Curriculum
Education
Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Florence, 1999.
Master’s Degree in Engineering of Materials from the University of Ferrara, 1995 (cum laude).
Research Interests
Structural mechanics with emphasis on material behavior. Applications in mechanics and civil engineering:
- modeling the behavior of smart materials and structures, with reference to shape memory alloys and materials governed by a non-convex free-energy.
- contact problems in mechanics: proposal of interface laws for thin adhesive layers (linear elastic, linear elastic with residual stress, nonlinear elastic, with non-convex energy, with damaging behavior).
Professional Appointments
2020-present: Associate Professor in Strength of Materials, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
2018: habilitation as Full Professor in Strength of Materials, awarded by the Italian Ministry of Research.
2017: habilitation as Associate Professor in Strength of Materials, awarded by the Italian Ministry of Research
2017: qualification as Professeur des Universités in Mechanics (Section 60) awarded by the French National Council of Universities
2001- 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
1999- 2001: Postdoctoral position, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
Visiting Positions
2008-2019: Visiting Scientist at the Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique, CNRS, Marseille (1 week per year)
2014: Visiting Research Fellowship at the Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique, CNRS, Marseille (1 month)
1997-2001: Visiting Student at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota (9 months)
Awards
2000: Young Scientist Prize for the best poster presentation, 4th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference, Metz, France
Committees
2010-present: Member of the Doctoral Committee in Engineering Sciences, University of Ferrara
2006-present: Member of Council for the Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering, University of Ferrara
2008: Member of the Recruitment Jury for a position of University Assistant Professor in Strength Materials, Engineering Faculty, Marche Polytechnic University
2008: Member of the Recruitment Jury for a position of University Assistant Professor in Strength of Materials, Engineering Faculty, University of Parma.
2001-2005: Member of Council for the Degree Course in Civil Engineering, University of Ferrara
2001-present: Member of the Council of the Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
Teaching Titles and Appointments
2016-present: Structural Integrity (part A), Mechanical Engineering, University of Ferrara
2005-present: Statics, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ferrara
20012-2011: Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ferrara
2007-2011: Elements of Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ferrara
2003-2005: Strength of Materials part I, Civil Engineering, University of Ferrara
2017-present: Coordinator (with M. Venturini) of the double degree program in Mechanical Engineering between the University of Ferrara and ECAM Strasbourg-Europe
2016-present: Coordinator (with M. Venturini) of the double degree program in Mechanical Engineering between the University of Ferrara and ECAM Lyon
2016-present: Erasmus Coordinator for Mechanical Engineering
2015-present: Coordinator of the double degree program in Mechanical Engineering between the University of Ferrara and the University of Aix-Marseille
Scientific activity
2020: Co-organizer (with M. Serpilli, F. Lebon and S. Dumont ) of the Minisimposium “Analytical and numerical multi-scale and multi-fields interface models”, 14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIV), 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Science and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2020), 2021 (online).
2018: Co-organizer (with F. Lebon) of the Minisimposium "Multi-scale models of interfacial layers", 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems) (ECCOMAS ECCM - ECFD 2018), Glasgow, UK.
2014: Co-organizer (with F. Lebon, S. Dumont and E. Benvenuti) of the Minisimposium "Analytical and Computational Models for Imperfect Interfaces", XI World Congress on Computational Mechanics -V European Conference on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI-ECCM V), Barcelona.
2010: Co-organizer (with F. Lebon) of the Minisimposium "Mathematical and numerical modelling of microstructures in phase transformation and damaged materials", IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 2010), Paris
Invited Lectures
2020: Saint Venant-Kirchhoff interfaces, webinar (Inviters P. Podio-Guidugli and G. Tomassetti)
2018: Asymptotic Models of Imperfect Interface, Department of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture Ancona, (Inviters M. Serpilli and S. Lenci)
2018: Multi-scale models of imperfect interfaces with application to composite materials, Department of Mathematics, University of Ferrara (Inviter A. Corli)
2013: Bending and shape recovery of NiTi strips in free and partially constrained conditions, Workshop Mathematics and Mechanics in the Search for New Materials, in honor of R. James (Inviters J. Ball, K. Bhattacharya and A. De Simone).
2013: Imperfect interfaces in linear elasticity, Department of Mathematics, University of Ferrara (Inviter A. Corli)
2011: Elastic bilayered plates with mismatch strain, Department of Structures, University of Rome Tre (Inviter A. Di Carlo).
2009: Weak local energy minimizers in finite elasticity, Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol(Inviter I. Chenchiah).
2008: Shape control of polymeric sheets using SMA wires, Prager Medal Symposium "Using Mechanics to Discover New Materials" in honor of R. James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Inviters K. Bhattacharya and A. De Simone).
2008: Weak Local Minimizers in Finite Incompressible Elasticity, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique, C.N.R.S, Marseille (Inviter F. Lebon).
2007: Sufficient conditions for the stability of a compressible/incompressible nonlinear elastic body, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tor Vergata, Rome (Inviter F. Maceri).
2004: Nonconvex functionals and Young measures: some examples in nonlinear elasticity, Department of Mathematics, University of Ferrara (Inviter A. Corli)
2000: Pressurized shape memory thin films, Scuola Italiana Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste (Inviter A. Braides).
1999: Tunnels on Pressurized shape memory thin films, INFN, Ferrara (Inviter P. Dalpiaz).
Reviewer and Guest Editor activity
Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics
Applications in Engineering Science
Applied Mathematical Modelling
Applied Physics A
Archives of Mechanics
Computers and Mathematics with Applications
Composite Structures
Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences
European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Journal of Elasticity
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
Meccanica
Mechanics Reasearch Communications
Metals
Philosophical Transaction A
Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)
-Guest Editor with F. Lebon, M. Serpilli e S. Dumont of the special volume “Advances in multiscale and multifield solid material interfaces”, Technologies, MDPI, in press (ISSN 2227-7080).
-Guest Editor with Frédéric Lebon of the special volume “Construction materials technologies”, Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080), 2017.
Web pages
docente.unife.it/raffaella.rizzoni
orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-7878
scholar.google.fr/citations?user=AfPkhlYAAAAJ&hl=it
researchgate.net/profile/Raffaella_Rizzoni
https://www.wisecivil.it/staff/
