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Associate Professor

Contact Information

• Office: 2101C Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
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  2101C Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
  1206 West Green Street, MC-244
  Urbana, IL 61801

• Phone Number: 217-333-3173
• Fax Number: 217-244-5705
• Email Address: ggioia AT illinois.edu
• Research Website: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/research/gioia/

Research Description

Professor Gioia leads a diverse research program in solid and fluid mechanics. He uses theory, experiments and computations to research problems related to the delamination and folding of thin solid films, configurational phase transitions in cellular materials and granular aggregates, the scaling of mechanical failure across disparate length scales, localized deformation in thermoviscoplastic solids, dense granular flows, shock-like effects in thin liquid films, turbulent friction, and the turbulent scouring of granular beds. Although these problems are often closely associated with engineering applications, Gioia is most interested in their fundamental rather than technological aspects.

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