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Tubaldi, Eleonora

Tubaldi, Eleonora

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
The Institute for Systems Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
3116 Glenn L. Martin Hall, College Park, MD 20742
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Education
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
  • MS, Aerospace Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
  • MS, Aeronautical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
  • BS, Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Awards and Honors

Service

  • 2018 Today Associated Editor for Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines: An International Journal
  • 2018 2022 Track Co-Organizer International Undergraduate Research, Design Expo and Poster Competition at ASME IMECE
  • 2018 Today Member of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Dynamics & Control System & Structures (DCSS) Technical Committee

Dr. Tubaldi research interests sit at the interface of fluid-structure interaction, soft materials, nonlinear dynamics for applications in biomechanics, prosthetic design, nonlinear mechanical metamaterials, and soft robotics.

  • Fluid-Structure Interaction

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations

  • Nonlinear Mechanical Metamaterials

  • Cardiovascular Mechanics and Design of Vascular Grafts

  • Soft Materials


ENME361: Vibration, Controls and Optimization I

ENME645: Fluid Structure Interactions 

ENME489U: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Fluid Structure Interactions

  • K. Barvenik, Z. Coogan, G. Librandi, M. Pezzulla, E. Tubaldi*, Tactile Sensing and Grasping Through Thin-Shell Buckling, Advanced Intelligent Systems (2024), 2300855. (Click here)

  • S. Shrestha, K. J. Barvenik, T. Chen, H. Yang, Y. Li, M. M. Kesavan, J. M. Little, H. C. Whitley, Z. Teng, Y. Luo, E. Tubaldi* & P-Y. Chen*, Machine Intelligence Accelerated Design of Conductive MXene Aerogels with Programmable Properties, Nature Communications (2024),  15, 4685. (Click here)

  • M. Bonthron, E. Tubaldi*, Dynamic Behavior of Bistable Shallow Arches: From Intrawell to Chaotic Motion, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics (2024), 91(2): 021010 (Click here) Awarded the 2024 ASME Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award 

  • S. Sarker, A. Colton, Z. Wen, X. Xu, M. Erdi, A. Jones, P. Kofinas, E. Tubaldi, P. Walczak, M. Janowski, Y. Liang, R. D. Sochol, 3D-Printed Microinjection Needle Arrays via a Hybrid DLP-Direct Laser Writing Strategy, Advanced Materials Technologies (2023), 2201641. (Click hereInside Front Cover Volume 8, Issue 5

  • J. A. Rosado-Toro, R. C. Philip, S. T. Dunn, D. Celdran-Bonafonte, Y. He, S. A. Berceli, P. Roy-Chaudhury, E. Tubaldi*, Functional Analysis of Arteriovenous Fistulae in Non-contrast Magnetic Resonance Images, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (2022), 222, 106938 . (Click here)

  • G. Librandi, E. Tubaldi*, K. Bertoldi*, Programming Nonreciprocity and Reversibility in Multistable Mechanical Metamaterials, Nature Communications (2021), 12, 3454. (Click here)

  • M. Amabili*, P. Balasubramanian, G. Ferrari, G. Franchini, F. Giovanniello, E. Tubaldi*, Identification of Viscoelastic Properties of Dacron Aortic Grafts Subjected to Physiological Pulsatile Flow, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2020), 103804. (Click here)

  • G. Librandi, E. Tubaldi*, K. Bertoldi*, Snapping of Hinged Arches under Displacement Control: Strength Loss and Non-reciprocity, Physical Review E, 101 (2020), 05300. (Click here) Editors' suggestion

  • G. Ferrari, P. Balasubramanian, E. Tubaldi, F. Giovanniello, M. Amabili, Dynamic Behaviour of a Dacron Aortic Graft in a Mock Circulatory Loop, Journal of Biomechanics 86 (2019), 132-140. (Click here

  • M. Amabili, P. Balasubramanian, I. Breslavky, G. Ferrari, E. Tubaldi, Viscoelastic Characterization of Woven Dacron by Using Direction-dependent Quasi-linear Viscoelasticity, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 82 (2018), 282-290. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, M. Amabili, M.P. Païdoussis, Nonlinear Dynamics of Dacron Aortic Prosthesis Conveying Pulsatile Fllow, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 140 (2018), 061004. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, M. Amabili, M.P. Païdoussis, Nonlinear Dynamics of Shells Conveying Pulsatile Flow with Pulse-wave Propagation. Theory and Numerical Results for a Single Harmonic Pulsation, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 396 (2017) 217-245. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, M. Amabili, M.P. Païdoussis, Fluid–Structure Interaction for Nonlinear Response of Shells Conveying Pulsatile Flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 371 (2016) 252-276. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, M. Amabili, F. Alijani, Nonlinear Vibrations of Plates in Axial Pulsating Flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 56 (2015) 33-55. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, F. Alijani, M. Amabili, Non-linear Vibrations and Stability of a Periodically Supported Rectangular Plate in Axial Fllow, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 66 (2014) 54-65. (Click here)

  • E. Tubaldi, M. Amabili, Vibrations and Stability of a Periodically Supported Rectangular Plate Immersed in Axial Flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 39 (2013) 391-407. (Click here 

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Dutt Receives NSF CAREER Award

UMD mechanical engineering faculty member investigates scaling up synthetic dimensions for quantum simulation and sensing.

Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices invests $200K in the future of biomedical devices, cultivating up-and-coming investigators and immersing them in successful multidisciplinary teams

Designed to bolster young, postdoctoral researchers by pairing them with existing, proven research teams, the fellowship aims to propel the careers of awardees, enabling them to apply for additional grants or faculty positions in the future.

In Soft Robotics, Instability Can Be a Plus

Eleonora Tubaldi harnesses physical and geometric properties to create machine intelligence.

A Wider Lens

UMD engineering faculty are finding ways to introduce sustainability concepts throughout the curriculum.

Michael Bonthron Wins NDSEG Fellowship

Tubaldi Lab researcher lands prestigious DoD award.

UMD’s Tubaldi Wins NSF CAREER Award

Improved cardiovascular implants could be one result of an ME faculty member’s groundbreaking research.

Sochol Named “Rising Star” in Advanced Materials Technologies

UMD faculty member Ryan Sochol recognized in journal's March 10th issue.

Prosthetics: A Better Fit

UMD alumnus Jeffrey Gair, Jr. pioneers a new approach.

Using Machine Learning to Shed Light on Cannabis Effects

Can smoking excessive amounts of weed harm the heart? Researchers aim to find out.

Harnessing Non-Reciprocity

UMD's Eleonora Tubaldi demonstrates a way to overcome current limitations in mechanical signal transmission.

Tubaldi Receives Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant

Grant supports faculty at the beginning of their academic career engaged in theoretical and applied mechanics research.

Challenges and Opportunities: Student Internships During 2020

Four mechanical engineering students share their experiences.

Dr. Eleonora Tubaldi Joins Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Tubaldi explores nature's strategies to develop soft, bio-inspired devices.