Dr. Stefania Fresca

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Stefania Fresca is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. She began her journey in academia with a Ph.D. in Mathematical Models and Methods Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where she was part of the Laboratory for Modeling Scientific Computing (MOX) and engaged in an ERC Advanced Grant Project focused on cardiac modeling. Throughout her career, she has received accolades such as the Runner-up Ph.D. Award at the 7th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering. After completing her Ph.D. in 2021, she pursued a post-doctoral research fellowship at MOX, where she contributed extensively to the field of scientific machine learning. Her research focuses on operator learning in small data contexts, reduced order modeling, numerical approximation of partial differential equations, and applications in engineering problems across various domains including cardiac electrophysiology and fluid dynamics. In addition to her research, she has teaching commitments and has mentored Ph.D. students in her department.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2023-01-01 — Present

University of Washington • Seattle, WA

Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Post-doc Research Fellow

2020-01-01 — 2021-12-31

MOX (Laboratory for Modeling Scientific Computing), Politecnico di Milano • Milan, Italy

Conducting research related to scientific machine learning and reduced order modeling.

Junior Assistant Professor

2023-01-01 — 2023-12-31

MOX (Laboratory for Modeling Scientific Computing), Politecnico di Milano • Milan, Italy

Engaging in teaching and research activities in numerical analysis.

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
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