Short CV
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.
Publications as TUM-IAS-Fellow
