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PIERO PAVAN

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Position

Professore Associato

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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale - DII

Address

VIA VENEZIA, 1 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498276830

E-mail

piero.pavan@unipd.it

Piero G. Pavan received the Laurea cum laude in Civil Engineering (Structures) from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Padua, with a thesis on computational methods for numerical simulation of the mechanical behavior of elastomeric materials. He received the PhD in Structural Mechanics, with a thesis on computational methods for nonlinear dynamics. He works in the field of biomechanics, with particular regard to the mechanics and constitutive modeling of biological tissues. He is currently Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padua and is member of the Teaching Board of the Doctoral School of Industrial Engineering. He is affiliated with the Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza in Padua, where he is the principal investigator of the Tissue Engineering Laboratory. He is a member of the Interdepartmental Research Center of Mechanics of Biological Materials of the University of Padua and he is a member of the National Bioengineering Group. His most recent research activity is focused on the mechanical characterization of muscle tissues, engineered tissues and biomaterials, through an experimental and computational combined approach.

Notices

Office hours

  • Thursday from 14:30 to 15:30
    at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Via Venezia 1, Studio n. 504

Teachings

Publications

A. Galanti, B. Rosetti, S. Valente, N. Braidotti, M. Sbacchi, S. Todros, P. Pavan, P. Gobbo, Photonastic prototissues capable of photo-mechano-chemical transduction, Advanced Materials, 2025, 2502830.
E. Maniou, S. Todros, A. Urciuolo, D.A. Moulding, M. Magnussen, I. Ampartzidis, L. Brandolino, P. Bellet, M. Giomo, P.G. Pavan, G.L. Galea, N. Elvassore, Quantifying mechanical forces during vertebrate morphogenesis, Nature Materials, 2024, 23 (11), pp. 1575 - 1581.
E. Stocco, S. Barbon, L. Ceroni, M. Confalonieri, G. Pulzato, S. Pressi, A. D'Osualdo, M. Contran, R. Boscolo-Berto, C. Tiengo, S. Todros, P.G. Pavan, V. Macchi, R. De Caro, L. Calvillo, E. Menna, A. Porzionato, Partially oxidized polyvinyl alcohol + functionalized water soluble multiwalled carbon nanotubes: A new conductive nanocomposite material with promising implications for neuroregeneration, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, 2024, 9 (3), art. no. 100762.
S. Spadoni, S. Todros, C. Reggiani, L. Marcucci, P.G. Pavan, The role of the extracellular matrix in the reduction of lateral force transmission in muscle bundles: A finite element analysis, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2024, 175, art. no. 108488.
M. Nasim, S. Spadoni, P.G. Pavan, V. Brasco, U. Galvanetto, Helmets with lattice liners can mitigate traumatic brain injury from impacts, Journal of Biomechanics, 2024, 176, art. no. 112362.
P.G. Pavan, M. Nasim, V. Brasco, S. Spadoni, F. Paoloni, Domenico d’Avella, S.F. Khosroshahi, N. de Cesare, K. Gupta, U. Galvanetto, Development of detailed finite element models for in silico analyses of brain impact dynamics, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2022, Vol. 227, 107225.
C. Cattapan, M. Della Barbera, A. Dedja, P. Pavan, G. Di Salvo, J. Sabatino, M. Avesani, M. Padalino, A. Guariento, C. Basso, V. Vida, Mechanical and structural adaptation of the pulmonary root after Ross operation in a murine model, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol. 11, 3742.
E. Maghin, E. Carraro, D. Boso, A. Dedja, M. Giagante, P. Caccin, R.A. Barna, S. Bresolin, A. Cani, G. Borile, D. Sandrin, F. Romanato, F. Cecchinato, A. Urciuolo, D. Sandonà, P. De Coppi, P.G. Pavan, M. Piccoli, Customized dynamic bioreactor system enables the production of radially aligned 3D diaphragmatic muscle constructs by promoting ECM remodeling and inhibiting fibroblasts overgrowth, NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2022, Vol. 7, Article number 25.
S. Barbon, E. Stocco, M. Contran, F. Facchin, R. Boscolo‐Berto, S. Todros, D. Sandrin, F. Romanato, P. Pavan, V. Macchi, V. Vindigni, F. Bassetto, R. De Caro, A. Porzionato, Preclinical Development of Bioengineered Allografts Derived from Decellularized Human Diaphragm, Biomedicines, 2022, Vol. 10, 739.
S. Todros, S. Barbon, E. Stocco, M. Favaron, V. Macchi, R. De Caro, A. Porzionato, P.G. Pavan, Time-dependent mechanical behavior of partially oxidized polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels for tissue engineering, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2022, Vol. 125, Article number 104966.
P. Pavan, E. Monti, M. Bondí, C. Fan, C. Stecco, C. Reggiani, M. Narici, L. Marcucci, Alterations of extracellular matrix mechanical properties contribute to age-related functional impairment of human skeletal muscles, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol. 21, 3992.