MARIA MORANDI CECCHI



Name : Maria Morandi Cecchi
Title :Full Professor
Subject : Numerical Analysis
University : Padova
Department : Matematica Pura ed Applicata
Address : Via Trieste, 63
City : 35121 Padova - ITALY
Telephone : + 39 - 49 827 1404
Fax : + 39 - 49 827 1499
e-mail : mcecchi@math.unipd.it

Professional Experience:

  • Laurea in Mathematics, University of Pisa, 1958.
  • Research Assistant at the Mathematics Department of the Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA), 1958-59-60.
  • Lecturer of Mathematical Analysis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA), 1958-59-60.
  • Researcher at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Elaborazione della Informazione, Pisa, 1661-80.
  • Lecturer of Mathematical Methods, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Pisa, 1966-73.
  • Lecturer of Mathematical Analysis, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Pisa, 1973-1983.
  • Libero Docente of Numerical Analysis, from 1970.
  • Full Professor of Numerical Calculus, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Catania, 1980-83.
  • Full Professor of Numerical Calculus, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Padova, 1983-present.
  • Lecturer of various courses of Numerical Analysis, 1983-present.


    • Scientific interests:

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Numerical solution of partial differential equations
  • Finite element methods for fluid dynamics
  • Approximation theory and its numerical applications
  • Parallel computations

    • Other Professional activities:

  • Elected Member of the General Council of IACM (International Association of Computational Mechanics), nominated FELLOW of the Society at th WCCM V Congress of Computational Mechanics (Vienna, 7 - 12 July 2002)
  • Founding Member of SIMAI (Società Italiana di Matematica Italiana Industriale).
  • Member of Unione Matematica Italiana.
  • Member of the Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali.
  • Member of AIMETA (Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica ed Applicata).
  • Member of AI*IA (Associazione Italiana Intelligenza Artificiale).
  • Member of AFCET (Association Frances du Logicel).

    • Short Curriculum Vitae

    Maria Morandi Cecchi is Full Professor of Numerical Analysis since 1980: she belongs to the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics at the University of Padova since 1983.
    She has been member of the CNR (National Bureau of Science) since 1960 and Associate Professor at the University of Pisa, where she graduated in Pure Mathematics and where she obtained her "Libera Docenza" in Numerical Analysis.
    After her role of Assitant Professor for three years at the Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana (USA) and Visiting Professor in several American and European, she has been invited several times to the Massachusset Insitute of Technology (USA), to the University of Texas at Austin (USA), to the Universidad de Concepcion (Chile), to the University of Chou (Japan), to the University of Macau (People's Republic of China) and to the Seoul National University (South Korea), organizing conferences and presenting results.
    She has been member of the Organizing Scientific Committee of more than fifteen Italian and International Conferences, the most relevant regarding the Finite Element Methods in Fluids. Moreover, she collaborated to the editorial board with the role of Editor of the Proceedings of these conferences.
    She is part of the editors's group of the international journal "Computational Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering", Elsevier.
    Member of various Ph.D. and Exams Committee of the University of Napoli (Italy), Padova (Italy), Nice (France) and Lille (France), in 2002 the was nominated "Fellow" of the International Association for Computational Mechanics.
    Her scientific research interests are in Numerical Analysis and, precisely, they include the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
    More particularly, she works on the Finite Element Method, applied to fluid dynamics, on approximation theory with numerical applications and on parallel computing.
    She wrote more than 150 papers and some books.


    Most recent publications:

  • F. MARCUZZI, MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, M. VENTURIN (2008). An anisotropic unstructured triangular adaptive mesh algorithm based on error and error gradient information. MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, vol. 78; p. 645-652, ISSN: 0378-4754
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2008). The Dynamic Simulation of the Venice Lagoon and of the North Part of the Adriatic Sea. In: CORILA CONSORTIUM FOR COORDINATION OF RESEARCHACTIVITIES CONCERNING THE VENICE LAGOON SYSTEMVENEZIACORILA.IT. Scientific R and Safeguarding of Venice Vol VI Research Program 2004-2006 (Results 2006). vol. VI, p. 609-619, VENEZIA 2008: CORILA, ISBN/ISSN: 88-8940-507-4
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, BUSETTO ALBERTO GIOVANNI (2007). Computational Mechanical Modeling of the Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes. In: MINH HUNG LE; METIN DEMIRALP;VALERI MLADENOV; ZORAN BOJKOVIC. Systems Theory and Scientific Computation. p. 58-65, VOULIAGMENI, ATHENS: WSEAS, ISBN/ISSN: 978-960-8457-98-0
  • FABIO MARCUZZI, MORANDI CECCHI MARIA (2007). Least Squares FEM Approximation and Subgrid Extraction for Convection Dominated Problems. In: MASCOT 07. IAC/CNR, September 13-14, 2007, IAC/CNR ROMA: F. Pistella, Rosa Maria Spitaleri, vol. 13, p. 131-140, ISBN/ISSN: ISSN 1098-870X
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, M. VENTURIN (2006). ACSB Framework for Advection -Diffusion Equations and Shallow Water Problems. In: FRANCESCA PISTELLA AND ROSA MARIA SPITALERI. MASCOT 05,Proceeedings of Mascot 05-5th Meeting on Applied Scientific Computing and Tools. vol. 10, p. 82-90, ROMA: IMACS, ISBN/ISSN: ISSN 1098-870X
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2006). A formulation of convection problems for shallow waters in Venice Lagoon. In: PIERPAOLO CAMPOSTRINI. Scientific Research and Safe guarding of Venice. vol. Iv, p. 477-490, VENEZIA: CORILA, ISBN/ISSN: 88-89405-01-5
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2006). Tidal Simulation in Venice Lagoon. In: CORILA RESEARCH PROGRAM RESULTS ED. PIERPAOLO CAMPOSTRINI. Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice. vol. IV, p. 465-476, VENEZIA: CORILA, ISBN/ISSN: 88-89405-01-5
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2006). Characteristic Based Split (CBS) Algorithm Finite Element Modeling for Shallow Waters in the Venice Lagoon. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, vol. 66 (10); p. 1641-1657, ISSN: 0029-5981
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, STEFANO DE MARCHI (2006). Polynomial arising in factoring generalized Vandermonde Determinants III: Computations and their Roots. NEURAL, PARALLEL & SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATIONS., vol. IVX; p. 25-38, ISSN: 1061-5369
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, FABIO MARCUZZI (2005). A Parallel Solver for Adaptive Finite Element Discretizations. NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS, vol. 40; p. 217-231, ISSN: 1017-1398.
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, FORNASIER MASSIMO (2005). Fast homogenization algorithm based on asymptotic theory and multiscale schemes. NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS, vol. 40; p. 171-186, ISSN: 1017-1398
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, PIROZZI MARIA ANTONIETTA (2005). High Order Finite Difference Numerical Methods for Time-dependent Convection-Dominated Problems. APPLIED NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS, vol. 55; p. 334-356, ISSN: 0168-9274
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MARIA ROSARIA RUSSO (2005). Numerical Approximation of Free Boundary Problems in Semiconductors. In: F. GIANNESSI AND A. MAUGERI;EDS. VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS and APPLICATIONS. vol. 2, p. 697-722, BERLIN: Spinger
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, M. VENTURIN, M.R.RUSSO (2005). Some advantages of the use of a Model Dedicated to the Venice Lagoon System. In: Lagoons and Costal Wetlands in the Global ChangeContex:Impact and Management issues, 26-28 April 2004, p. 232-237
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2005). An Anisotropic Mesh Algorithm: Formulation and results. In: 17th IMACS World Congress on Applied Mathematics and Simulation, 17-15 July Paris MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2005). A CBS Framework for shallow Water Problems. In: TCN-CAE 2005 and Mascot05, 5-8 October Lecce Italy
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MARCUZZI F. RESTA F. (2004). Mobile Forces Reconstruction from displacement Sensors. In: FRANCESCA PISTELLA;ROSA MARIA SPITALERI. MASCOT03. vol. 8, p. 121-129, ROMA: IMACS MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, PIROZZI M.A. (2004). High Order Finite Difference Numerical Methods for Time-Dependent Convection Dominated Problems: Formulation. In: FRANCESCA PISTELLA;ROSA MARIA SPITALERI. Mascot03. vol. 8, p. 131-140, ROMA: IMACS
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, VENTURIN M, RUSSO M.R, MARCUZZI F (2004). A General Framework for Error Estimation in Preserving-Shapes Grid Generation in a Fluid-Dynamics Environment and Related Open Problems. In: NEITTAANMAKI P.. ECCOMAS2004. vol. 2, p. 300-310, JYVASKYLA: University Press, ISBN/ISSN: 951--39-1869-6
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, M.VENTURIN, M.R.RUSSO, F.MARCUZZI (2004). A General Framework for error estimation in preserving-Shapes Grid Generation in a Fluid Dynamics Environment and Related Open Problems. In: ECCOMAS 2004 CONGRESS, 24-28 july 2004, vol. 2, p. 300-301
  • MORANDI CECCHI MARIA, MANOLO VENTURIN (2004). An Algorithm for Anisotropic Mesh. An Application to the Venice Lagoon Canals'. In: Mascot04. 4th on Applied ScientificComputing and Tools Grid GenerationApproximation and Visualizatio, 25-27 November- Florence, p. 151-160
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI , M. A. PIROZZI "A Parallel Shallow Water Finite Element Specific Solver for the Venice Lagoon Inter". Journal of Comput. Fluid Dynamics Vol 16, Issue 2 May 2002 p. 93-101
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "A Parallel Solver for Adaptive Element Discretization" 2001, Sottomesso alla Rivista Numerical Alghoritms
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "An A-Posteriori Error Estimator Based on the Global Updating of Local Extensions", 2001, Preprint
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "Selective Update for the Newton's Iterations in non linear FEM problems", 2001, Preprint
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. A. PIROZZI "A shallow water finite element numerical model for the Venice Lagoon on distributed memory parallel computing systems." ECCOMAS CFD 2001 Swansea, 4-7 September 2001 p.129.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "An Algorithm for the Anisotropic Adaptivity of Unstructured Triangular Meshes" 2-nd European Conference on Computational Mechanics Cracow, Poland June 26-29 2001 p.272-273.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, G. PENNACCHIONI, L. FASOLO, L. SALASNICH "Finite-element modelling of simple shear flow in Newtonian and non-Neutonian fluids around a circular rigid particle" Journal of Structural Geology 22 (2000) 683-692.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI , F.MARCUZZI "A Directional Adaptive Scheme for Unstructured Meshes of Space-Time Finite Elements applied to Compressible Flows", Finite Elements in Fluids 2000, Austin, Texas, 2000, Atti p.38
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F.MARCUZZI "On the Simulation of the Dispersion of Pollutants in Shallow Waters", Finite Elements in Fluids 2000, Austin, Texas, 2000 Atti p.98
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI , F. MARCUZZI "A Space-Time Finite Elements Study of Burgers Problems", IVVCNA, Catania, 2000, (Atti del Convegno)
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI , M. A. PIROZZI "A Parallel Shallow Water Solver for the Venice Lagoon" , Tokyo Workshop of Information Technology in Hydroscience and Engineering, Chou University at Tokyo,Japan Sept. 21-22,2000, Attip.14
  • M.MORANDI CECCHI, F.MARCUZZI "Una Tecnica di Omogeneizzazione Discreta mediante l'uso degli Elementi Finiti", AIMETA, XIII Congresso Nazionale di Meccanica Computazionale, Brescia, 2000, Atti p.54
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "Adaptivity in Space and Time for Shallow Water Equations", Int. Jour. for Num. Meth. in Fluids Vol. 31 (1999) 285-297
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "An Approximate Waves-Bordering Algorithm for Adaptive Finite Elements Analysis", Numerical Algorithms Vol. 21 (1999) 311-322
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "A Fast Numerical Homogenization Algorithm for Finite Elements Analysis", Int. Journal Numer. Meth. Engrg. 46 (1999) 1639-1649
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "Adaptivity in Space-Time Finite Element Approximations" Proceeding dell' International Conference on Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESC VII), 1999, p. 327-333
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. MARCUZZI "A linear System Solver for Adaptive FEM" Proceeding dell'European Conference on Computational Mechanics (EECM) '99, 1999, p. 234-243
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S. DE MARCHI, D.FASOLI "A Package for representing C1 Interpolating Surfaces: Application to the Lagoon of Venice bed", Numerical Algorithms 20 (1999) 197-215 1639-1649
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S. DE MARCHI, E. SECCO, "Un modello Idrodinamico per lo Studio del Moto nella Laguna di Venezia". La ricerca scientifica per Venezia. Il progetto Sistema Lagunare Veneziano Vol II, Tomo II (1999) p. 815-838
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. SALASNICH, "Non-Hyperbolic Dynamics: a Family of Special Functions", Non Linear Phenomena in Complex Systems Vol.3 (2000) p. 116-121
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. SALASNICH, Shallow Water Theory and its Application to the Venice Lagoon, Comp. Meth. in Appl. Mech. and Eng., vol. 151 (1998) 63-74.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, A. PICA, E. SECCO, Projection Method for Shallow Water Equations, Int. Jour. for Num. Meth. in Fluids, vol. 27 (1998) 81-95.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. SALASNICH, Convergence of the Splitting Method for Shallow Water Equations, AIICSR'97 (1997) 1-12.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, R. NOCIFORO, P. PATUZZO GREGO, Space-Time Finite Elements Numerical Solutions of Burgers Problems, Le Matematiche, vol. LI (1996), Fasc. I, 43-57.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, E. DI NARDO, The Modified Bordering Method to Evaluate Eigenvalues and Eignenvectors of Normal Matrices, Numerical Algorithm, vol. 11 (1996), 286-310.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, E. PIROZZI, G. ZAVARISE, Numerical Evaluations of Special Integrals with Applications to Contact Problems, Advanced Mathematical Tools in Metrology, Ed. P. Ciarlini, M.G. Cox, F. Pavese, D. Richter, Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences, vol. 40 (1996), 182-194.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, G. RUSSO, Extrapolation of Hyperbolic Systems with Relaxation, Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 66 (1996) 359-375.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, E. PIROZZI, A Recursive Algorithm by the Moments Method to Evaluate a Class of Numerical Integrals over an Infinite Interval, Numerical Algorithms, vol. 10 (1995), 155-165.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, F. GRANZIERO, Application of a Domain Decomposition Technique to a Computational Modelling of Turbulent Combustion, Proc. Ninth International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids, New trends and Applications, 15-21 Ottobre 1995, Venezia, Italy, pp. 655-666.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, A. PICA, E. SECCO, A Study of the Venice Lagoon by Domain Decomposition of a Finite Element Model, Proc. Ninth International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids, New trends and Applications, 15-21 Ottobre 1995, Venezia, Italy, pp.1417-1426.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, P.PATUZZO GREGO, Approximation of the Numerical Solutions of Burgers Problems, Proceedings of the International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids, Venezia 15-21 Ottobre 1995, Part II pp 911-922.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, P.PATUZZO, Soluzione Numerica di Problemi di Burgers mediante Elementi Finiti nello Spazio-Tempo Abstract XV Congresso Unione Matematica Italiana Padova 11-16 Settembre 1995 p. 218.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S. DE MARCHI, The polynomial approximation in the finite element method.Jour. of Comp. and Appl. Math. Vol. 57 pp. 99-114 (1995)
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S. DE MARCHI, Can Irregular Subdivision Preserve Convexity? Approximation Theory, Wavelets and Applications. NATO-ASI Series (Ed. S. P. Sing) pp. 325-334 (1995).
  • M.MORANDI CECCHI,S.DE MARCHI, Reference Functional and Characteristic Space for Lagrange and Bernstein Operators, Approximation Theory and its Applications, Vol. 11 no.4 12,1995 pp.6-14.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, E. SECCO, A Global Approach to Finite Element Method, Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education, Eds Ersoy and Moscardini Series F. Computer and Systems Sciences, Vol. 132 pp.113-127, Springer-Verlag 1994.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI,C. BREZINSKI,M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, The reverse bordering method. Siam J. of Matrix Analysis and Appl.Vol.15, No 3 pp.922-937, July 1994.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, A. SCARPA, A space-time finite element method for nonlinear parabolic problems Appl. Num. Math.Vol. 15 pp.247-258 1994.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI,C. BREZINSKI, Preface Appl. Num. Math.Vol15 pp.99-100 1994.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S.DE MARCHI, Fractal interpolation Functions for a Class of Finite Elements Wavelets, Images and Surface Fitting (Eds P, Laurent, A. Le Mehaute', L.L.Schumaker) pp.189-196, A.K. Peters (1994).
  • M.MORANDI CECCHI, R. NOCIFORO, Space-Time Finite Elements Dicrete Method for Linear and Quasi-Linear Parabolic Problems IACM WCCMIII The Third World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vol. II (k-13-1) pp. 1446-1451 (1994).
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, Approximation Methods in Curves and Surfaces Generation International Workshop on Advanced Mathematical Tools in Metrology, Eds. P,Ciarlini, M.G. Cox, R. Monaco, F. Pavese, In Series on Advances in Mathematicsfor Applied Sciences, Vol 16 pp.77-84 1994.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, E. SECCO, A Global Approach to Finite Element Method, Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engeneering Education, Ed.s Ersoy and Moscardini,Series F. Computer and Systems Vol. 132, 113-127,Springer Verlag 1994. ISBN 3-540-58010-7.
  • MARIA MORANDI CECCHI, A. PICA and E. SECCO, Domain Decomposition of a Finite Element Model of a Lagoon VIII International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids New trends and Applications 20-24, September 1993, Barcellona,Spagna, 8, 990-999.
  • M MORANDI CECCHI, A. PICA, E. SECCO, Tidal flow analysis with core minimization. VIII International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids New Trends and Applications 20-24 September 1993, Barcellona, Spagna, 10, 1026-1036.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, S.DeMARCHI, Unstructured Grids of Triangles for the solution of systems of hyperbolic equations III International Conference on Geometric Design SIAM 1-5 novembre 1993 TEMPE ARIZONA USA.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, Computing the coefficients of recurrenceformula for numerical integration by moments and modified moments J. of Comp. Appl. Math.49(1993) 207-216
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, A. PICA, General Simulation Modelling in Shallow Water Problems with Data Assimilation Computer Techniques and Applications Eds. W.R. Blai and E. Cabrera Computational Mechanics Pubblications 1992 pp.249-262.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. FORMAGGIA, A Discretization Method for 2-D System of Hyperbolic Equations Using Unstructured Grids of Triangles. IV-ICCCBE '91 Conference, July 29-31, 1993 Tokyo, pp. 75-85.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. PADOAN, G. SCENNA, A shallow water model by domain decomposition method. Parallel Computing: Problems, Methods and Applications, eds. P. Messina and A. Murli, Capri, giugno 1990 Vol. 2 pp.361-371.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, A New Recursive Algorithm for a Gaussian Quadrature formula via Orthogonal Polynomials. Orthogonal Polynomials and their applications,. eds. C. Brezinski, L. Gori and A. Ronveaux, J.C. Baltzer A.G. Scientific Publishing Co IMACS,1991 pp.353-358.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, R. NOCIFORO, Discrete Finite Elements Method in Space-Time Domain for parabolic linear problems. Le Matematiche, Vol XLVI fasc. II 1991 p.655-673
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, "Methods and Applications of numerical hydrology on a drainage basin". Proc. ASCE Intern. Symp. on Sediment Transport Modelling, New Orleans, USA, Ed. Sam S.Y. Wang, pp. 112-117 (1990).
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, G. SCENNA, Approximations of the numerical solution of parabolic problems. 13th World Conf. on Comp. and Appl. Math., Proc. Vol.1 pp.6-7 (1991).
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, Mathematical Programming Techniques to Solve Biharmonic problems by a recursive projection algorithm. J. of Comp. and Appl. Math., 32 (1990) pp. 191-201, North-Holland.
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, M. REDIVO ZAGLIA, La determination des regions logiques par la colour, AFCET Interfaces 88-2,1990 pp.12-22
  • M. MORANDI CECCHI, L. PACCAGNELLA, A Parallel Programming Simulation Environment Parallel Computing Achievements , Problems and Prospects, Eds. P. Messina and A. Murli, Capri, giugno 1990 Vol. 2 pp.351-361.

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