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Prof. Zavattieri joined Purdue University in 2009. Prof. Zavattieri’s research lies at the interface between solid mechanics and materials engineering. His engineering and scientific curiosity has focused on the fundamental aspects of how Nature uses elegant and efficient ways to make remarkable and more sustainable materials.  He has  contributed to the solid mechanics area by investigating the structure-function relationship of advanced materials at multiple length-scales, combining state-of-the-art computational techniques and experiments to characterize the properties, and enabling the design of new materials. Prof. Zavattieri is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Roy E. & Myrna G. Wansik Research Award, he was a NAE 2014 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium attendee and was recently appointed University Faculty Scholar for the period 2015-2020.

Education

B.S./M.S., Instituto Balseiro, Argentina, 1995.

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2000.

Academic/Work Experience:

08/20-Present  Jerry M. and Lynda T. Engelhardt Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering , Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

8/17-7/20         Full Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering , Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

4/15-8/20         University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

8/14-2017        Associate Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering , Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

8/09-07/14      Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering and School of Mechanical Engineering (by Courtesy), Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

8/08-7/09       GM Engineer-in-Residence and Adjunct Assistant Professor, General Motors and School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.

6/08-7/09        Staff Researcher, General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI, USA.

3/07-12/07      Materials Engineer, Materials and Corrosion Engineering, General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI, USA.

1/01-5/08        Senior Researcher, General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI, USA.

8/01-7/02       Visiting Professor at the Department of Aeronautics, School of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina

 

Honors and Awards:

1. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) award, 2013.  

2. Roy E. & Myrna G. Wansik Research Award, 2013

3. Purdue University Faculty Scholar (2015-2020). 

4. Kavli Frontier of Science Fellow of the National Academy of Science (NAS), 2015.
   

5. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2014 US Frontier of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium attendee, Sept. 2014.
   

6. 2015 Seeds for Success ACORN Award
   

7. Fall 2013 IM:PACT (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation) Fellow.

Paper recognitions and awards:

1.  Award to the Engineering Fracture Mechanics Journal Most Cited Articles in the 2005 to 2009 period.
   

2. Second Most Cited Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Article between 2007 and 2012.

3. Purdue University, Award of Excellence - Top Research Talk at the 2010 SURF Research Symposium. Best oral presentation (SURF student: Carlos Gomez)  

4. Purdue University Award of Excellence - Top Research Poster at the 2012 SURF Research Symposium (SURF student: Emmanuel Ochoa). 

5. Purdue University Award of Excellence – Top Research Poster at the 2013 SURF Research Symposium (SURF student: Chanhue Jeong).

6. Cover page of the journal Cellulose (impact factor: 3.033), Nov. 2013  

7. Cover page of the journal Advance Functional Materials (impact factor: 10.4), Oct. 2014. 

Fellowships:

1. Fellowship to study at Balseiro Institute. Granted by the National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina, 1991-1995. The Balseiro Institute is a very prestigious university located in the south of Argentina in which only 30 students are accepted each year after a very selective exam. Each student receives a full fellowship and they are required to previously complete the first two years in engineering or physics program at any university. After 4 years at the institute -6 years in total- the degree of engineer or physicist is recognized as a Masters degree in other international institutions. 

2. Fellowship to pursue graduate studies at Balseiro Institute.  Granted by the National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina, Aug-Dec, 1995.

Editorial/Professional:

1. Associate Editor, International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics (IJECB) since 2013.
   
2. Member of the Editorial Board of the ASTM Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering Materials (ACEM) since 2013.
3. Vice-Chair of the  Biological Systems and Materials Technical Division of   the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM).
4. Chair of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineering  (SHPE) student paper competition (2012-present)
5. Faculty member of the Dean’s Engineering Advisory Council, College of Engineering, Purdue University (2013-present)
6. Materials Engineering Area Coordinator, Lyles School of CIvil Engineering, Purdue University (2009-present)
   

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