CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

MARCO AMABILI

JOURNAL EDITORSHIP: Associate Editor of Journal of Fluids and Structures, Elsevier, since 2004.
Associate Editor of Applied Mechanics Reviews, ASME, since 2008.
Editorial Board of Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier, since 2007
(Advisor since 2004).
Associate Editor of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines,
Taylor and Francis, since 2010.
Editorial Board of the International Journal of Structural Stability and
Dynamics, World Scientific, since 2010.
Editor of special issues of Journal of Fluids and Structures, Elsevier, 2003
and 2005.
Guest Editor of a special issue of Computers and Structures, Elsevier, 2004.

EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (specialization: Vibrations) University of

Bologna, Italy, November 1992-October 1995. Thesis title: “Vibrations of
systems with fluid-structure interaction; analytical, numerical and
experimental methods”.
Master degree (Laurea) summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering,
University of Ancona, Italy, March 1992. Thesis title: “Vibrations of
circular cylindrical shells: theoretical and experimental studies of horizontal
tanks”. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude. First of the class; average mark per
exam: 29.6/30, representing at that time the top mark in Mechanical
Engineering in the history of the University of Ancona. Percentage of exams
cum laude: 34 %.
Course on Modal Analysis - theory and practice, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium, September 1992.

AWARDS: Canada Research Chair Tier 1, National Science and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, Canada, May 2009.
Excellence Scholarship for the Ph.D. in “Mechanics of machines
(vibrations)” at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Bologna, Italy, November 1992-October 1995.
Research fellowship award (203.07.25) of the Italian Research Council
(C.N.R.), McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The research performed
was then awarded the research excellence prize from CNR.
Bourse québécoise d’excellence, Ministère de l’éducation du Québec, June
1999.

REVIEW WORK: Referee of books for Cambridge University Press, New York, USA.
Referee of scientific papers for Journal of Sound and Vibration, ASME
Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Nonlinear
Dynamics, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME Journal of
Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, AIAA Journal, Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, International Journal of Solids and
 Structures, Computers and Structures, Computer Methods in Applied
Mechanics and Engineering, International Journal for Numerical Methods
in Engineering, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering,
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, ASME Journal of Pressure
Vessel Technology, Acta Mechanica, Journal of Aerospace Engineering,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series A), Engineering
Structures, Journal of Vibration and Control, International Journal of
Structural Stability and Dynamics, European Journal of Mechanics
A/Solids, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Structural
Engineering and Mechanics, Computers and Fluids, International Journal
of Acoustics and Vibration, Mechanics of Structures and Machines,
Engineering Computations, Meccanica, Clinical Biomechanics, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials,
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, The Anziam Journal, ASME
IMECE Conferences, 2nd and 3rd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid
and Solid Mechanics.

COMMITTEES: Chair of the ASME Technical Committee Dynamics and Control of

Structures and Systems (AMD Division) and Member of the ASME
Technical Committees Vibration and Sound (DE Division) and Fluid-
Structure Interaction (PVP Division).
Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Centre of
Excellence for Integrated Aircraft Technologies, Queen’s University,
Belfast, UK, 2003-2006.
Member of the International Organizing Committee, 8th International
Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV2004), 6-9 July 2004, Paris,
France.
Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference on Nonlinear
Dynamics – KPI 2004, 14-16 September 2004, Kharkov, Ukraine.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 3rd M.I.T. Conference on
Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, 14-17 June 2005, Cambridge,
USA.
Member of the Technical Committee of the 1st International Conference on
Innovation and Integration in Aerospace Sciences, 4-5 August 2005,
Belfast.
Member of the Scientific Committee, EUROMECH Colloquium 484 Wave
Mechanics and Stability of Long Flexible Structures subjected to Moving
Loads and Flows, 19-22 September 2006, Delft.
Member of the Scientific Committee, The 8th International Conference on
Computational Structures Technology, 12-15 September 2006, Gran
Canaria, Spain.
Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference on Topical
Problems in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 23-26 October 2006,
Kharkov, Ukraine.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on
Nonlinear Dynamics – KPI 2007, 25-28 September 2007, Kharkov,
Ukraine.
 Member of the International Organizing Committee, 9th International
Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV2008), 30 June-3 July 2008,
Prague, Czech Republic.
Member of the Editorial Board, 9th International Conference on
Computational Structures Technology, 2-5 September 2008, Athens,
Greece.
Member of the International Program Committee, Chaotic Modeling and
Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2008), 3-6 June 2008, Chania,
Crete, Greece.
Member of the International Program Committee, 2nd Chaotic Modeling and
Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2009), 1-5 June 2009, Chania,
Crete, Greece.
Member of the International Program Committee, 3rd Chaotic Modeling and
Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2010), 1-4 June 2010, Chania,
Crete, Greece.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd International Conference on
Nonlinear Dynamics – KPI 2010, 21-24 September 2010, Kharkov,
Ukraine.
Member of the Editorial Board, 10th International Conference on
Computational Structures Technology, 14-17 September 2010, Valencia,
Spain.

ORGANIZATION OF
CONFERENCES: Co-chairman of the EUROMECH Colloquium 483 “Geometrically non-
linear vibrations of structures”, 9-11 July 2007, Porto, Portugal.
Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics of Shells and Plates” at
the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,
5-10 November 2000, Orlando, FL, USA.
Session developer, Symposium “Fluid-Structure Interactions, Aeroelasticity,
Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise” at the ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition, 17-22 November 2002, New Orleans,
Louisiana, U.S.A.
Symposium organizer, “Nonlinear Dynamics of Continuous Fluid/
Structural Systems” at the 2nd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid
and Solid Mechanics, 17-20 June 2003, Cambridge, USA.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and
Stochastic Mechanics” at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, 14-19 November 2004, Anaheim, CA, USA.
Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics and Special Problems of
Fluid-Structure Interaction (in honour of Prof. M. P. Païdoussis)” at the 3rd
M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, 14-17
June 2005, Cambridge, USA.
 Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and
Stochastic Mechanics” at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, 4-11 November 2005, Orlando, USA.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and
Stochastic Mechanics” at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, 5-10 November 2006, Chicago, USA.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics” at the ASME
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 11-15
November 2007, Seattle, USA.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Coupling Experimental-Based and
Analytical Linear/Nonlinear Dynamic Models”, 21st Biennial Conference on
Mechanical Vibration and Noise at the ASME DETC, 4-7 September 2007,
Las Vegas, USA.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and
Stochastic Mechanics” at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, 31 October - 6 November 2008, Boston, USA.
Organizer of the Symposia “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and Stochastic
Mechanics”, “Stability, Structural Reliability and Random Vibrations in
honor of Prof. Isaac Elishakoff” and “Modeling, Design and Control of
Systems” at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition, 13 - 19 November 2009, Orlando, USA.
Organizer of the Symposia “Plates and shells coupled to fluid” and
“Nonlinear dynamics with FSI” at the ASME FSI Conference (part of FED),
1 - 5 August 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Co-Organizer of the Special Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise
at the ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, 15 - 18 August 2010, Montreal,
Canada.
Organizer of the Symposia “Nonlinear Dynamics, Control, and Stochastic
Mechanics” and “Dynamics and Control in Micro/Nano Engineering” at the
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 12 -
18 November 2010, Vancouver, Canada.

PATENTS: Italian (01314676, granted 31 December 2002), European (EP 1 208358B1,

granted 4 August 2004), American (US 6,805,013 B2, granted 19 October
2004) patents for innovative shell Coriolis mass flowmeter. Italian patent
for a worm-gear differential (1993).