Bernhard A. Schrefler holds a ME degree from the University of Padua (summa cum laude), a PhD and a DSc from the Swansea University, Wales. He is Professor Emeritus of the University of Padua, Senior Affiliate Member of the Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston TX, Hans Fischer Senior Fellow, awarded by the TÜV SÜD Foundation, at the Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich; Secretary General of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Regional Editor of Mechanics Research Communications, Co-editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Computational Engineering, and Associate Editor of Biomedical Microdevices. He has written over 430 papers, 46 book chapters, authored 5 and edited 37 books. Dr. Schrefler is member of the National (Italian) Academy of Sciences (XL), of the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, and of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
The fellowship of Bernhard Schrefler was awarded by the TÜV SÜD Foundation.
Selected Awards
2016, Gauss-Newton-Medal, International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
2010, Euler Medal, European Community for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
2010, Doctorate honoris causa, Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachan, France
2009, Maurice A. Biot Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE
2008, Doctorate honoris causa, Russian Academy of Sciences
2007, Honorary Professor, Dalian University of Technology, Cina
2006, Chevalier de l’ordre des Palmes Académiques, France
2006, Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Leibniz University Hanover
2005, Honorary Fellow, University of Wales, Swansea
2002, Doctorate honoris causa, University of Technology of Lodz
2000, Doctorate honoris causa, St. Petersburg State Technical University
Research Interests
Structural mechanics, Multiphysics in porous media, controlled thermonuclear fusion technology and mechanics in medicine
Selected Publications
Sciumè, G; Santagiuliana, R; Ferrari, M; Decuzzi, P; Schrefler, B A: A tumor growth model with deformable ECM. Phys. Biol. 11 (6), 2014, 065004.
Simoni, Luciano; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Multi Field Simulation of Fracture. In: Advances in Applied Mechanics. Elsevier BV, 2014.
Sciumè, G.; Gray, W. G.; Hussain, F.; Ferrari, M.; Decuzzi, P.; Schrefler, B. A.: Three phase flow dynamics in tumor growth. Computational Mechanics 53 (3), 2013, 465-484.
Sciumè, G; Shelton, S; Gray, W G; Miller, C T; Hussain, F; Ferrari, M; Decuzzi, P; Schrefler, B A: A multiphase model for three-dimensional tumor growth. New Journal of Physics 15 (1), 2013, 015005.
Secchi, S.; Schrefler, B. A.: A method for 3-D hydraulic fracturing simulation. Int J Fract 178 (1-2), 2012, 245-258.
G. Gray, William; A. Schrefler, Bernhard: Analysis of the solid phase stress tensor in multiphase porous media. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Meth. Geomech. 31 (4), 2007, 541-581.
Gawin, Dariusz; Pesavento, Francesco; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Hygro-thermo-chemo-mechanical modelling of concrete at early ages and beyond. Part I: hydration and hygro-thermal phenomena. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67 (3), 2006, 299-331.
Gawin, D.; Pesavento, F.; Schrefler, B.A.: Modelling of hygro-thermal behaviour of concrete at high temperature with thermo-chemical and mechanical material degradation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 192 (13-14), 2003, 1731-1771.
Ni, Tao; Zaccariotto, Mirco; Fan, Xuanmei; Zhu, Qizhi; Schrefler, Bernhard A.; Galvanetto, Ugo: A peridynamic differential operator-based scheme for the extended bond-based peridynamics and its application to fracture problems of brittle solids. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 97, 2023, 104853 more…BibTeX
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2022
Ni, Tao; Sanavia, Lorenzo; Zaccariotto, Mirco; Galvanetto, Ugo; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Fracturing dry and saturated porous media, Peridynamics and dispersion. Computers and Geotechnics 151, 2022, 104990 more…BibTeX
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2021
Miller, Cass T.; Gray, William G.; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: A continuum mechanical framework for modeling tumor growth and treatment in two- and three-phase systems. Archive of Applied Mechanics 92 (2), 2021, 461-489 more…BibTeX
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2019
Gawin, Dariusz; Pesavento, Francesco; Koniorczyk, Marcin; Schrefler, Bernhard A: Non-equilibrium modeling hysteresis of water freezing: Ice thawing in partially saturated porous building materials. Journal of Building Physics 43 (2), 2019, 61-98 more…BibTeX
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Peruzzo, C.; Cao, D.T.; Milanese, E.; Favia, P.; Pesavento, F.; Hussain, F.; Schrefler, B.A.: Dynamics of fracturing saturated porous media and self-organization of rupture. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 74, 2019, 471-484 more…BibTeX
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Peruzzo, C.; Simoni, L.; Schrefler, B.A.: On stepwise advancement of fractures and pressure oscillations in saturated porous media. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 215, 2019, 246-250 more…BibTeX
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Santagiuliana, Raffaella; Milosevic, Miljan; Milicevic, Bogdan; Sciumè, Giuseppe; Simic, Vladimir; Ziemys, Arturas; Kojic, Milos; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Coupling tumor growth and bio distribution models. Biomedical Microdevices 21 (2), 2019 more…BibTeX
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2018
Cao, Toan D.; Hussain, Fazle; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Porous media fracturing dynamics: stepwise crack advancement and fluid pressure oscillations. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 111, 2018, 113-133 more…BibTeX
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Kremheller, Johannes; Vuong, Anh-Tu; Yoshihara, Lena; Wall, Wolfgang A.; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: A monolithic multiphase porous medium framework for (a-)vascular tumor growth. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 340, 2018, 657-683 more…BibTeX
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Mascheroni, Pietro; Schrefler, Bernhard Aribo: In Silico Models for Nanomedicine: Recent Developments. Current Medicinal Chemistry 25 (34), 2018, 4192-4207 more…BibTeX
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Mikaeili, Ehsan; Schrefler, Bernhard: XFEM, strong discontinuities and second-order work in shear band modeling of saturated porous media. Acta Geotechnica 13 (6), 2018, 1249-1264 more…BibTeX
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Ziemys, Arturas; Kojic, Milos; Milosevic, Miljan; Schrefler, Bernhard; Ferrari, Mauro: Multiscale models for transport and biodistribution of therapeutics in cancer. In: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Elsevier, 2018 more…BibTeX
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2017
Cao, Toan Duc; Milanese, Enrico; Remij, Ernst W.; Rizzato, Paolo; Remmers, Joris J.C.; Simoni, Luciano; Huyghe, Jacques M.; Hussain, Fazle; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Interaction between crack tip advancement and fluid flow in fracturing saturated porous media. Mechanics Research Communications 80, 2017, 24-37 more…BibTeX
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Mascheroni, P; Carfagna, M; Grillo, A; Boso, DP; Schrefler, BA: An avascular tumor growth model based on porous media mechanics and evolving natural states. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 23 (4), 2017, 686-712 more…BibTeX
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Mascheroni, Pietro; Boso, Daniela; Preziosi, Luigi; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Evaluating the influence of mechanical stress on anticancer treatments through a multiphase porous media model. Journal of Theoretical Biology 421, 2017, 179-188 more…BibTeX
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Milanese, Enrico; Cao, Toan Duc; Simoni, Luciano; Schrefler, Bernhard A.: Fracturing in Dry and Saturated Porous Media. In: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. Springer International Publishing, 2017 more…BibTeX
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Santagiuliana, Raffaella; Pereira, Rui C.; Schrefler, Bernhard A.; Decuzzi, Paolo: Predicting the role of microstructural and biomechanical cues in tumor growth and spreading. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 34 (3), 2017, e2935 more…BibTeX
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