Guglielmo Scovazzi | Scholars@Duke

Guglielmo Scovazzi
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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.

Current 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.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2019
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012

Contact Information

121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708
guglielmo.scovazzi@duke.edu (919) 660-5075
Curriculum Vitae
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Stanford University 2004
Duke Appointment History
- Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2019 - 2021
- Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2016 - 2019
- Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2016 - 2019
- Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2012 - 2016
- Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2012 - 2015
Recognition
In the News
- FEB 22, 2018
  
  Scovazzi Named Kavli Fellow by the US Academy of Science
- JAN 10, 2017
  
  Scovazzi Wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- MAY 13, 2014
  
  Pratt's Guglielmo Scovazzi Wins DOE Early Career Award
Awards & Honors
Research
Selected Grants
- Exact Representation of Curved Material Interfaces and Boundaries in High-Order Finite Element Simulations awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2020 - 2023
- REU Site for Meeting the Grand Challenges in Engineering awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2022
- Development of a Prototypical Algorithm Based on the Shifted Boundary Method Framework 2014 - 2021
- The shifted interface method for solid mechanics: An embedded domain approach. Mathematical Sciences Division - Numerical Analysis Program, Dr. Joseph Myers,joseph.d.myers8.civ@mail.mil awarded by Army Research Office 2018 - 2021
- Numerical Parallel Scalability of the Shifted Boundary Method awarded by Army Research Office 2020 - 2021
- Advanced Methods for Lagrangian Shock Hydrodynamics 2019 - 2020
- Development of Software combining the Shifted Boundary Method and non-Gaussian Fractional Stochastic Modeling for the Solution of Coupled Partial Differential Equations Related to Additive Manufacturing Modeling and Simulation Applications 2019 - 2020
- Advanced Methods for Immersed Domain Multi-physics Computations awarded by Department of Energy 2014 - 2019
- Uncertainty Quantification in LES Computations of Turbulent Multiphase Combustion in a SCRAMJET Engine 2016 - 2019
- Computational Methods for Wave Slamming Simulation awarded by Office of Naval Research 2014 - 2017
- Continuous/Discontinuous Variational Multiscale Methods for Variable Density Flows. awarded by Army Research Office 2013 - 2016
- Hybrid Computing Architectures as a Platform for Advanced Multi-scale Computational Methods awarded by Army Research Office 2015 - 2016
- Towards Rigorous Multiphysics Shock-Hydro Capabilities for Predictive Computational Analysis 2013 - 2015
- Visit the Computational Mathematics Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. awarded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2014 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Scovazzi, G., O. Colomés, N. Abboud, M. Veveakis, E. M. del Castillo, D. Valiveti, and H. Huang. “A blended transient/quasistatic Lagrangian framework for salt tectonics simulations with stabilized tetrahedral finite elements (Accepted).” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 122, no. 14 (July 30, 2021): 3489–3524. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6671.
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  - Abboud, N., and G. Scovazzi. “A variational multiscale method with linear tetrahedral elements for multiplicative viscoelasticity.” Mechanics Research Communications 112 (March 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2020.103610.
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  - Colomés, O., A. Main, L. Nouveau, and G. Scovazzi. “A weighted Shifted Boundary Method for free surface flow problems.” Journal of Computational Physics 424 (January 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109837.
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  - Atallah, N. M., C. Canuto, and G. Scovazzi. “The second-generation Shifted Boundary Method and its numerical analysis.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 372 (December 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113341.
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  - Karatzas, E. N., G. Stabile, L. Nouveau, G. Scovazzi, and G. Rozza. “A reduced-order shifted boundary method for parametrized incompressible Navier–Stokes equations.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 370 (October 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113273.
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  - Li, K., N. M. Atallah, G. A. Main, and G. Scovazzi. “The Shifted Interface Method: A flexible approach to embedded interface computations.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 121, no. 3 (February 15, 2020): 492–518. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6231.
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  - Atallah, N. M., C. Canuto, and G. Scovazzi. “Analysis of the shifted boundary method for the Stokes problem.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 358 (January 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112609.
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  - Nouveau, L., M. Ricchiuto, and G. Scovazzi. “High-order gradients with the shifted boundary method: An embedded enriched mixed formulation for elliptic PDEs.” Journal of Computational Physics 398 (December 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.108898.
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  - Zeng, X., K. Li, and G. Scovazzi. “An ALE/embedded boundary method for two-material flow simulations.” Computers and Mathematics With Applications 78, no. 2 (July 15, 2019): 335–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2018.05.002.
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  - Karatzas, E. N., G. Stabile, L. Nouveau, G. Scovazzi, and G. Rozza. “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 347 (April 15, 2019): 568–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.12.040.
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  - Colomés, O., G. Scovazzi, and J. Guilleminot. “On the robustness of variational multiscale error estimators for the forward propagation of uncertainty.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 342 (December 1, 2018): 384–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.07.041.
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  - Main, A., and G. Scovazzi. “The shifted boundary method for embedded domain computations. Part I: Poisson and Stokes problems.” Journal of Computational Physics 372 (November 1, 2018): 972–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.10.026.
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  - Main, A., and G. Scovazzi. “The shifted boundary method for embedded domain computations. Part II: Linear advection–diffusion and incompressible Navier–Stokes equations.” Journal of Computational Physics 372 (November 1, 2018): 996–1026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.01.023.
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  - Song, T., A. Main, G. Scovazzi, and M. Ricchiuto. “The shifted boundary method for hyperbolic systems: Embedded domain computations of linear waves and shallow water flows.” Journal of Computational Physics 369 (September 15, 2018): 45–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.04.052.
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  - Abboud, N., and G. Scovazzi. “Elastoplasticity with linear tetrahedral elements: A variational multiscale method.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 115, no. 8 (August 24, 2018): 913–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5831.
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  - Kucharik, M., G. Scovazzi, M. Shashkov, and R. Loubère. “A multi-scale residual-based anti-hourglass control for compatible staggered Lagrangian hydrodynamics.” Journal of Computational Physics 354 (February 1, 2018): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.10.050.
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  - Wang, G., G. Scovazzi, L. Nouveau, C. E. Kees, S. Rossi, O. Colomés, and A. Main. “Dual-scale Galerkin methods for Darcy flow.” Journal of Computational Physics 354 (February 1, 2018): 111–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.10.047.
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  - Zeng, X., G. Scovazzi, N. Abboud, O. Colomés, and S. Rossi. “A dynamic variational multiscale method for viscoelasticity using linear tetrahedral elements.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 112, no. 13 (December 28, 2017): 1951–2003. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5591.
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  - Scovazzi, G., T. Song, and X. Zeng. “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 325 (October 1, 2017): 532–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2017.07.018.
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  - Scovazzi, G., M. F. Wheeler, A. Mikelić, and S. Lee. “Analytical and variational numerical methods for unstable miscible displacement flows in porous media.” Journal of Computational Physics 335 (April 15, 2017): 444–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.01.021.
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  - Rossi, S., N. Abboud, and G. Scovazzi. “Implicit finite incompressible elastodynamics with linear finite elements: A stabilized method in rate form.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 311 (November 1, 2016): 208–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.07.015.
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  - Zeng, X., and G. Scovazzi. “A variational multiscale finite element method for monolithic ALE computations of shock hydrodynamics using nodal elements.” Journal of Computational Physics 315 (June 15, 2016): 577–608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.03.052.
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  - Scovazzi, G., B. Carnes, X. Zeng, and S. Rossi. “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 106, no. 10 (June 8, 2016): 799–839. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5138.
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  - Song, T., and G. Scovazzi. “A Nitsche method for wave propagation problems in time domain.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 293 (August 5, 2015): 481–521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2015.05.001.
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  - Zeng, X., and G. Scovazzi. “A frame-invariant vector limiter for flux corrected nodal remap in arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian flow computations.” Journal of Computational Physics 270 (August 1, 2014): 753–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.03.054.
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  - Siefert, C., R. Tuminaro, A. Gerstenberger, G. Scovazzi, and S. S. Collis. “Algebraic multigrid techniques for discontinuous Galerkin methods with varying polynomial order.” Computational Geosciences 18, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 597–612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-014-9419-x.
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  - Scovazzi, G., H. Huang, S. S. Collis, and J. Yin. “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 252 (November 1, 2013): 86–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.06.012.
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  - Rider, W. J., E. Love, G. Scovazzi, and V. G. Weirs. “A high resolution Lagrangian method using nonlinear hybridization and hyperviscosity.” Computers and Fluids 83 (August 6, 2013): 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.09.009.
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  - Huang, H., and G. Scovazzi. “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 263 (August 5, 2013): 169–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2013.04.010.
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  - Bazilevs, Y., I. Akkerman, D. J. Benson, G. Scovazzi, and M. J. Shashkov. “Isogeometric analysis of Lagrangian hydrodynamics.” Journal of Computational Physics 243 (June 5, 2013): 224–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.02.021.
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  - Gerstenberger, A., G. Scovazzi, and S. S. Collis. “Computing gravity-driven viscous fingering in complex subsurface geometries: A high-order discontinuous Galerkin approach.” Computational Geosciences 17, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 351–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-012-9334-y.
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  - Scovazzi, G., A. Gerstenberger, and S. S. Collis. “A discontinuous galerkin method for gravity-driven viscous fingering instabilities in porous media.” Journal of Computational Physics 233, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 373–99.
  - Scovazzi, G. “Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics on tetrahedral meshes: A stable and accurate variational multiscale approach.” Journal of Computational Physics 231, no. 24 (October 15, 2012): 8029–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2012.06.033.
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  - Scovazzi, G., and B. Carnes. “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 221–222 (May 1, 2012): 117–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2012.01.018.
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  - Scovazzi, G., A. Gerstenberger, and S. S. Collis. “A discontinuous Galerkin method for gravity-driven viscous fingering instabilities in porous media.” Journal of Computational Physics, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2012.09.003.
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  - Auricchio, F., and G. Scovazzi. “Numerical methods for multi-material fluids and structures (MULTIMAT-2009).” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 65, no. 11–12 (April 1, 2011): 1279–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2546.
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  - Bochev, P., D. Ridzal, G. Scovazzi, and M. Shashkov. “Formulation, analysis and numerical study of an optimization-based conservative interpolation (remap) of scalar fields for arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian methods.” Journal of Computational Physics 230, no. 13 (January 1, 2011): 5199–5225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.03.017.
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  - López Ortega, A., and G. Scovazzi. “A geometrically-conservative, synchronized, flux-corrected remap for arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian computations with nodal finite elements.” Journal of Computational Physics 230, no. 17 (January 1, 2011): 6709–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.05.005.
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  - Masud, A., and G. Scovazzi. “A heterogeneous multiscale modeling framework for hierarchical systems of partial differential equations.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 65, no. 1–3 (January 1, 2011): 28–42. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2456.
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  - Scovazzi, G., J. N. Shadid, E. Love, and W. J. Rider. “A conservative nodal variational multiscale method for Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199, no. 49–52 (December 15, 2010): 3059–3100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2010.03.027.
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  - Scovazzi, G., and E. Love. “A generalized view on Galilean invariance in stabilized compressible flow computations.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 64, no. 10–12 (December 7, 2010): 1065–83. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2417.
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  - Hughes, T. J. R., G. Scovazzi, and T. E. Tezduyar. “Stabilized methods for compressible flows.” Journal of Scientific Computing 43, no. 3 (June 1, 2010): 343–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-008-9233-5.
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  - Love, E., W. J. Rider, and G. Scovazzi. “Stability analysis of a predictor/multi-corrector method for staggered-grid Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics.” Journal of Computational Physics 228, no. 20 (November 1, 2009): 7543–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.06.042.
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  - Love, E., and G. Scovazzi. “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 198, no. 41–44 (September 1, 2009): 3207–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2009.06.002.
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  - Scovazzi, G., E. Love, and M. J. Shashkov. “Multi-scale Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics on Q1/P0 finite elements: Theoretical framework and two-dimensional computations.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197, no. 9–12 (February 1, 2008): 1056–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2007.10.002.
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  - Robinson, A. C., T. A. Brunner, S. Carroll, S. Richarddrake, C. J. Garasi, T. Gardiner, T. Haill, et al. “ALEGRA: An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian multimaterial, multiphysics code.” 46th Aiaa Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 1, 2008. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-1235.
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  - Bazilevs, Y., V. M. Calo, J. A. Cottrell, T. J. R. Hughes, A. Reali, and G. Scovazzi. “Variational multiscale residual-based turbulence modeling for large eddy simulation of incompressible flows.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197, no. 1–4 (December 1, 2007): 173–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2007.07.016.
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  - Scovazzi, G. “Galilean invariance and stabilized methods for compressible flows.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 54, no. 6–8 (July 20, 2007): 757–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1423.
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  - Scovazzi, G. “Stabilized shock hydrodynamics: II. Design and physical interpretation of the SUPG operator for Lagrangian computations.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 196, no. 4–6 (January 1, 2007): 967–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2006.08.009.
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  - Scovazzi, G. “A discourse on Galilean invariance, SUPG stabilization, and the variational multiscale framework.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 196, no. 4–6 (January 1, 2007): 1108–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2006.08.012.
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  - Scovazzi, G., M. A. Christon, T. J. R. Hughes, and J. N. Shadid. “Stabilized shock hydrodynamics: I. A Lagrangian method.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 196, no. 4–6 (January 1, 2007): 923–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2006.08.008.
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  - Bochev, P., T. J. R. Hughes, and G. Scovazzi. “A multiscale discontinuous Galerkin method.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 3743 LNCS (June 29, 2006): 84–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/11666806_8.
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  - Hughes, T. J. R., G. Scovazzi, P. B. Bochev, and A. Buffa. “A multiscale discontinuous Galerkin method with the computational structure of a continuous Galerkin method.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 195, no. 19–22 (April 1, 2006): 2761–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2005.06.006.
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- Book Sections
  - Karatzas, E. N., G. Stabile, N. Atallah, G. Scovazzi, and G. Rozza. “A Reduced Order Approach for the Embedded Shifted Boundary FEM and a Heat Exchange System on Parametrized Geometries.” In IUTAM Bookseries, 36:111–25, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21013-7_8.
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  - Klein, M., G. Scovazzi, and M. Germano. “On the richardson extrapolation of the reynolds stress with the systematic grid and model variation method.” In ERCOFTAC Series, 25:143–49, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04915-7_20.
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- Conference Papers
  - Ferrero, A., F. Larocca, M. Germano, and G. Scovazzi. “A study on the statistical convergence of turbulence simulations around a cylinder.” In Aip Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2293, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026757.
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  - Colomés, O., G. Scovazzi, I. Sraj, O. Knio, and O. L. Maître. “A finite volume error estimator inspired by the variational multiscale approach.” In Aiaa Non Deterministic Approaches Conference, 2018, Vol. 0, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-1178.
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  - Bazilevs, Y., V. M. Calo, T. J. R. Hughes, and G. Scovazzi. “Variational multiscale theory of LES turbulence modeling.” In Ercoftac Series, 13:103–12, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3652-0_16.
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  - Hughes, Thomas J. R., Victor M. Calo, and Guglielmo Scovazzi. “Variational and Multiscale Methods in Turbulence,” 153–63. Springer-Verlag, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3559-4_9.
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