Principal Investigator

Gustavo Gioia (Professor)

ggioia at oist.jp

PhD, Solid Mechanics, Brown University, USA, 1996
MSc, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, USA, 1994
Diploma, Structural Engineering, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986

Awards

The 2017 Enrico Marchi Lecturer, Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica Società Scientifica
Invited Professor Ad-Honorem, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2008-2015
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2001
Rutgers University Merit Award, 1998

Research Career

Professor, Continuum Physics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2012 - Present
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 - 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 - 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000 - 2006
Research Associate, Rutgers University, 1997 - 1999
Research Associate, University of Minnesota, 1995 - 1997
Research Assistant, Brown University, 1992 - 1995
Research Assistant, Northwestern University, 1989 - 1991
Research Fellow, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina, 1987 - 1989

Selected Publications

Sabuwala, T., C. Butcher, G. Gioia, and P. Chakraborty
Ray Systems in Granular Cratering
Physical Review Letters 120, 264501, 2018.
(This paper was featured here and here)
Sabuwala, T., G. Gioia, and P. Chakraborty
Effect of Rainpower on Hurricane Intensity
Geophysical Research Letters 42, 3024-3029, 2015.
(This paper was featured here and here)
Zuniga Zamalloa, C., H.C-H Ng, P. Chakraborty, and G. Gioia
Spectral Analogues of the Law of the Wall, the Defect Law and the Log Law
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 757, 498-513, 2014.
Gioia, G., P. Chakraborty, S.F. Gary, C. Zuniga Zamalloa, and R. Keane
Residence Time of Buoyant Objects in Drowning Machines
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) 108, 6361-6363, 2011.
(This paper was featured in Research Highlight: Getting Through a Drowning Machine, Nature 472, 9, 2011)
Dai, X., T. Sabuwala, and G. Gioia
Lonsdaleite Model of Open-Cell Elastic Foams: Theory and Calibration
Journal of Elasticity 104, 143-161, 2011.
Park, J.-B., T. Sabuwala, and G. Gioia
The Origin of Similarity Fields in Steady Elastoplastic Crack Propagation Under K-T Loading
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 467, 1739-1748, 2010.
Gioia, G., N. Guttenberg, N. Goldenfeld, and P. Chakraborty
Spectral Theory of the Turbulent Mean-Velocity Profile
Physical Review Letters 105, 184501, 2010.
Tuan, T., P. Chakraborty, N. Guttenberg, A. Prescott, H. Kellay, W. Goldburg, N. Goldenfeld, and G. Gioia
Macroscopic Effects of the Spectral Structure in Turbulent Flows
Nature Physics 6, 438-441, 2010.
Tuan, T., P. Chakraborty, G. Gioia, S. Steers, and W. Goldburg
Marangoni Shocks in Unobstructed Soap-Film Flows
Physical Review Letters 103, 104501, 2009.
Chakraborty, P., G. Gioia, and S.W. Kieffer
Volcanic Mesocyclones
Nature 458, 497-500, 2009.
(This paper was featured here)
Gioia, G., P. Chakraborty, S. Marshak, and S.W. Kieffer
Unified Model of Tectonics and Heat Transport in a Frigid Enceladus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) 104, 13578-13581, 2007.
(This paper was featured in The Dynamics of Clathrates on Enceladus, Physics Today 44, October 2007 and in
This Week in PNAS: Tectonics From a Frigid Enceladus, PNAS 104, 13533, 2007)
Pauli, N.S., and G. Gioia
The Topography of Steady Sandpiles on Arbitrary Domains
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 463, 1247-1258, 2007.
Gioia, G., and P. Chakraborty
Turbulent Friction in Rough Pipes and the Energy Spectrum of the Phenomenological Theory
Physical Review Letters 96, 044502, 2006.
Gioia, G., S. Ott-Monsivais, and K.M. Hill
Fluctuating Velocity and Momentum Transfer in Dense Granular Flow
Physical Review Letters 96, 138001, 2006.
Chakraborty, P., G. Gioia, and S.W. Kieffer
Volcán Reventador's Unusual Umbrella
Geophysical Research Letters 33, L05313, 2006.
(This paper was featured in Research Highlight: Blowing Its Top, Nature 440, 386, 2006 and
in Editor's Choice: Collapsing Umbrella, Science 311, 1675, 2006)
Gioia, G., and F.A. Bombardelli
Localized Turbulent Flows on Scouring Granular Beds
Physical Review Letters 95, 014501, 2005.
Hill, K.M., G. Gioia, and D. Amaravadi
Radial Segregation Patterns in Rotating Granular Mixtures: Waviness Selection
Physical Review Letters 93, 224301, 2004.
Hill, K.M., G. Gioia, and V.V. Tota
Structure and Kinematics in Dense Free-Surface Granular Flow
Physical Review Letters 91, 064302, 2003.
Gioia, G., A. DeSimone, M. Ortiz, and A.M. Cuitiño
Folding Energetics in Thin-Film Diaphragms
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 458, 1223-1229, 2002.
Gioia, G., A.M. Cuitiño, S. Zheng, and T. Uribe
Two-Phase Densification of Cohesive Granular Aggregates
Physical Review Letters 88, 204302, 2002.
Gioia, G., and F.A. Bombardelli
Scaling and Similarity in Rough Channel Flows
Physical Review Letters 88, 014501, 2002.
Gioia, G., Y. Wang, and A.M. Cuitiño
The Energetics of Heterogeneous Deformation in Open-Cell Solid Foams
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 457, 1079-1096, 2001.
Gioia, G., and R.D. James
Micromagnetics of Very Thin Films
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 453, 213-223, 1997.
Gioia, G., and M. Ortiz
Delamination of Compressed Thin Films
Advances in Applied Mechanics 33, 119-192, 1997.
Gioia, G., and M. Ortiz
The Two-Dimensional Structure of Dynamic Boundary Layers and Shear Bands in Thermoviscoplastic Solids
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 44, 251-292, 1996.
Ortiz, M., and G. Gioia
The Morphology and Folding Patterns of Buckling-Driven Thin-Film Blisters
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 42, 531-559, 1994.
Dvorkin, E.N., A.M. Cuitiño, and G. Gioia
Finite Elements With Displacement-Interpolated Embedded Localization Lines Insensitive to Mesh Size and Distortion
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering 30, 541-564, 1990.