ALBERTO GIACOMELLO

English version below

Le lezioni del primo semestre 2024/25 saranno svolte in presenza a partire dal 23 settembre 2024. Le aule e gli orari sono indicati come al solito sul sito di facoltà: https://www.ing.uniroma1.it/orari-delle-lezioni qui riportate per convenienza:

• Turbulence and Combustion: venerdì, ore 10-13, aula 32 RM031
• Bioingegneria meccanica ed applicazioni cliniche: ore 14-18, aula Conti, V Clinica Medica i seguenti giorni: 4/10 , 11/10, 18/10, 25/10 
• Bioingegneria meccanica ed applicazioni cliniche: ore 14-18, Aula CNR, CNR, Via dei Taurini, piano terra, i seguenti giorni: 21/11, 28/11, 5/12, 12/12
• Biofluidodinamica 1, Medicina HT: ore 10-12, Aula D, Medicina Legale, i seguenti giorni: 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 ottobre
• Biofluidodinamica 2, Medicina HT: ore 10-12, Aula D, Medicina Legale, i seguenti giorni: 11, 12, 19 novembre
• Biofluidodinamica 2, Medicina HT: ore 12-14, Aula D, Medicina Legale, i seguenti giorni: 20, 21, 26 novembre

Per qualsiasi altra informazione mandare un'email a alberto.giacomello@uniroma1.it 

The classes of the fall semester 2024 will be held in the classroom starting September 23rd, 2024. For the schedule and classrooms, please refer to the usual website https://www.ing.uniroma1.it/orari-delle-lezioni here reported for convenience:
Turbulence and Combustion: Fridays, 10-13, room 32 RM031
For further information, please email the instructor at alberto.giacomello@uniroma1.it 

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Work experience
Associate Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma, March 2019--present.
Researcher (Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A) funded by ERC Advanced Grant n.339446, Sapienza Università di Roma, July 2014--February 2019.
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany, February 2013--May 2014.
PhD. Student in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Sapienza Università di Roma, November 2010--January 2014.
Research engineer under NSF Grants CMMI-0745753 and CMMI-0926791, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Summer 2010.

Awards and honours
PRIN 2017, MIUR, (Unit PI)
ERC Starting Grant 2018 (PI)
FFABR2017, Fundamental Research Funding, Italian Ministry of Public Education, 2017 (PI)
PRACE Access 2016, computational research grant, 40M CPU hours (Principal Investigator)
PRACE Access 2015, computational research grant, 50M CPU hours (Principal Investigator)

2017 AIMETA Junior Prize in Fluid Mechanics, Salerno, 2017
Best scientific presentation, PRACEdays17, Barcelona, 2017
Finalist at the 9th ERCOFTAC da Vinci Competition (selected among the 5 best European Ph.D. theses in flow, turbulence, and combustion)
Best Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2011
Graduate Center Merit-Based Scholarship, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2010
Fellowship for ``Double degree program'' by the Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU), 2009--2010

Publications
M Amabili, Y Grosu, A Giacomello, S Meloni, A Zaki, F Bonilla, A Faik, C.M. Casciola. "Pore Morphology Determines Spontaneous Liquid Extrusion from Nanopores". ACS Nano (2019)
Y Grosu, A Giacomello, S Meloni, L González-Fernández, M Chorazewski, M. Geppert-Rybczynska, A. Faik, J.M. Nedelec, J.P. Grolier. "Viscosity at the Nanoscale: Confined Liquid Dynamics and Thermal Effects in Self-Recovering Nanobumpers". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018)
A Tinti, A Giacomello, CM Casciola. "Vapor nucleation paths in lyophobic nanopores". The European Physical Journal E, 41 (4), 52
S Marchio, S Meloni, A Giacomello, C Valeriani, CM Casciola. "Pressure control in interfacial systems: Atomistic simulations of vapor nucleation". The Journal of chemical physics 148 (6), 064706 (2018)
M. Amabili, S. Meloni, A. Giacomello, C.M. Casciola. "Activated Wetting of Nanostructured Surfaces: Reaction Coordinates, Finite Size Effects, and Simulation Pitfalls". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2018)
E. Lisi, M. Amabili, S. Meloni, A. Giacomello, C.M. Casciola. "Self-Recovery Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Modular Design". ACS Nano (2018)
A. Tinti, A. Giacomello, Y. Grosu, C.M. Casciola. "Intrusion and extrusion of water in hydrophobic nanopores". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(48), E10266–E10273 (2017)
M. Amabili, A. Giacomello, S. Meloni, C.M. Casciola. Collapse of superhydrophobicity on nanopillared surfaces. Physical Review Fluids, Physical Review Fluids, 2(3), 034202 (2017)
M. Amabili, A. Giacomello, S. Meloni, C.M. Casciola. "Intrusion and extrusion of a liquid on nanostructured surfaces", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 29(1), 014003 (2017)
S. Meloni, A. Giacomello, C.M. Casciola "Focus Article: Theoretical aspects of vapor/gas nucleation at structured surfaces", Journal of Chemical Physics, 145, 211802 (2016)
A. Giacomello, L. Schimmele, S. Dietrich. "Perpetual superhydrophobicity" Soft Matter, 12, 8927 -- 8934 (2016)
M. Amabili, E. Lisi, A. Giacomello, C.M. Casciola. "Wetting and cavitation pathways on nanodecorated surfaces", Soft Matter, 12, 3046--3055 (2016)
A. Giacomello, L. Schimmele, S. Dietrich. "Wetting hysteresis induced by nanodefects". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 113(3), E262--E271 (2016).
M. Amabili, A. Giacomello, S. Meloni, C.M. Casciola. "Unraveling the Salvinia Paradox: Design Principles for Submerged Superhydrophobicity". Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2 (14), 1500248 (2015) [with back cover]
A. Giacomello, S. Meloni, M. Muller, C.M. Casciola, “Mechanism of the Cassie-Wenzel transition via the atomistic and continuum string methods”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 104701 (2015)
A. Checco, B. M. Ocko, A. Rahman, C. T. Black, M. Tasinkevych, A. Giacomello, S. Dietrich. Collapse and Reversibility of the Superhydrophobic State on Nanotextured Surfaces. Physical Review Letters, 112(21), 216101 (2014). [Highlight in: I.S. Osborne (2014). Getting in shape to stay dry longer. Science, 344(6191), 1477]
D. Gentili, G. Bolognesi, A. Giacomello, M. Chinappi, C.M. Casciola (2014). Pressure effects on water slippage over silane-coated rough surfaces: pillars and holes Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 16(6), 1009--1018 (2014)
A. Giacomello, M. Chinappi, S. Meloni, C.M. Casciola. Geometry as a catalyst: howvapor cavities nucleate from defects. Langmuir, 29, 14873- 14884, (2013)
D. Gentili; M. Chinappi; G. Bolognesi; A. Giacomello; C.M. Casciola (2013). Water slippageon hydrophobic nanostructured surfaces: molecular dynamics results for different filling levels Meccanica, 48, 1853-1861 (2013)
A. Giacomello, M. Chinappi, S. Meloni, C.M. Casciola (2012). Metastable Wetting onSuperhydrophobic Surfaces: Continuum and Atomistic Views of the Cassie-Baxter-Wenzel Transition, Physical Review Letters, 109, 226102 (2012)
A. Giacomello, S. Meloni, M. Chinappi, C.M. Casciola (2012). Cassie-Baxter and WenzelStates on a Nanostructured Surface: Phase Diagram, Metastabilities, and TransitionMechanism by Atomistic Free Energy Calculations Langmuir, 10764- 10772, 28, (2012)
P. Nenzi, A. Giacomello, G. Bolognesi, M. Chinappi, M. Balucani, C.M. Casciola (2011). Superhydrophobic Porous Silicon Surfaces Sensors and Transducers, 62- 72, 13, (2011)
A. Giacomello, M. Porfiri, (2011). Underwater energy harvesting from a heavy flag hosting ionic polymer metal composites. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(8), 084903, (2011)