Fani Derveni
Assistant Professor at Cornell University|SCALE Lab
BIOGRAPHY
I am a structural engineer, researcher, educator and an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. My research group, the Scalable Metastructures Laboratory (SCALE Lab), develops and characterizes innovative scalable solutions for global engineering challenges.
As a postdoc in Mechanical Engineering at the Flexible Structures Laboratory (flexLab, EPFL, Lausanne-Switzerland), I investigated the stability and mechanics of thin spherical shells, entangled elastic rods and bio-inspired structures via experimental, numerical and probabilistic methods.
Prior to this, I obtained my MS and PhD in Structural Engineering and Mechanics from UMass Amherst, USA (2019 and 2021, respectively), focusing on the mechanics and performance of thin-walled metallic structures: from plate-lattice architected materials to cold-formed steel shear walls.
Previously, I got my diploma in Civil Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2017), and spent six months as an exchange student at Cracow University of Technology, Poland.
When I am not playing with thin-walled structures and their mechanics, I enjoy running marathons, skiing, hiking, salsa/bachata dancing, and traveling.
Ext. 5-7155
fani.derveni@cornell.edu
Hollister Hall 373, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA