Gustavo Gioia Experience 2012 - Present Professor, Continuum Physics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 2007 - 2011 Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2006 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1997 - 1999 Research Associate, Rutgers University 1995 - 1997 Research Associate, University of Minnesota 1992 - 1995 Research Assistant, Brown University 1989 - 1991 Research Assistant, Northwestern University 1987 - 1989 Research Fellow, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina Awards 2017 The Enrico Marchi Lecturer, Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica Società Scientifica 2008-2015 Invited Professor Ad-Honorem, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2006 Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2001 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 1998 Rutgers University Merit Award Gustavo Gioia Professor PhD in Solid Mechanics, Brown University MSc in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University Diploma in Structural Engineering, University of Buenos Aires Research Unit Continuum Physics Unit Contact Specialties Engineering and applied sciences Fluid dynamics Mechanics Courses Theoretical and Applied Solid Mechanics Other Faculty Look for other faculty members