Maria Antonietta Boniforti

Department of Ingegneria Civile, Edile ed Industriale 

Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome - Italy

e–mail: antonietta.boniforti@uniroma1.it

Education

1983 (23 years old) Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Rome, 110/110, cum laude and “Dignità di Stampa” (worthy of publication)

1984 Qualifying examination to Engineers Register

1985-1986 "Tecnico a contratto", Department of Idraulica, Trasporti e Strade, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy

1985-1988 Ph.D in Hydraulics Engineering, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy

1991–2001 Assistant professor, Department D.T.S., Faculty of Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

2001 -> present : Associate Professor, Department D.I.C.E.A., Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. 

2001 -> present: member of "Collegio dei docenti Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Idraulica" Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

2006 member of Committee to confirm Associate Professor S.S.D. ICAR/01

2007 member of Committee to confirm Associate Professor S.S.D. ICAR/01

Research Interests

- Bio-Fluid Dynamics

- CFD Modelling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

- Sloshing

- Gravity currents

- Water demand

- Transition and Turbulence Modeling 

- Non-linear dynamical system

- Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Teaching  (Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

1984 and 1995 (assistant):

Hydraulics, Mechanical Engineering

1995->2003:

  Hydraulics, Mechanical Engineering

2003:

  Fluid Mechanics, Energy Engineering 

2004->2016:

  Applied Hydraulics, Mechanical Engineering 

2004 -> present

  Fluid Mechanics, Clinic Engineering 

  Fluid Motion in Biological Systems, Biomedical Engineering 

Referee of the following journals (https://publons.com/researcher/2319863/maria-antonietta-boniforti/peer-review/)

 Physics of Fluids

 Journal of Coastal Research