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2026

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Mathematics

D-Index
76
Citations
47943
World Ranking
187
National Ranking
4

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
48008
World Ranking
629
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2016 - Ritz-Galerkin Medal, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2015 - SIAM Fellow For fundamental contributions to the theory, development, and practice of finite element methods, including mixed, hybrid, discontinuous, and virtual element Galerkin methods.
  • 2014 - Euler Medal, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
  • 2009 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 2009 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Franco Brezzi is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with a significant concentration in Computational Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation, and Mechanics of Materials. Additional subfields of interest include Ocean Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Frequent publication venues where Franco Brezzi has contributed include:

  • Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Acta Numerica
  • Vietnam Journal of Mathematics
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brezzi are:

  • Nicola Bellomo
  • L. D. Marini
  • L. Beirão da Veiga
  • A. Russo
  • Mark A. J. Chaplain

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "The virtual element method" (2023, Acta Numerica)
  • "Polynomial preserving virtual elements with curved edges" (2020, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences)
  • "Finite Elements and Virtual Elements on Classical Meshes" (2021, Vietnam Journal of Mathematics)
  • "Modeling virus pandemics in a globally connected world a challenge towards a mathematics for living systems" (2021, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences)
  • "Active particles methods and challenges in behavioral systems" (2020, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences)

Brezzi has been recognized with several awards over the course of their career, including:

  • Ritz-Galerkin Medal, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), 2016
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2016
  • SIAM Fellow, 2015, for fundamental contributions to the theory, development, and practice of finite element methods, including mixed, hybrid, discontinuous, and virtual element Galerkin methods
  • Euler Medal, ECCOMAS, 2014
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • John von Neumann Lecturer, 2009
  • IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal), 2004
  • Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), 2002

Best Publications

  • Mixed and Hybrid Finite Element Methods

    Franco Brezzi;Michel Fortin

  • Unified Analysis of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Elliptic Problems

    Douglas N. Arnold;Franco Brezzi;Bernardo Cockburn;L. Donatella Marini

  • On the existence, uniqueness and approximation of saddle-point problems arising from lagrangian multipliers

    F. Brezzi

  • Mixed Finite Element Methods and Applications

    Daniele Boffi;Franco Brezzi;Michel Fortin

  • Two families of mixed finite elements for second order elliptic problems

    Franco Brezzi;Jim Douglas;L. D. Marini

  • A stable finite element for the stokes equations

    D. N. Arnold;F. Brezzi;M. Fortin

  • Basic principles of Virtual Element Methods

    L. Beir;F. Brezzi;Saudi Arabia

  • Mixed and nonconforming finite element methods : implementation, postprocessing and error estimates

    D. N. Arnold;F. Brezzi

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Virtual Element Method

    L. Beirão da Veiga;F. Brezzi;L. D. Marini;A. Russo

  • Finite dimensional approximation of nonlinear problems

    F. Brezzi;J. Rappaz;P. A. Raviart

  • Equivalent projectors for virtual element methods

    B. Ahmad;A. Alsaedi;F. Brezzi;L. D. Marini

  • Virtual Elements for Linear Elasticity Problems

    L. Beirao da Veiga;F. Brezzi;Luisa Donatella Marini

  • On the Stabilization of Finite Element Approximations of the Stokes Equations

    F. Brezzi;J. Pitkäranta

  • Mixed finite elements for second order elliptic problems in three variables

    F. Brezzi;J. Douglas;R. Durán;M. Fortin

  • PEERS: A new mixed finite element for plane elasticity

    Douglas N. Arnold;Franco Brezzi;Jim Douglas

  • Finite Dimensional Approximation of Nonlinear Problems. Part I. Branches of Nonsingular Solutions.

    F. Brezzi;J. Rappaz;P. A. Raviart

  • A FAMILY OF MIMETIC FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS ON POLYGONAL AND POLYHEDRAL MESHES

    Franco Brezzi;Konstantin Lipnikov;Valeria Simoncini

  • Discontinuous Galerkin approximations for elliptic problems

    F. Brezzi;G. Manzini;D. Marini;P. Pietra

  • Convergence of the Mimetic Finite Difference Method for Diffusion Problems on Polyhedral Meshes

    Franco Brezzi;Konstantin Lipnikov;Mikhail Shashkov

  • A relationship between stabilized finite element methods and the Galerkin method with bubble functions

    Franco Brezzi;Marie-Odile Bristeau;Leopoldo P. Franca;Michel Mallet

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Beirão da Veiga
L. Beirão da Veiga University of Milano-Bicocca
Daniele Boffi
Daniele Boffi King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Nicola Bellomo
Nicola Bellomo University of Granada
Douglas N. Arnold
Douglas N. Arnold University of Minnesota
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Endre Süli
Endre Süli University of Oxford
Konstantin Lipnikov
Konstantin Lipnikov Los Alamos National Laboratory
Annalisa Buffa
Annalisa Buffa École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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