
• Multiphysics and multiscale modeling of composites for renewable energy applications, SMART 2013, co-chairman with Marco Paggi (Politecnico di Torino), Laura De Lorenzis (University of Salento), Torino, Italy, 24-26 June, 2013.
• CERMODEL 2013 Modelling and Simulation meet Innovation in Ceramics Technology Trento, Italy, 10-12 July, 2013.
• Material simulation for energy applications, 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics Aberdeen, UK. Co-chairman with Marco Paggi (IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca), Laura De Lorenzis (Technische Universität Braunschweig), Dr. Tarabay Antoun (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory).

Invited talks

• A dynamical interpretation of flutter instability in a continuous medium. Seminar on asymptotic methods and integral equations, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, 7 February 2006 and Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, 19 June 2006.
• Weight functions and evaluation of Lazarus-Leblond constants in singular asymptotics at the edge of an interfacial wavy crack. Seminar on singularities and fracture mechanics, Department of Mathematics, University of Keele, 19 July 2007 and Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, 24 July 2007.
• The Wiener-Hopf technique in perturbation problems of Fracture Mechanics of heterogeneous materials. Wiener-Hopf Workshop, Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University, 28-29 June 2010.
• Fracture in heterogeneous and microstructured materials. Homogenization and micromechanics to understand the mechanical properties of bone. School of Mathematics, Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester, 26-27 March 2012.
• Steady-state crack propagation in couple stress elastic materials. Elasticity Day, One-Day Workshop on Mathematical Modelling in Solid Mechanics. Liverpool University, 5 May 2012.
• Fracture and waves propagation in a bimaterial lattice structure. The Second Wiener-Hopf Workshop. Aberystwyth University, 25-26 June 2012.
• Steady-state propagation of a Mode III crack in couple stress elastic materials. Chinese-Italian Bilateral Meeting on Mechanics. City University of Hong Kong, 28-29 August 2012.

Referee for the following international journals:

• International Journal of Solids and Structures

• Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

• Acta Mechanica Sinica

• International Journal of Fracture

• Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

• Journal of Elasticity

• Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

• Computational Mechanics

• Engineering Fracture Mechanics

• ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics

• Mechanics Research Communications

• Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

• ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

• Proceedings of the Royal Society A

• The IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics

• Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

• Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

• Journal of the European Ceramic Society

• European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids