Gabriela N. Venturini
Graduate Student in Aeronautics
Mail Code 205-45
Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Phone: (626) 395-4502
Email: venturin_at_caltech.edu
Education
2006 - ...
California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Candidate Student - Aeronautics Department
Subject Minor: Chemistry
GPA: 4.0
2005 - 2006
California Institute of Technology
M.S. in Aeronautics
GPA: 3.9
1998 - 2004
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Chemical Engineer
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Thesis developed at Center for Industrial Research (CINI), TenarisSiderca:
"Modeling of Flow Pattern and Mass Transfer in Gas-Stirred Systems" (in Spanish)
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Advisor: M. Goldschmit
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Honors and Awards
2005 - 2006
Donald W. Douglas Prize Fellowship
California Institute of Technology
Dec 2009
Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDE Travel Stipend
Oxford University
Feb 2010
USACM Travel Award
9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics
Professional Experience
2006 - ...
Research Assistant - Advisor: Prof. Michael Ortiz
Computational Solid Mechanics Group
California Institute of Technology
Summer 2008
Research Intern - Mentor: Jaime Marian
Project: "Application of Dynamic-QC to the Behavior of Voids under Shocks in Ta"
Physical and Life Sciences Directorate
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Summer 2007
Research Intern - Mentor: Jaime Marian
Project: "Application of Dynamic-QC to the Behavior of Voids under Shocks in Ta"
Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Institute
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2002-2005
Research Engineer - Center for Industrial Research (CINI)
TenarisSiderca - Tenaris Group
Techint Organization
Teaching Experience
2006 - 2007
Teaching Assistant - Statics and Dynamics (Prof. Michael Ortiz)
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
California Institute of Technology
2001 - 2002
Teaching Assistant - Advanced Numerical Analysis
Department of Computation
Engineering School – Universidad de Buenos Aires
2000 - 2002
Teaching Assistant - Numerical Analysis
Department of Computation
Engineering School – Universidad de Buenos Aires
2000
Teaching Assistant - Linear Algebra
Department of Mathematics
Engineering School – Universidad de Buenos Aires
Refereed Journal Publications
- "Gas-Liquid Reaction Model in Gas-Stirred Systems - Part 1: Numerical Model"
G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
Metallurgical and Material Transactions B, vol 38, iss 3, pp. 461-475 (2007)
- "Finite-Temperature Extension of the Quasicontinuum Method using Langevin Dynamics:
Entropy Losses and Analysis of Errors"
J. Marian, G. Venturini, B. Hansen, J. Knap, M. Ortiz and G. Campbell
Modelling and Simulation in Material Science and Engineering, vol 18, 015003 (2010)
- "Thermal expansion behavior of Al and Ta using a finite-temperature extension of
the Quasicontinuum method"
G. Venturini, J. Knap, G. Campbell, M. Ortiz & J. Marian
International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, in press
- "Replica Time Integrators"
G. Venturini, J. Z. Yang, M. Ortiz & J. E. Marsden
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, submitted
- "A Variational Mean-Field Framework for Alloys at Finite Temperature"
G. Venturini & M. Ortiz
Journal for the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, in preparation
Refereed Conference Proceeding Papers
- "Finite Element Algebraic Slip Model for Two Phase Dispersed Flow"
M. Goldschmit and G. Venturini
European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS)
Finland, July 2004.
- "Mass Transfer Model of Gas-Liquid Reactions inside a Gas-Stirred Ladle"
G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
1st International Conference STEELSIM: 'Simulation and Modeling of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking'
Czech Republic, October 2005.
Conference Presentations
- "Finite Element Algebraic Slip Model for Two Phase Dispersed Flow"
M. Goldschmit and G. Venturini
European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS)
Finland, July 2004.
- "Mass Transfer Model of Gas-Liquid Reactions inside a Gas-Stirred Ladle"
G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
1st International Conference STEELSIM: 'Simulation and Modeling of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking'
Czech Republic, October 2005.
- "A Variational Mean Field Framework for Mass Transport Problems at Finite Temperature"
G. Venturini and M. Ortiz
10th US National Congress for Computational Mechanics
Columbus, Ohio, July 2009.
- "Non-Equilibrium Finite Temperature version of the Quasicontinuum Method:
Quantification of Entropy Losses in Coarse Domains"
J. Marian, G. Venturini, B. Hansen, J. Knap, M. Ortiz and G. Campbell
10th US National Congress for Computational Mechanics
Columbus, Ohio, July 2009.
- "A Variational Approach to Mechano-Chemical Problems"
G. Venturini and M. Ortiz
4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics
Paris, France, May 2010.
- "Mechano-Chemical Evolution of Crystalline Systems beyond Molecular Dynamics"
G. Venturini and M. Ortiz
9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics
Sydney, Australia, July 2010.
- "Finite Temperature Extension of the Quasicontinuum Method using Langevin Dynamics"
J. Marian, G. Venturini, J. Knap, M. Ortiz, B. Hansen and G. Campbell
9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics
Sydney, Australia, July 2010.
Technical Reports
- "Inert Gas Stirring of the Liquid Steel Inside the Ladle - Modeling of the Flow inside Dalmine´s Ladle for Four Porous Plugs Positions"
H. Coppola Owen, G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
CINI Report 1969/03, January 2003.
- "Gas-Stirring of Liquid Steel inside the Ladle - Flow Modeling in SIDERCA’s actual Ladle" (in Spanish)
G. Venturini, H. Coppola Owen and M. Goldschmit
CINI Report 1983/03, February 2003.
- "Mass Transfer Model for Gas-Stirred Systems - Application to Ladle Vacuum Degassing Process" (in Spanish)
G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
CINI Report 2226/04, November 2004.
- "Modeling of the Oxygen Converter in the Post-Stirring Stage" (in Spanish)
G. Venturini and M. Goldschmit
CINI Report 2282/05, May 2005.
Last modified: 10-August-2010