CV
Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Ada Amendola
Researcher identifiers: Orcid ID: 0000-0002-2562-881X; Scopus Author ID: 55539189220, ResearcherID: Y-1280-2019, Loop: 528072, Google Scholar: Ada Amendola
CURRENT POSITION
- 11/2019–present: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track position of Associate Professor in Mechanics and Solids of Structures (“Ricercatore Tipo B, settore Scienza delle Costruzioni”), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy
Education:
- 01/02/2017 PhD “Doctor Europaeus” in Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, 01/02/2017 (Grade: excellent). PhD thesis project: “On the mechanics of innovative metamaterials alternating pentamode lattices and confinement plates”, Advisors: Fernando Fraternali (University of Salerno) and Gianmario Benzoni (University of California San Diego)
- 21/03/2013 MSc, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, March 2013 (Grade: “Laurea magistrale cum laude”). MSc thesis project: “Experimental characterization of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube foams”, Advisors: Fernando Fraternali (University of Salerno) and Chiara Daraio (California Institute of Technology)
- 29/03/2010 BSc, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, March (Grade: “Laurea cum laude”). BSc thesis project: “Multiscale mechanical modeling of carbon nanotube foams”, Advisors: Fernando Fraternali (University of Salerno) and Chiara Daraio (California Institute of Technology)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy)
- 02/2017–09/2019: Postdoctoral research assistant in Mechanics of Solids and Structures
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
- Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Vitali Nesterenko's and Bob Skelton's research groups) and the Caltrans Seismic Response Modification Device Test Facility (Gianmario Benzoni's research group), University of California at San Diego, USA, August - October, 2015
- Visiting Research Scholar at the Mercury Centre, University of Sheffield, UK, July 2015 and July - September, 2014 (Russell Goodall's research group)
- Visiting Research Scholar at ETH Zurich, November 2014 - January 2015 (Chiara Daraio's research group)
PRE-PhD AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Best Student Paper Award, “3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Composites" (MECHCOMP3), Bologna, 4-7 July 2017, paper: "On the mechanics of composite metamaterials based on confined pentamode lattices"
- Best Student Paper Award, International Workshop "Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures" (MIMS16), Cetara (Salerno), 28-30 October 2016, paper: "On the mechanical modeling of layered pentamode lattices"
- "A. Genovesi” Award, ANCE (Italian Association of Builders), winner of the research section with a project for the development of a solar panel factory in Vallo della Lucania (Salerno), July 2011
- Mechanics of Solids and Structures Scholarship, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, September-December 2010
- Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology, December 2008 - February 2009
TEACHING ACTIVITIES (University of Salerno, Italy)
- 2018-2020: Rational Mechanics ("Meccanica Razionale"), BS in Civil Eng. (6 ECTS credits);
- 2017-2019: Structural Mechanics ("Scienza delle Costruzioni"), BS in Civil Eng. (3 ECTS credits)
- 2016-2017: “Advanced Computational Mechanics”, PhD and MSc in Civil Eng. (3 ECTS credits)
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- Symposium on Acoustic Metamaterials (SAM) organized by YRAM (Young Researchers in Acoustic Metamaterials), Ischia, Italy, October 9-11, 2019 (Organizing Committee: https://sam-2019.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/9)
- 2016 International Workshop on Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures" (MIMS16), Cetara (SA), Italy, October 28-30, 2016 (Organizing Committee: www.multiscale.unisa.it)
- International Workshop “Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Innovative Materials and Structures”, Cetara (SA), Italy, May 1-5, 2013 (Organizing Committee: www.multiscale.unisa.it)
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS
- 2017-present, Assistant Editor of Curved and Layered Structures, De Gruyter Open (ISSN: 2353-7396, https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cls?lang=en)
- 2014-present, Review Editor of Frontiers in Materials, Section: Mechanics of Materials, Frontiers (ISSN: 2296-8016, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials#editorial-board)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (Selection)
- 2016-present, European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)
- 2016-present, Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA)
- 2018-present, Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM)
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
· Gianmario Benzoni, Seismic engineering, Caltrans Seismic Response Modification Device, University of California San Diego, USA - Chiara Daraio, Mechanical and acoustic metamaterials, California Institute of Technology, USA- Russell Goodall, Additive manufacturing, University of Sheffield, UK - Graeme W. Milton, Extreme materials, University of Utah, USA - Vitali F. Nesterenko, Nonlinear wave dynamics of metamaterials, University of California, San Diego, USA - Bernd Schmidt, Multiscale mechanics, University of Augsburg, Germany - Robert E. Skelton, Tensegrity structures, Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering & University of California San Diego, USA
Early achievements track record
· SCIENTIFIC HABILITATION
- Associate Professor Habilitation (“Abilitazione Scientica Nazionale per Professore di II Fascia”), Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, April 2018, Habilitation area: Structural Mechanics (“Scienza delle Costruzioni”)
POST-PhD AWARDS
- Young Investigator Grant GNFM 2019, Italian Group of Physical Mathematics (Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica), Period: 2019-2020, Amount granted: 3,600 Eur, role: PI
- International Computational Method Young Investigator Award, “9th International Conference on Computational Methods” (ICCM2018) Rome, 10 August 201 (http://www.sci-en-tech.com/ICCM2018/ICCM%20Awardee%20List.pdf), Motivation: In recognition of your outstanding accomplishments through published papers”
- AIMETA Junior 2017 Award in “Mechanics of Solids and Structures”. Award received during the XXIII Congress of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Special AIMETA Awards Session, Salerno, 6 September 2017 (http://www.aimeta2017.unisa.it/node/27), Motivation: “For the results obtained by conjugating computational and experimental approaches in the modeling of tensegrity structures, with application to the design of new materials and structures with desired constitutive and dynamic response”
PUBLICATION STATS (as of 27/12/2019)
30 refereed journal articles (indexed in Scopus and/or ISI-Web of Science/WoS)
22 refereed conference proceedings (indexed in Scopus and/or ISI-Web of Science/WoS)
Scopus Author ID:55539189220: 52 documents; h-index = 16
ResearcherId Y-1280-2019: 51 documents; h-index=13
Google Scholar: 67 documents; h-index= 19
SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1. Zampoli, V., Amendola, A., Uniqueness, continuous dependence, and spatial behavior of the solution in linear porous thermoelasticity with two relaxation times, JOURNAL OF THERMAL STRESSES, 42(12), pp. 1582-1602, 2019. DOI: 10.1080/01495739.2019.1654950.
2. Sellitto, A., Amendola, A., Jou, D., Focalization of heat waves in an inhomogeneous system. JOURNAL OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS, 44(3), pp. 303-313, 2019. DOI: 10.1515/jnet-2019-0003.
3. Sellitto, A., Sciacca, M., Amendola, A., Generalized heat equation and transitions between different heat-transport regimes in narrow stripes. MECHANICS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 98, pp. 22-30, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2019.05.006.
4. Amendola, A., On the Optimal Prediction of the Stress Field Associated with Discrete Element Models, JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, 2019, Online First: ISSN: 00223239, DOI: 10.1007/s10957-019-01572-1.
5. Blesgen, T. Amendola, A., Mathematical analysis of a solution method for finite-strain holonomic plasticity of Cosserat materials, MECCANICA, 2019, Online First: ISSN: 00256455, DOI: 10.1007/s11012-019-01006-2.
6. Aouadi, M., Amendola, A., Tibullo, V., Asymptotic behavior in Form II Mindlin’s strain gradient theory for porous thermoelastic diffusion materials, JOURNAL OF THERMAL STRESSES, 2019, Online First: ISSN: 01495739, DOI: 10.1080/01495739.2019.1653802.
7. Blesgen, T., Amendola, A., Fraternali, F. On a modified Becker-Döring model for two-phase materials, CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS, 2019, Online First, ISSN: 0935-1175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-019-00774-2.
8. Fraternali, F., Amendola, A. Mechanical modeling of innovative metamaterials alternating pentamode lattices and confinement plates. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, 99, pp. 259-271, 2017. ISSN: 0022-5096, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2016.11.010.
9. Fraternali, F., Carpentieri, G., Amendola, A. On the mechanical modeling of the extreme softening/stiffening response of axially loaded tensegrity prisms. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, 74, pp. 136-157, 2015. ISSN: 0022-5096 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2014.10.010.
10. Fraternali, F., Carpentieri, G., Amendola, A., Skelton, R.E., Nesterenko, V. F. Multiscale tunability of solitary wave dynamics in tensegrity metamaterials. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 105, 201903, 2014. ISSN: 0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063:1.4902071.
11. Blesgen, T., Fraternali, F., Raney, J.R., Amendola, A., Daraio, C. Continuum Limits of Bistable Spring Models of Carbon Nanotube Arrays accounting for Material Damage. MECHANICS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 45, pp. 58-63, 2012. ISSN: 0093-6413, DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2012.07.006.
12. Fraternali, F., Blesgen, T., Amendola, A., Daraio, C. Multiscale Mass-Spring Models of Carbon Nanotube Foams. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, 59, pp. 89-102, 2011. ISSN: 0022-5096. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.09.004.
SELECTION OF INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS
- Invited lecture, International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM2018), 6-10 August 2018, Rome, Italy. Title: "Numerical Modeling of the Band Structure of Tensegrity Metamaterials"
- Invited lecture, XXIII National Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Salerno, Italy. September 4-7, 2017. Title: "Mechanical Modeling of the Wave Dynamics of Tensegrity Lattices"
- Invited lecture, "3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Composites" (MECHCOMP3), Bologna, 4-7 July 2017. Title: “Use of Layered Structures Based on Confined Pentamode Lattices as Seismic Isolation Devices"
- Invited lecture, International Workshop "Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures" (MIMS16), Cetara (SA), 28-30 October 2016. Title: "On the Mechanical Modeling of Layered Pentamode Lattices"
- Invited Seminar, University of Naples, Department of Structural Engineering and Architecture, 28 November 2018, Napoli. Title: “Dynamics and Band Gaps of Tensegrity Metamaterials”
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