Guglielmo Scovazzi

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Guglielmo Scovazzi Profile Photo

Research Themes

Computational Mechanics & Scientific Computing, Geomechanics & Geophysics for Energy and the Environment, Risk & Resilient Systems

Research Interests

Finite element methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics, multiphase porous media flows, computational methods for fluid and solid materials under extreme load conditions, turbulent flow computations, instability phenomena.

Bio

Guglielmo Scovazzi received B.S/M.S. in aerospace engineering (summa cum laude) from Politecnico di Torino (Italy); and M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. Before coming to Duke, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Computer Science Research Institute at Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM).

Dr. Scovazzi’s research interests include finite element and advanced numerical methods for computational fluid and solid mechanics. His research emphasizes accurate computational methods aimed at reducing the overall design/analysis costs in multiphase porous media flows, highly transient compressible and incompressible flows, turbulent flows, complex geometry systems in solid mechanics, and fluid/structure interaction problems.

Education

Ph.D. Stanford University, 2004

Positions

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Kavli Fellow. National Academy of Sciences & Kavli Foundation. 2018
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE). US Executive Office of the President (The White House). 2017
Early Career Award. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Program. 2014

Courses Taught

ME 525: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
ME 524: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
ME 392: Undergraduate Projects in Mechanical Engineering
EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
EGR 201L: Mechanics of Solids
CEE 780: Internship
CEE 630: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
CEE 531: Finite Element Methods for Problems in Fluid Mechanics
CEE 530: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
CEE 421L: Matrix Structural Analysis

Publications

Zeng X, Song T, Scovazzi G. A Shifted Boundary Method for the compressible Euler equations (Accepted). Journal of Computational Physics. 2025 Jan 1;520.
Antonelli N, Aristio R, Gorgi A, Zorrilla R, Rossi R, Scovazzi G, et al. The Shifted Boundary Method in Isogeometric Analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 Oct 1;430.
Xu D, Colomés O, Main A, Li K, Atallah NM, Abboud N, et al. A weighted shifted boundary method for immersed moving boundary simulations of Stokes' flow. Journal of Computational Physics. 2024 Aug 1;510.
Atallah NM, Tomov VZ, Scovazzi G. Weak boundary conditions for Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics: A high-order finite element implementation on curved boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics. 2024 Jun 15;507.
Atallah NM, Scovazzi G. Nonlinear elasticity with the Shifted Boundary Method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 Jun 1;426.
Errante M, Klein M, Ferrero A, Larocca F, Scovazzi G, Germano M. Mixed Averaging Procedures. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 2024 Apr 1;112(4):1001–8.
Zorrilla R, Rossi R, Scovazzi G, Canuto C, Rodríguez-Ferran A. A shifted boundary method based on extension operators. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 Mar 1;421.
Yang CH, Saurabh K, Scovazzi G, Canuto C, Krishnamurthy A, Ganapathysubramanian B. Optimal surrogate boundary selection and scalability studies for the shifted boundary method on octree meshes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 Feb 1;419.
Li K, Michopoulos JG, Iliopoulos A, Steuben JC, Scovazzi G. Complex-geometry simulations of transient thermoelasticity with the Shifted Boundary Method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 Jan 1;418.
Collins JH, Lozinski A, Scovazzi G. A penalty-free Shifted Boundary Method of arbitrary order. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2023 Dec 15;417.
Scovazzi G, Zorrilla R, Rossi R. A kinematically stabilized linear tetrahedral finite element for compressible and nearly incompressible finite elasticity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2023 Jul 1;412.
Li K, Rodríguez-Ferran A, Scovazzi G. The simple shifted fracture method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2023 Jun 30;124(12):2837–75.
Li K, Rodríguez-Ferran A, Scovazzi G. A blended shifted-fracture/phase-field framework for sharp/diffuse crack modeling. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2023 Feb 28;124(4):998–1030.
Zeng X, Stabile G, Karatzas EN, Scovazzi G, Rozza G. Embedded domain Reduced Basis Models for the shallow water hyperbolic equations with the Shifted Boundary Method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2022 Aug 1;398.
Atallah NM, Canuto C, Scovazzi G. The high-order Shifted Boundary Method and its analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2022 May 1;394.
Li K, Atallah NM, Rodríguez-Ferran A, Valiveti DM, Scovazzi G. The shifted fracture method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2021 Nov 30;122(22):6641–79.
Atallah NM, Canuto C, Scovazzi G. The shifted boundary method for solid mechanics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2021 Oct 30;122(20):5935–70.
Atallah NM, Canuto C, Scovazzi G. Analysis Of The Shifted Boundary Method For The Poisson Problem In Domains With Corners. Mathematics of Computation. 2021 Sep 1;90(331):2041–69.
Scovazzi G, Colomés O, Abboud N, Veveakis M, del Castillo EM, Valiveti D, et al. A blended transient/quasistatic Lagrangian framework for salt tectonics simulations with stabilized tetrahedral finite elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2021 Jul 30;122(14):3489–524.
Abboud N, Scovazzi G. A variational multiscale method with linear tetrahedral elements for multiplicative viscoelasticity. Mechanics Research Communications. 2021 Mar 1;112.
Ferrero A, Larocca F, Scovazzi G, Germano M. A Numerical Study of the Spanwise Turbulence Past a Cylinder Flow. In: Springer Proceedings in Physics. 2021. p. 91–6.
Colomés O, Main A, Nouveau L, Scovazzi G. A weighted Shifted Boundary Method for free surface flow problems. Journal of Computational Physics. 2021 Jan 1;424.
Germano M, Abbà A, Cimarelli A, Ferrero A, Grinstein FF, Klein M, et al. The Filtering Approach as a Tool for Modeling and Analyzing Turbulence. In: Springer Proceedings in Physics. 2021. p. 67–77.
Atallah NM, Canuto C, Scovazzi G. The second-generation Shifted Boundary Method and its numerical analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2020 Dec 1;372.
Ferrero A, Larocca F, Germano M, Scovazzi G. A study on the statistical convergence of turbulence simulations around a cylinder. In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2020.
Karatzas EN, Stabile G, Nouveau L, Scovazzi G, Rozza G. A reduced-order shifted boundary method for parametrized incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2020 Oct 1;370.
Li K, Atallah NM, Main GA, Scovazzi G. The Shifted Interface Method: A flexible approach to embedded interface computations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2020 Feb 15;121(3):492–518.
Karatzas EN, Stabile G, Atallah N, Scovazzi G, Rozza G. A Reduced Order Approach for the Embedded Shifted Boundary FEM and a Heat Exchange System on Parametrized Geometries. In: IUTAM Bookseries. 2020. p. 111–25.
Atallah NM, Canuto C, Scovazzi G. Analysis of the shifted boundary method for the Stokes problem. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2020 Jan 1;358.
Nouveau L, Ricchiuto M, Scovazzi G. High-order gradients with the shifted boundary method: An embedded enriched mixed formulation for elliptic PDEs. Journal of Computational Physics. 2019 Dec 1;398.
Zeng X, Li K, Scovazzi G. An ALE/embedded boundary method for two-material flow simulations. Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 2019 Jul 15;78(2):335–61.
Karatzas EN, Stabile G, Nouveau L, Scovazzi G, Rozza G. A reduced basis approach for PDEs on parametrized geometries based on the shifted boundary finite element method and application to a Stokes flow. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2019 Apr 15;347:568–87.
Klein M, Scovazzi G, Germano M. On the richardson extrapolation of the reynolds stress with the systematic grid and model variation method. In: ERCOFTAC Series. 2019. p. 143–9.
Colomés O, Scovazzi G, Guilleminot J. On the robustness of variational multiscale error estimators for the forward propagation of uncertainty. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2018 Dec 1;342:384–413.
Main A, Scovazzi G. The shifted boundary method for embedded domain computations. Part II: Linear advection–diffusion and incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. Journal of Computational Physics. 2018 Nov 1;372:996–1026.
Main A, Scovazzi G. The shifted boundary method for embedded domain computations. Part I: Poisson and Stokes problems. Journal of Computational Physics. 2018 Nov 1;372:972–95.
Song T, Main A, Scovazzi G, Ricchiuto M. The shifted boundary method for hyperbolic systems: Embedded domain computations of linear waves and shallow water flows. Journal of Computational Physics. 2018 Sep 15;369:45–79.
Abboud N, Scovazzi G. Elastoplasticity with linear tetrahedral elements: A variational multiscale method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2018 Aug 24;115(8):913–55.
Kucharik M, Scovazzi G, Shashkov M, Loubère R. A multi-scale residual-based anti-hourglass control for compatible staggered Lagrangian hydrodynamics. Journal of Computational Physics. 2018 Feb 1;354:1–25.
Wang G, Scovazzi G, Nouveau L, Kees CE, Rossi S, Colomés O, et al. Dual-scale Galerkin methods for Darcy flow. Journal of Computational Physics. 2018 Feb 1;354:111–34.
Colomés O, Scovazzi G, Sraj I, Knio O, Maître OL. A finite volume error estimator inspired by the variational multiscale approach. In: AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, 2018. 2018.
Zeng X, Scovazzi G, Abboud N, Colomés O, Rossi S. A dynamic variational multiscale method for viscoelasticity using linear tetrahedral elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2017 Dec 28;112(13):1951–2003.
Scovazzi G, Song T, Zeng X. A velocity/stress mixed stabilized nodal finite element for elastodynamics: Analysis and computations with strongly and weakly enforced boundary conditions. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2017 Oct 1;325:532–76.
Scovazzi G, Wheeler MF, Mikelić A, Lee S. Analytical and variational numerical methods for unstable miscible displacement flows in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics. 2017 Apr 15;335:444–96.
Rossi S, Abboud N, Scovazzi G. Implicit finite incompressible elastodynamics with linear finite elements: A stabilized method in rate form. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2016 Nov 1;311:208–49.
Zeng X, Scovazzi G. A variational multiscale finite element method for monolithic ALE computations of shock hydrodynamics using nodal elements. Journal of Computational Physics. 2016 Jun 15;315:577–608.
Scovazzi G, Carnes B, Zeng X, Rossi S. A simple, stable, and accurate linear tetrahedral finite element for transient, nearly, and fully incompressible solid dynamics: A dynamic variational multiscale approach. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2016 Jun 8;106(10):799–839.
Song T, Scovazzi G. A Nitsche method for wave propagation problems in time domain. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2015 Aug 5;293:481–521.
Siefert C, Tuminaro R, Gerstenberger A, Scovazzi G, Collis SS. Algebraic multigrid techniques for discontinuous Galerkin methods with varying polynomial order. Computational Geosciences. 2014 Sep 1;18(5):597–612.
Zeng X, Scovazzi G. A frame-invariant vector limiter for flux corrected nodal remap in arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian flow computations. Journal of Computational Physics. 2014 Aug 1;270:753–83.
Scovazzi G, Huang H, Collis SS, Yin J. A fully-coupled upwind discontinuous Galerkin method for incompressible porous media flows: High-order computations of viscous fingering instabilities in complex geometry. Journal of Computational Physics. 2013 Nov 1;252:86–108.
Rider WJ, Love E, Scovazzi G, Weirs VG. A high resolution Lagrangian method using nonlinear hybridization and hyperviscosity. Computers and Fluids. 2013 Aug 6;83:25–32.
Huang H, Scovazzi G. A high-order, fully coupled, upwind, compact discontinuous Galerkin method for modeling of viscous fingering in compressible porous media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2013 Aug 5;263:169–87.
Bazilevs Y, Akkerman I, Benson DJ, Scovazzi G, Shashkov MJ. Isogeometric analysis of Lagrangian hydrodynamics. Journal of Computational Physics. 2013 Jun 5;243:224–43.
Gerstenberger A, Scovazzi G, Collis SS. Computing gravity-driven viscous fingering in complex subsurface geometries: A high-order discontinuous Galerkin approach. Computational Geosciences. 2013 Apr 1;17(2):351–72.
Scovazzi G, Gerstenberger A, Collis SS. A discontinuous galerkin method for gravity-driven viscous fingering instabilities in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics. 2013 Jan 1;233(1):373–99.
Scovazzi G. Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics on tetrahedral meshes: A stable and accurate variational multiscale approach. Journal of Computational Physics. 2012 Oct 15;231(24):8029–69.
Scovazzi G, Carnes B. Weak boundary conditions for wave propagation problems in confined domains: Formulation and implementation using a variational multiscale method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2012 May 1;221–222:117–31.
Scovazzi G, Gerstenberger A, Collis SS. A discontinuous Galerkin method for gravity-driven viscous fingering instabilities in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics. 2012;
Auricchio F, Scovazzi G. Numerical methods for multi-material fluids and structures (MULTIMAT-2009). International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2011 Apr 1;65(11–12):1279–80.
López Ortega A, Scovazzi G. A geometrically-conservative, synchronized, flux-corrected remap for arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian computations with nodal finite elements. Journal of Computational Physics. 2011 Jan 1;230(17):6709–41.
Masud A, Scovazzi G. A heterogeneous multiscale modeling framework for hierarchical systems of partial differential equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2011 Jan 1;65(1–3):28–42.
Bochev P, Ridzal D, Scovazzi G, Shashkov M. Formulation, analysis and numerical study of an optimization-based conservative interpolation (remap) of scalar fields for arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 2011 Jan 1;230(13):5199–225.
Scovazzi G, Shadid JN, Love E, Rider WJ. A conservative nodal variational multiscale method for Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2010 Dec 15;199(49–52):3059–100.
Scovazzi G, Love E. A generalized view on Galilean invariance in stabilized compressible flow computations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2010 Dec 7;64(10–12):1065–83.
Hughes TJR, Scovazzi G, Tezduyar TE. Stabilized methods for compressible flows. Journal of Scientific Computing. 2010 Jun 1;43(3):343–68.
Bazilevs Y, Calo VM, Hughes TJR, Scovazzi G. Variational multiscale theory of LES turbulence modeling. In: ERCOFTAC Series. 2010. p. 103–12.
Love E, Rider WJ, Scovazzi G. Stability analysis of a predictor/multi-corrector method for staggered-grid Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics. Journal of Computational Physics. 2009 Nov 1;228(20):7543–64.
Love E, Scovazzi G. On the angular momentum conservation and incremental objectivity properties of a predictor/multi-corrector method for Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2009 Sep 1;198(41–44):3207–13.
Scovazzi G, Love E, Shashkov MJ. Multi-scale Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics on Q1/P0 finite elements: Theoretical framework and two-dimensional computations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2008 Feb 1;197(9–12):1056–79.
Robinson AC, Brunner TA, Carroll S, Richarddrake, Garasi CJ, Gardiner T, et al. ALEGRA: An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian multimaterial, multiphysics code. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 2008 Jan 1;
Bazilevs Y, Calo VM, Cottrell JA, Hughes TJR, Reali A, Scovazzi G. Variational multiscale residual-based turbulence modeling for large eddy simulation of incompressible flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2007 Dec 1;197(1–4):173–201.
Scovazzi G. Galilean invariance and stabilized methods for compressible flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2007 Jul 20;54(6–8):757–78.
Scovazzi G. Stabilized shock hydrodynamics: II. Design and physical interpretation of the SUPG operator for Lagrangian computations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2007 Jan 1;196(4–6):967–78.
Scovazzi G. A discourse on Galilean invariance, SUPG stabilization, and the variational multiscale framework. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2007 Jan 1;196(4–6):1108–32.
Scovazzi G, Christon MA, Hughes TJR, Shadid JN. Stabilized shock hydrodynamics: I. A Lagrangian method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2007 Jan 1;196(4–6):923–66.
Bochev P, Hughes TJR, Scovazzi G. A multiscale discontinuous Galerkin method. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2006 Jun 29;3743 LNCS:84–93.
Hughes TJR, Scovazzi G, Bochev PB, Buffa A. A multiscale discontinuous Galerkin method with the computational structure of a continuous Galerkin method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2006 Apr 1;195(19–22):2761–87.
Hughes TJR, Calo VM, Scovazzi G. Variational and Multiscale Methods in Turbulence. In Springer-Verlag; p. 153–63.