Salvatore Federico
Professor
Professor
PhD - Structural Mechanics
Laurea cum Laude in Mechanical Engineering
Contact information
Location
Office hours
By appointment
Preferred method of communication
General inquiries: Via email
Graduate students: For all details, please see my prospective student webpage
Research and teaching
Research areas
- Biomedical diagnostics and imaging
- Biomechanics
- Tissue mechanics
Research activities
Theoretical mechanics; Continuum mechanics
- Geometrical foundations of continuum mechanics
- Theory of elasticity in the non-linear and linear regimes
- Theory of material uniformity and evolution
- Evaluation of the mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced materials
Biomedical engineering; Biomechanics
- Microstructural constitutive models for soft tissues, particularly articular cartilage and vascular tissue
- Growth and remodelling of biological tissues
Teaching (past and present)
- Mechanics of Solids I and II
- Biomechanics of Movement
- Biomechanics of Tissues
- Advanced Continuum Mechanics
Biography
1976-07-29 Born in Messina, Italy
1989-09 - 1994-07 Maturità Scientifica (60/60), Liceo Scientifico Archimede, Messina, Italy
1994-11 - 2000-10 Laurea (110/110) cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
2000-10 - 2004-03 PhD, Structural Mechanics, University of Catania, Italy
2005-01 - 2007-12 Post Doctoral Fellow, Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Canada
2008-01 - 2012-03 Assistant Professor, Engineering, The University of Calgary, Canada
2012-04 - 2018-06 Associate Professor, Engineering, The University of Calgary, Canada
2012-09 - 2018-06 Adjunct Associate Professor, Kinesiology, The University of Calgary, Canada
2018-07 - current Professor, Engineering, The University of Calgary, Canada
2018-07 - current Adjunct Professor, Kinesiology, The University of Calgary, Canada
Awards
Teaching awards
2018-05 2017-2018 Teaching Achievement Award, Schulich School of Engineering, The University of Calgary
2013-03 Teaching Excellence Award (Second-Year Civil-Chemical-Mechanical), Engineering Student Society, The University of Calgary
Research awards
2016-02 2015 Editor's Choice list (Grillo, Guaily, Giverso, Federico, 2015, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 137, 071004-8)
2011-01 2010 Departmental Early Research Excellence Award, The University of Calgary
2009-01 Alberta Innovates New Faculty Award (formerly Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award)
2007-08 American Society of Biomechanics Young Scientist Post-Doctoral Award
Invited lectures at international conferences
2018-08 20th Biennial Meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Halifax, Canada
2014-07 Seventh World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, USA
2013-07 50th SES Annual Meeting, Brown University, USA
2013-07 4th Canadian Conference on NonLinear Solid Mechanics, Montreal, Canada
2013-06 Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Manchester, UK
2012-07 2012 European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria
2010-10 47th SES Annual Meeting, Iowa State University, USA
2007-08 31st American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, Stanford, USA
2007-07 Interplay between Mechanics and Biology, Castro-Urdiales, Spain
2006-08 Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, München, Germany
Postdoctoral fellowship awards
2006-12 - 2007-12 Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research), Canada
2004-12 - 2006-11 Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (formerly, Alberta Ingenuity Fund), Canada