Pasquale Vena was born in Taranto, Italy, in 1968. He received his master degree in Civil Engineering cum laude in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 1998 from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. From 1993 to 2001 he worked as research assistant at the Department of Structural Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano. From June 2001 to date he has been an assistant professor at the same department. Since 2007, he is an Associate Professor in Industrial Bioengineering. From the academic year 2003-04 he is lecturer of Mechanics of Continua and Structures for student of the school of biomedical engineering. His major research interests include computational modelling of biological tissues, biomaterial and biomedical devices aimed at determining their mechanical behaviour.

Publications:

1. Vena P., Contro R., Huiskes R., Optimal Design of interfaces in a Femoral Head Surface Replacement Prosthesis Considering non Linear Behaviour, Structural Optimization, 18, 2/3, pp. 162-172, 1999

2. Vena P., Verdonschot N., Contro R., Huiskes R., Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Shape Design for Bone-Prosthesis Interfaces in a Femoral Head Surface Replacement, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol.3, N.3, pp. 245-256, 2000;

3. Vena P., A computational model of viscoelatic composite materials for ligament or tendon prostheses, Advanced Composite Letters, Vol. 9, N.3, pp.181-192, 2000

4. Capsoni A., Corradi L., Vena P., Limit analysis of othotropic structures based on Hill's yield condition, International Journal of Solid and Structures, vol. 38/22-23, pp.3945-3963, 2001

5. Capsoni A., Corradi L., Vena P., Limit analysis of anisotropic structures based on kinematic theorem, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 17, N.11, pp.1531-1549, 2001;

6. Raimondi M., Vena P., Pietrabissa R., Quantitative evaluation of the prosthetic head damage induced by microscopic third-body particles in total hip replacement, Journal of Biomaterial Research, N. 58, pp.436-448, 2001

7. Verdonschot N., Vena P., Stolk J., Huiskes R., The effects of metal inlay thickness in polyethylene cups with metal-on-metal bearings, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 404, 353-361, 2002

8. Vena P., Contro R., Micromechanical analysis of the trabecular bone stress state at the interface of metallic biomedical devices, Meccanica, Vol. 37, 431-439, 2002

9. Contro R., Vena P., Computational models for biological tissues and biomedical implants, Engineering computations, Vol. 20, N. 5/6, pp. 513-523, 2003.

10. Corradi L., Vena P., Limit analysis of orthotropic plates, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 19, pp. 1543-1566, 2003;

11. Redaelli A., Vesentini S., Soncini M., Vena P., Mantero S., Montevecchi F.M., Possible role of decorin glycosaminoglycans in fibril to fibril force transfer in relative mature tendons-a computational study from molecular to microstructural level, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 36, pp. 1555-1569, 2003;

12. Vena, P., Contro R., An anisotropic damage model for evaluation of load carrying capacity of composite artificial ligaments, Computer modeling in engineering and sciences, Vol. 4, N.3/4, pp. 497-506, 2003;

13. Vena P., Gastaldi D., A Voronoi cell finite element model for the indentation of graded ceramic composites, "Composites, Part B: Engineering" Vol. 36, n. 2, 115-126, 2005.

14. Quaglini V., Vena P., Contro R., A discrete-time approach to the formulation of constitutive models for viscoelastic soft tissues, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanibiology, Vol. 3 pp. 85-97 2004.

15. Vena P., Gastaldi D., Contro R., Effects of the thermal residual stress field on the crack propagation in graded Alumina/Zirconia ceramics, Material Sciences Forum, Vols. 492-493, pp. 177-182, 2005.

16. Palazzo B., Sidoti M.C., Roveri N., Tampieri A., Sandri M., Bertolazzi L., Galbusera F.,Dubini G., Vena P., Contro R ., Controlled drug delivery from porous hydroxyapatite grafts: An experimental and theoretical approach, Journal of Material Sciences, Vol. 25, pp. 207-213 2005.

17. Contro R., Vena P., Gastaldi D., Franzoso G. Assessment of the biomechanical compatibility of an interspinous implant for "dynamic stabilization" through the finite element method, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 375-382, 2005.

18. Vena P., Franzoso G., Gastaldi D., Contro R., Dallolio V. A finite element model of the L4–L5 spinal motion segment: Biomechanical compatibility of an insterspinous device Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp.7-16, 2005.

19. Vena P. Thermal residual stresses in graded ceramic composites: a microscopic computational model versus homogenized models. Meccanica, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 163-179, 2005.

20. Vena P., Gastaldi D., Contro R., Petrini L. Finite element computation of the fatigue crack growth rate in transformation toughening ceramics, International Journal of Plasticity vol.22, p. 895–920. 2006.

21. Corradi L., Luzzi L., Vena P. Finite Element limit analysis of anisotropic structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2006, 195 (41-43), 5422-5436.

22. Vena P., Gastaldi D., Contro R. A constituent-based model for the non linear viscoelastic behaviour of ligaments. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2006; 128(3): 449-457.

23. Boschetti F, Gervaso F, Pennati G, Peretti GM, Vena P, Dubini G. Poroelastic numerical modelling of natural and engineered cartilage based on in vitro tests. Biorheology 2006; 43(3-4): 235-247.

24. Socci L, Pennati G, Gervaso F, Vena P. An Axisymmetric Computational Model of Skin Expansion and Growth. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. Apr;6(3):177-88. 2007

25. Gastaldi D., Vena P., Contro R. Hybrid microstructural finite elementmodeling for intergranular fracture in ceramic composites and coating systems. Computational Materials Science, in press.

26. D. Gastaldi, P. Vena, S. Masante, R. Contro, M. Beghi, C. S. Casari, F. Di Fonzo, A. Li Bassi, D. Tonini, C. E. Bottani, “Alumina Coatings for Wear Resistant Biomedical Devices: Manufacturing and Modelling”, AES Technical Reviews International Journal, Part A: International Journal of Nano and Advanced Engineering Materials (IJNAEM), 1 (1) 2008, 11 -19.

26. Vena P., Gastaldi D., Contro R. Determination of the effective elastic–plastic response of metal–ceramic composites. International Journal of Plasticity, vol.24, p. 483–508. 2008.

28. Vena P., Gastaldi D., Socci L., Pennati G., An anisotropic model for tissue growth and remodeling during early development of cerebral aneurysms, Computational Material Science 2008, 43, 565-577

29. F. Di Fonzo, D. Tonini, A. Li Bassi, C.S. Casari, M.G. Beghi, C.E. Bottani, D. Gastaldi, P. Vena, R. Contro, Growth regimes in pulsed laser deposition of Aluminium oxide films, Applied Physics A, in press

30. Socci L., Pennati G., Gastaldi D., Vena P. Modelling and Mechanobiology of cerebral aneurysms. Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics. 2008, 6(2), 63-71

31. Boccaccio, P. Vena; D. Gastaldi, G. Franzoso, R. Pietrabissa, C. Pappalettere, Finite element analysis of cancellous bone failure in the vertebral body of healthy and osteoporotic subjects, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, in press.

32. Vena P., Bertarelli E., Gastaldi D., Contro R., Energy-based and local approaches to the strength analysis of ceramic laminates with thermal residual stresses through the finite element method, Mechanics Research Communications 35 (2008), pp. 576-582.

33. Bertarelli E., Gastaldi D., Vena P., Contro R., A computational approach to design high reliability ceramic laminates, The Open Mechanics Journal 2 (2008), pp. 67-72