Davide Curreli

Davide Curreli
Davide Curreli
Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar
(217) 300-1787
111J Talbot Laboratory

Education

  • University of Padua, Italy, Ph.D., Sciences, Technologies and Measures for Space, 2011
  • University of Padua, Italy, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2007
  • University of Padua, Italy, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2004

Academic Positions

  • 2019-Present, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (100% FTE)
  • 2019-Present, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (0% FTE)
  • 2015-2019, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (0% FTE)
  • 2014-present, Affiliated Professor, University of Illinois, Computational Science and Engineering
  • 2013-2019, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (100% FTE)

Other Professional Employment

  • 2/2012-8/2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois, USA
  • 4/2011-2/2012, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Padua, Italy

Resident Instruction

  • NPRE 523, Plasma Waves, Fall 2023
  • NPRE 526, Plasma-Material Interactions, Spring 2023
  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Spring 2023
  • NPRE 598, Computational Plasma Physics, Fall 2022
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2022
  • NPRE 523, Plasma Waves, Fall 2021
  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Spring 2021 (online)
  • NPRE 598, Computational Plasma Physics, Fall 2020 (online)
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2020 (half online)
  • NPRE 523, Plasma Waves, Fall 2019
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2019
  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Fall 2018
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2018
  • NPRE 598, Plasma Waves and Heating Technologies, Fall 2017
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2017
  • NPRE 498, Numerical Methods for Plasma Physics, Fall 2016
  • NPRE 421, Plasma and Fusion Science, Spring 2016
  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Fall 2015
  • NPRE 498, Numerical Methods for Plasma Physics, Spring 2015
  • NPRE 598, Plasma Waves and Heating Technologies, Fall 2014
  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Spring 2014

Course Development

  • NPRE 522, Controlled Fusion Systems, Spring 2014 (modified course material)
  • NPRE 598, Plasma Waves and Heating Technologies, Fall 2014 (new course)
  • NPRE 498, Numerical Methods for Plasma Physics, Spring 2015 (new course)

Research Interests

  • Transport phenomena in plasmas
  • Plasma-material interactions
  • Plasma modeling using fluid and kinetic models
  • Plasma physics and plasma code development for industrial and nuclear application

Research Areas

  • Plasma Edge and PMI Modeling
  • Plasma Physics and Fusion

Selected Articles in Journals

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Bulletins

Reports

Honors

  • Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Scholar (2020)
  • NCSA Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois (2015)

Teaching Honors

  • Partial List of Teacher Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2023)
  • Partial List of Teacher Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2022)
  • Partial List of Teacher Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2022)
  • Partial List of Teacher Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2020)
  • NPRE Teacher of the Year, NPRE Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Fall 2019)
  • Partial List of Teacher Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2017)
  • Partial List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2016)
  • Partial List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2015)
  • Partial List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2014)

Recent Courses Taught

  • NPRE 421 - Plasma and Fusion Science
  • NPRE 522 - Controlled Fusion Systems
  • NPRE 523 - Plasma Waves
  • NPRE 526 - Plasma-Material Interactions
  • NPRE 595 - Student Research Seminar
  • NPRE 598 CP - Computational Plasma Physics