The Mathematics and Mechanics of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Solids (MMWS) is aimed at using nonlinear solid mechanics, rigorous mathematics and innovative computational methods to understand wave motion in soft tissues. We focus first of all in the framework of the actual technology of transient elastography with the goal to improve elastograms in precision and spatial resolution but we consider also application to shock waves in brain and other soft tissues.
PI and Coordinator of the unit at the University of Perugia
Institutional webpage: https://www.unipg.it/personale/giuseppe.saccomandi
ORCiD: 0000-0001-7987-8892
ResearcherID: F-8690-2010
Scopus ID: 7003829580
Google Scholar, ResearchGate: Giuseppe Saccomandi
Biographical sketch
Giuseppe Saccomandi currently works at the University of Perugia as Full Professor of Mathematical Physics and he is the Director of the National Group of Mathematical Physics – GNFM (“Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica”) of the National Institute for Advanced Mathematics – INdAM (“Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica”). Giuseppe carries out his research in Nonlinear Elasticity, Rubber-Like Materials and Soft Tissues, Wave Propagation and Applied Mathematics.
Coordinator of the unit at the University of Bologna
Institutional webpage: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/andrea.mentrelli
ORCiD: 0000-0002-8106-1096
ResearcherID: F-8690-2010
Scopus ID: 6506366037
Google Scholar, Research Gate: Andrea Mentrelli
Biographical sketch
Andrea Mentrelli is an Associate Professor of mathematical physics at the University of Bologna. Mentrelli carries out his research mainly in the field of extended thermodynamics with particular emphasis on numerical and computational aspects. He has high performance scientific computing (HPC) skills.
Coordinator of the unit at the University of Salerno
Institutional webpage: https://docenti.unisa.it/026745/home
ORCiD: 0000-0002-2562-881X
ResearcherID: Y-1280-2019
Scopus ID: 55539189220
Google Scholar, ResearchGate: Ada Amendola
Biographical sketch
Ada Amendola is an Associate Professor at the University of Salerno, Department of Civil Engineering. Her research interests have focused in recent years on the study of wave propagation, with particular regard to solitary waves in complex lattice structures.
Other Participants
Institutional webpage: https://www.unipg.it/personale/luigi.vergori
ORCiD: 0000-0002-0332-5367
Scopus ID: 23394279800
Biographical sketch
Luigi Vergori is an Associate Professor at the University of Perugia. His reasearch interests lie in the mathematical modelling of continua, wave propagation in solids, exact and approximate solutions in both solids and fluids and the mechanics of liquid cristalline shells.
Institutional webpage: https://www.unipg.it/
ORCiD: 0000-0003-1288-0079
ResearcherID: G-7072-2011
Scopus ID: 9843106000
Google Scholar, ResearchGate: Francesca Di Patti
Biographical sketch
Francesca Di Patti is assistant professor of mathematical physics at the University of Perugia. Her research interests fall within the field of complex systems and they focus on a wide range of phenomena, from pattern formation on networks, to reaction-diffusion equations applied to biological systems.
Institutional webpage: http://docenti.unisa.it/
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-
ResearcherID: J-9192-2015
Scopus ID: 9944026300
Google Scholar, ResearchGate: Vittorio Zampoli
Biographical sketch
Vittorio Zampoli is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Salerno, Department of Information and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. His research interests lie in the fields of linear and nonlinear elasticity and thermoelasticity, as well as in wave propagation issues.
Associate Professor (L. 240/10)
ORCiD: 0000-0002-4600-6411
Scopus ID: 6504451791
Institutional webpage: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/francesca.brini
ORCiD: 0000-0002-0131-0727
Scopus ID: 6603443953
Google Scholar, ResearchGate: Francesca Brini
Biographical sketch
Francesca Brini works at the University of Bologna. Her research interests concern the non-equilibrium thermodynamics (especially rational extended thermodynamics) and the non-linear propagation of waves. The modeling of physical-mathematical problems in bounded domains is the challenge that engages her the most.