About

Professor C. Armando Duarte is the Nathan M. Newmark Distinguished Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He teaches courses in methods of structural analysis, structural mechanics, analysis and mechanics of plates and shells, and advanced finite element methods. His research interests include computational mechanics and methods such as Generalized Finite Element and mesh-free methods, three-dimensional computational fracture mechanics, multi-scale modeling of sharp thermal gradients and polycrystalline materials, and multi-physic simulations of hydraulic fracturing. Dr. Duarte has made significant contributions to the field, with over 100 scientific articles and book chapters, a co-authored book, and two edited books on computational methods. His work has been highly cited, with more than 9,000 citations, and he has been recognized as one of the highest-cited researchers in his field. He has served as a visiting scholar at multiple international institutions and has been an invited keynote and plenary speaker at numerous conferences, organizing symposia in his area of expertise.

Research topics

• Mathematics
• Mathematical analysis
• Structural engineering
• Physics
• Applied mathematics
• Algorithm
• Computer Science
• Mathematical optimization
• Engineering
• Geometry

Selected publications

• The p-version of the finite element method

  Elsevier eBooks · 2024 · 96 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Mathematics
  • Applied mathematics
  • Mathematical analysis
  DOI

• An adaptive global–local generalized FEM for multiscale advection–diffusion problems

  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 2023 · 44 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Computer Science
  • Applied mathematics
  • Mathematics
  DOI

• A Stable Generalized/eXtended <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" id="d1e380" altimg="si86.svg"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math>-hierarchical FEM for three-dimensional linear elastic fracture mechanics

  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 2020 · 39 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Geometry
  DOI

Recent grants

• GOALI: Validated Multiscale Simulations of Ceramic Matrix Composites for Power Generation

  NSF · $287k · 2010–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Alejandro M. Aragón

  Delft University of Technology

  22 shared

• Patrick J. O’Hara

  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  19 shared

• A. Simone

  13 shared

• Dae Jin Kim

  13 shared

• Thomas Eason

  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  11 shared

• J. P. Pereira

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  10 shared

• Jorge L. Garzón

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  9 shared

• Nathan Shauer

  Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

  8 shared

Education

• PhD, Engineering Mechanics

  University of Texas at Austin

  1996

Awards & honors

• Nathan M. Newmark Distinguished Professor in CEE
• CEE Excellence Faculty Scholar

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