Emanuela Bosco

Emanuela Bosco is an Associate Professor in the Chair of Applied Mechanics and Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her research interest is in the field of computational mechanics, in particular on multi-scale methods and multi-physics problems. During their lifetime, materials can be subjected to complex loading conditions, possibly involving multiple physical fields, which trigger interactions between the material behavior at the macro- and the micro-structural levels. Emanuela's research lies in this background: formulating multi-scale and multi-physics models, which can bridge the gap between the underlying physics and the material behavior at the macro-scale, integrating them with dedicated experiments for model calibration and validation, and using these in different relevant applications. Her current research focuses on the multi-scale modeling of granular materials, fibrous materials, chemically-induced degradation of concrete, and multi-physics degradation of historical art objects. These problems are approached with various multi-scale techniques combined with different numerical solution strategies - linear and non-linear FEM, X-FEM, and DEM.