Curriculum Vitae

Candidate
Mario Pitteri, Italian citizen, born in Padova the 11 of August 1948, resident in Padova, 
Via G.B. Bissoni  19.


Education
- Maturità Classica at the Ginnasio-Liceo "Tito Livio" in Padova, July 1967.
- Laurea in Physics at the University of Padova, June 1972, magna cum laude.


Fellowships
- of the italian C.N.R. at the Istituto di Analisi e Meccanica, University of Padova, 
October 1972 - September 1973.
- of the italian C.N.R. to do research in Rational Mechanics at the Department of Mechanics 
of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., August 1977 -  November 1979, 
under the supervision of Proff. C. Truesdell and J.L. Ericksen.
- Fulbright for travel expenses in 1982.
- of the italian C.N.R. to do research in Rational Mechanics at the I.M.A. of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, U.S.A. from April to September 1985.


Visiting Professor
- At the Department of Mathematics of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University,
September 1982 to March 1983.
- At the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Bath, England, 
July to September 1988.
- At the Hermann-Föttinger-Institut für Thermo- und Fluiddynamik, Berlin, Germany, 
July 1990.
- At the I.M.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., September 15 to November 15, 1990.
- At the I.M.A. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., September 1 to November 30, 1995.


Research contracts
- Of the Ministry of Education at the Istituto di Analisi e Meccanica of the University 
of Padova from December 1974 to April 1976.
- Of CNR for a joint research project with the University of Minnesota on 
mathematical 
models for modern materials (1988-1992).
- Of the European Community, as coordinator of the TMR programme "Phase transitions 
in crystalline solids", September 1998-August 2002.


Academic Positions 
- Assistant Professor of Rational Mechanics at the Department of Engineering of the 
University of Padova from October 1973 to November 1974.
- Assistant Professor of Rational Mechanics at the Department of Sciences of the 
University of Padova from April 1976 to April 1983.
- Associate Professor of Rational Mechanics at the Department of Sciences of the 
University of Padova from April 1983 to February 1987.
- Full Professor of Rational Mechanics at the Department of Engineering of the University 
of Padova from February 1987 until now.
- Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Sciences of the University of 
Padova in the academic years 1983-84 to 1988-89.
- Professor of Calculus at the Department of Engineering of the University of Padova
in the academic years 1989-90 to 1991-92.


Local responsible
of the national research project named "Thermomechanics of classical continua
and of new materials", 1988-1997.


Teaching activities
Lecturing and tutoring in Rational Mechanics and Mathematical Physics. Thesis advisor
in Mathematics and Engineering in the field of Continuum Thermomechanics.


Member of  
	Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica of the Italian C.N.R.
	I.S.I.M.M.(International Society for the Interactions of Mathematics and Mechanics). 
	Selection Committe of the Society for Natural Philosophy.


Prizes and honors
	Bonavera Prize for 1980 given by the Academy of Sciences of Torino.
	Member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.


Invited lectures 
- Meeting of the Society for Natural Philosophy, Udine 1974.
- Meeting of the Italian Society of General Relativity, Padova, 1975.
- Meeting of the Society for Natural Philosophy, Rolla Missouri, U.S.A., 1980.
- Italian-Polish Symposium on Elasticity, Jablonna (Warsaw), 1981.
- Meeting of the Society for Engineering Science, Rolla, Missouri, U.S.A., 1982.
- International Symposium on current Theories of Plasticity and applications,
	University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., July 1984.
- 83-th Euromech Colloquium on "Plasticity of crystalline media",  Villetaneuse,
	France, September 1984.
- Workshop on "The calculus of variations and non-linear elasticity; theory 
	and numerical analysis", Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1986.
- ISIMM-Symposium on kinetic theory and extended thermodynamics, Bologna, May 1987.
- Italian-Polish meeting on selected problems of modern continuum theory,
	Bologna, June 1987.
- Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Antonio Signorini,
	Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, April 1988.
- AMS Summer Research conference, Bowdoin, Maine, USA, July 1988.
- Meeting on Rational Mechanics and Analysis in honor of C. Truesdell, Pisa,
	May 22-26, 1989.
- Annual  AIMETA meeting, Padova, June 24, 1989. 
- International Congress on Plasticity, PLASTICITY '89, Tsu, Japan, 
	July 31-August 4 1989.
- Vth International Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuos Media,
	Sorrento, October 9-14, 1989.
- CIRM meeting on Calculus of variations, Elasticity and Crystals, Trento,
	December 11-15 1989.
- Italian-Polish meeting on Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory, Warsaw, August 1990.
- IV German-Italian Symposium on the Applications of Mathematics in Industry
	and Technology, M\uumlnchen, April 1991.
- XIVth National Congress U.M.I. (Italian Mathematical Society), 1991.
- Meeting on "Thermodynamic Theories of Materials", Oberwolfach, February 1992.
- GNFM meeting, Roma, october 1993.
- CIRM meeting on Models of interphase regions, Trento, December 4-7, 1994.
- Meeting on "Thermodynamic Theories of Materials", Oberwolfach, September 22-27, 1996.
- INDAM workshop on "Mathematical problems in the Thermodynamics of Continuous media", 
	Cortona, september 30-october 4, 1996.
- Meeting on "Meccanica del continuo e metodi matematici per le scienze applicate", 
	Maratea, october 15-17, 1997.
- Symposium "Venice 2", Venice, June 10-16, 1998.


Invited seminars  
On various occasions at the Universities of Catania, Ferrara, Pavia, Pisa, Roma, 
Torino, Udine, Heriot-Watt, Johns Hopkins, Kentucky at Lexington and Minnesota.


Special courses given
- Part of the course in Continuum Thermomecanics at the Summer school of 
Mathematical Physics of the italian C.N.R., Ravello, 1982.
- Part of the course in Continuum Thermomecanics for the Doctoral program in Mathematics 
of the University of Padova in the academic years 1984-1985, 1993-94 and 1997-98.
- A reading course on selected problems for crystalline solids at the post-doctoral 
school of C.I.S.M., Udine, 1986.
- A short course on open problems in the kinematics and statics of crystalline solids
within the program of the I.A.C. "Mauro Picone" for the year 1987-88.


Meetings and workshops attended
 On various occasions in Italy, Poland, England, USA, on the following topics:
general relativity and relativistic theories of materials, non-linear wave propagation, 
continuum thermomechanics and the foundations of thermodynamics, classical thermodynamics, 
non-linear elasticity, stability problems in elasticity, catastrophe theory, 
analytical dynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics.


Areas of research  
The ones mentioned in the preceding paragraph, excluding catastrophe theory, including 
non-stationary thermodynamics, rheology, phase transitions, defects and hysteresis in 
ordered materials, and axiomatic theories on the foundations of mechanics and 
thermodynamics.


Areas of interest  
Besides the ones mentioned in the preceding paragraph, mathematical logic,
quantum mechanics, and the experimental analysis of the behavior of 
crystalline solids under large deformations.