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Curriculum Vitae

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Employment
* Nov 2002 to date, Associate Professor of Machine Design PoliBA - Taranto
* Feb 1999 - Oct 2002 (presently on leave): “Primo Ricercatore” (Senior Researcher) at CNR (National Research Council)
* Nov 1999 - Nov 2001: Contract Professor of Machine Design at the Università della Basilicata, Italy.
* Oct. 1998 – Feb 1999, Senior Research Fellow (full time), Mech. Eng. Dept., Univ. Southampton, UK
* Feb. 1998 – Aug 1998, University of Oxford, Academic Visitor; Fellowship from CNR
* Jul. 1997 -- Aug. 1997, University of Michigan, Research Fellow, Short-term Fellowship from CNR
* April 1994 -- July 1995, Officer (Ufficiale di Complemento) in the “Genio Navale” of the Italian Navy

Education
* Feb. 1994: Laurea (5 years degree course) “110/110 cum laude” (Hons) in Mech. Eng (Ing Meccanica), Politecnico di Bari, Italy
* Nov. 1994 – Oct. 1997, Ph.D. in Mech Eng “Contact Problems with friction and application to the study of Fretting Fatigue”. Tutors: Prof. G. Monno (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) – Prof. D.A. Hills (Univ. Oxford, UK)

Awards
* 1998 Capocaccia National Prize of the AIAS “Stress Analysis Italian Association”, for outstanding contribution to the study of frictional contact problems.
* CNR final price after the CNR grant "Borsa di Studio per l'estero di 6 mesi" spent in Feb. 1998 – August 1998 at Oxford, UK
* CNR final price after the grant “Borsa di Studio” per l'estero di 6 mesi del CNR, bando 203.07.26 del 12.9.96.
* CNR “short term” fellowship travel grant in July-August 1997, to University of Michigan, visiting Prof. JR Barber
* CNR “short term” fellowship travel grant in July-August 1999, to University of Oxford, visiting Prof. DA Hills
* CNR “short term” fellowship travel grant in July-August 2000, to University of Harvard, visiting Prof. JR Rice
* CNR “short term” fellowship travel grant in July-August 2001, to University of Oxford, visiting Dr. D. Nowell

Areas of research
Rolling & Fretting Contact Fatigue, Multiscale fractal and statistical roughness modelling, Thermoelastic instabilities (TEI) in contact of brake/clutch systems, Electrical Contacts and Connectors, Fracture mechanics, Nano-indentation testing, Fatigue from notched and cracked components, Gear Design under LCF/HCF, TBC Coatings technology and design under thermo-elastic loads, Contact Mechanics

Selected grant applications
*Centre of Excellence in Computational Mechanics (research line on Thermoelastic and Fatigue contact problems) at Politecnico di Bari. Funded by MIUR (Italian Minister for Research and Education) 2001-2004.
*Brite Euram European Network Framework V Project on "Intermittency in Electrical Connectors", Leading Company: Mercedes/Benz. With Dr. John McBride (Univ. Southampton).
*Network on COmputational MEchanics of Solids, CNR, 1999.
*“Progetto Finalizzato Materiali Speciali per Tecnologie Avanzate II - PFMSTA II” with DPPI-Politecnico di Bari (Proff. Monno e Demelio), CNR, 1999.
*Bilateral project with Dr. Robert Wood e il Dr. Singellakis (Univ. Southampton):- Optimisation and testing of surface protection coatings for hot components of turbines. British Council/Conferenza dei Rettori CRUI, Travel Grant.

Others
* Has published about 38 papers on international technical journals, and more than 50 in international or national conferences
* Invited by the US Air Force to a cycle of conferences on Fretting Fatigue at MIT (Prof. Subra Suresh), Purdue University (Prof. T. Farris), Wrigth Patterson AF Research Lab (Dr. Ted Nicholas), UC Berkeley (Prof. Robert Ritchie), February, 2000. For presenting the work on Fretting to the Universities and the labs connected to the MURI (Multi University Research Initiative) of the USAF
* Co-organizer (with Prof. G. Demelio) of the IGF2000 conference for the Italian Group of Fracture, in Bari, Italy. May 3-5, 2000.
* Referee of several international journals in the area of computational and solid mechanics (International Journal of Solids & Structures, Journal of Applied Mechanics –ASME, WEAR, J. Tribology ASME, Journal of Strain Analysis, and others).
* Co-author (with Prof. J.R.Barber) of an invited review paper for the “Report from the United States National Commettee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics” ISBN 0-08-043572-6 (“Contact Mechanics”, also published as special issue "Recent Trends in Solid Mechanics” of Int. J. Solids Struct., ed. Prof. G. Dvorak, Vol. 37, 29—43, 2000.
* Guest Editor (with Prof. D.A. Hills) of a special issue “Remnant Life” of Journal of Strain Analysis, Vol.34, No.6 (2000) co-author of the "Editorial".

Areas of research

Contact Fatigue, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Fretting Fatigue, Roughness modelling, Thermoelastic instabilities (TEI) in contact of brake/clutch systems, Electrical Contacts and Connectors, Fracture mechanics, Nano-indentation testing, Multiscale modelling, Design of dovetail joints of gas turbine compressors, Fatigue from notched and cracked components, Gear Design under LCF/HCF, TBC Coatings technology and design under thermo-elastic loads, Contact Mechanics.

Current Research

Some Recent Publications on international journals

• RI 1) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Monno G, and Hills DA, “The influence of specimen size on the surface stress distribution induced by indentation testing”, J of the European Ceramic Society, 17, 1997, 1691-96.
• RI 2) Ciavarella M, "The generalized Cattaneo partial slip plane contact problem. I-Theory Int. J. Solids Struct., 1998, Vol. 35/18, pp. 2349-2362
• RI 3) Ciavarella M, "The generalized Cattaneo partial slip plane contact problem. II-Examples", Int. J. Solids Struct., 1998, Vol. 35/18, pp. 2363-2378.
• RI 4) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Pappalettere C, "Technical Note: On the postprocessing of data obtained from cracked components", J. Strain Analysis, vol 33, part 1, pp 67-71, 1998.
• RI 5) Ciavarella M, Hills DA, Monno G, "The influence of rounded edges on indentation by a flat punch", IMechE part C - J. of Mech. Eng. Sci., 1998, Vol.212, No.4, pp.319-328.
• RI 6) Ciavarella M, Hills DA, Monno G, “Contact problems for a wedge with rounded apex”, Int. J. Mech. Sci., 1998, 40 (10), 977-988.
• RI 7) Ciavarella M, Hills DA, Moobola R., Analysis of plane, rough contacts, subject to a shearing force, Int. J. of Mech. Sci., 1999, 41 (1), 107-120
• RI 8) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Hills DA, “The use of almost complete Contacts for Fretting Fatigue Tests, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics: Twenty-Ninth Volume, ASTM STP 1332, T.L. Panontin and S.D. Sheppard, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 1999, 696-709.
• RI 9) Ciavarella M, “Tangential loading of general 3D contacts”, J. of Appl. Mech., 1998, 64 (4), 998-1003.
• RI 10) Ciavarella M, and Hills DA, “The influence of Indenter Tip-Radius on Indentation Testing of Brittle Materials”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 19, 1999, 239-245.
• RI 11) Ciavarella M, Hills DA, “A note on convective effects in elastic contact problems for dissimilar materials”, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 1999, Pages 481-490
• RI 12) Ciavarella M, Hills DA, Brief Note: Some observations on the Oscillating Tangential Forces and Wear in General Plane Contacts, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 1999, Pages 491-497
• RI 13) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, On non-symmetrical plane contacts, Int. J. of Mech. Sci., Volume 41, Issue 12, December 1999, Pages 1533-1550
• RI 14) Ciavarella M, Indentation by nominally Flat or Conical Indenters with rounded Corners, Int. J. Solids Struct., 1999, 36 (27), 4149-4181.
• RI 15) Ciavarella, M, Decuzzi, P, Demelio, P, Monno, G, Hills, DA, The design of hydrodynamically lubricated Journal bearings against yield, J. of Strain Analysis, 1999, 34 (3), 165-173.
• RI 16) Ciavarella, M, Demelio, G, Numerical methods for the optimisation of specific sliding, stress concentration and fatigue life of gears, Int J of Fatigue, 21 (5) 1999, pp. 465-474.
• RI 17) Ciavarella M, Hills, DA, Special Issue on Remnant Life, Editorial, J of Strain Analysis, 1999 v34 (6) pag R1-R2
• RI 18) Barber JR, Ciavarella M, “Contact Mechanics”, invited review paper, special issue "Recent Trends in Solid Mechanics” of Int. J. Solids Struct., ed. Prof. Dvorak, Vol. 37, 29—43, 2000.
• RI 19) Ciavarella M, Demelio, G., Barber, JR, Jang, YH, Linear Elastic Contact of the Weierstrass Profile, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A., 2000, vol. 456, N.1994, pagg. 387-405
• RI 20) Ciavarella M, “Conditions of yield and cyclic plasticity around inclusions”, J. Strain Analysis, 2000, 35 (1) , 65-70.
• RI 21) M.Ciavarella, G.Demelio, D.A.Hills, “An Analysis of Rotating Bending Fretting Fatigue Tests using `Bridge' Specimens”, Fretting Fatigue: Current Technologies and Practices, ASTM STP 1367, D.W. Hoeppner, V.Chandrasekaran and C.B.Elliot, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2000.
• RI 22) M.Ciavarella, G.Demelio, “On the extraction of notch stress intensity factors by the post-processing of stress data on the free edges of the notch” J. Strain Analysis, 2000, 35 (3) , 221-226.
• RI 23) M.Ciavarella, P.Decuzzi, G.Monno Frictionally-excited thermo-elastic contact of rough surfaces Int. J. Mech. Sci., 2000, 42 (7), 1307-1325
• RI-24) Ciavarella M, Decuzzi P, Monno G, The design of hydrodynamically lubricated journal bearings against crack propagation, J STRAIN ANAL ENG 36 (2): 245-250 MAR 2001
• RI-25) Ciavarella M, Decuzzi P, The state of stress induced by the plane frictionless cylindrical contact. I. The case of elastic similarity, INT J SOLIDS STRUCT 38 (26-27): 4507-4523 JUN-JUL 2001
• RI-26) Ciavarella M, Decuzzi P., The state of stress induced by the plane frictionless cylindrical contact. II. The general case (elastic dissimilarity), INT J SOLIDS STRUCT 38 (26-27): 4525-4533 JUN-JUL 2001
• RI-27) P. Decuzzi, M.Ciavarella e G. Monno, Frictionally Excited Thermoelastic instability in multidisk clutches and brakes, Journal of Tribology - Transactions of the ASME; Journal of Tribology ASME, OCTOBER 2001, Vol. 123, pag. 865-871
• RI-28) M.Ciavarella Tangential loading of general three-dimensional contacts – Authors’ closure, Journal of Appl. Mech. T Asme, 66 (4), 1049-1050, 1999
• RI-29) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Elastic multiscale contact of rough surfaces: Archard's model revisited and comparisons with modern fractal models, J APPL MECH-T ASME 68 (3): 496-498 MAY 2001
• RI-30) Ciavarella M, Closure on "Some comments on recent generalizations of Cattaneo-Mindlin" by J. Jager INT J SOLIDS STRUCT 38 (14): 2459-2463 APR 2001
• RI-31) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, A review of analytical aspects of fretting fatigue, with extension to damage parameters, and application to dovetail joints, INT J SOLIDS STRUCT 38 (10-13): 1791-1811 MAR 2001
• RI-32) Bergamini, G., Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Recent trends in structural design of ultra-ligth refrigerated semitrailers, Heavy Vehicle Systems, Int. J Vehicle Design, Vol.8, N.2, 2001
• RI-33) Borri-Brunetto M, Chiaia B, Ciavarella M Incipient sliding of rough surfaces in contact: a multiscale numerical analysis COMPUT METHOD APPL M 190 (46-47): 6053-6073 2001
• RI-34) Ciavarella M, Macina G A note on the crack analogue model for fretting fatigue INT J SOLIDS STRUCT 40 (4): 807-825 FEB 2003
• RI-35) Afferrante L, Ciavarella M, Decuzzi P, et al. Transient analysis of frictionally excited thermoelastic instability in multi-disk clutches and brakes WEAR 254 (1-2): 136-146 JAN 2003
• RI-36) Afferrante L, Ciavarella M, Decuzzi P, et al. Thermoelastic instability in a thin layer sliding between two halfplanes: transient behaviour TRIBOL INT 36 (3): 205-212 MAR 2003
• RI-37) Ciavarella M, Macina G, Demelio GP On stress concentration on nearly flat contacts J STRAIN ANAL ENG 37 (6): 493-501 NOV 2002
• RI-38) Ciavarella M, Demelio G, Schino M, et al. The general 3D Hertzian contact problem for anisotropic materials KEY ENG MAT 221-2: 281-292 2002
• RI-39) Filippi S, Ciavarella M, Lazzarin P An approximate, analytical approach to the 'HRR'-solution for sharp V-notches INT J FRACTURE 117 (3): 269-286 OCT 2002
• RI-40) The indentation modulus of elastically anisotropic materials for indenters of arbitrary shape J. J. Vlassak, M. Ciavarella, J. R. Barber, X. Wang accepted, J. Mech. Phys. Solids
• RI-41) Shakedown analyses for rolling and sliding contact problems H. F. Chen, Alan R.S. Ponter, G Specchia, and M Ciavarella submitted to J. Mech. Phys. Solids
• RI-42) A "CRACK-LIKE" NOTCH ANALOGUE FOR A SAFE-LIFE FRETTING FATIGUE DESIGN METHODOLOGY M.Ciavarella submitted Fat Fract Eng Mat Struct
• RI-43) ON FATIGUE LIMIT IN THE PRESENCE OF NOTCHES: CLASSICAL VS. RECENT UNIFIED FORMULATIONS M.Ciavarella, G.Meneghetti submitted Int J Fat
• RI-44) New results for the fretting-induced stress concentration Herzian and flat rounded contacts M.Ciavarella, G. Macina accepted in Int J of Mech Sci
• RI-45) G. G. Adams, J. R. Barber, M. Ciavarella and J. R. Rice, "A Paradox in Sliding Contact Problems with Friction", submitted to Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2002

A RE-EXAMINATION OF ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE EXPERIMENTS BY CLAYTON & SU WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR SURFACE DURABILITY CALCULATIONS

A note on Merwin’s analysis of forward flow in rolling contact