Tubaldi, Eleonora

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
The Institute for Systems Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices

3116 Glenn L. Martin Hall, College Park, MD 20742

etubaldi@umd.edu

(301) 405 5272

Website(s):
Tubaldi Lab

Education

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
BS, Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Awards and Honors

2026 Nonlinear Dynamics Society (NODYS) Early Career Award, Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON) 2026
2024 ASME Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering
2024 Italian Cultural Society (ICS) Young Scientist Award
2024 ASME Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award
2023 NSF CAREER Award
2021 NSF and USNC/TAM Early Career Presenter Fellowship to ICTAM 2020+1
2021 ASME SB3C Young Faculty Diversity Participation Award
2020 Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award - Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation and ASME Applied Mechanics Division
2014 – 2016 Doctoral Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students FRQNT (Fonds de recherche du Québec -Nature et technologies)
2013 – 2016 McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA), Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
2013 – 2016 Werner Graupe International Fellowship in Engineering, Antje Graupe Pryor Foundation
2011 – 2013 Italian Government Scholarship for Italian students in Canadian Universities
2010 XXIV Merit Award BCC Bachelor's Degree

Service

2018 – Today Associated Editor for Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines: An International Journal
2018 – 2022 Track Co-Organizer International Undergraduate Research, Design Expo and Poster Competition at ASME IMECE
2018 – Today Member of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Dynamics & Control System & Structures (DCSS) Technical Committee

ENME361: Vibration, Controls and Optimization I

ENME645: Fluid Structure Interactions

ENME489U: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Fluid Structure Interactions

Bonthron, Colton Win Three-Minute Thesis Competition

Mechanical engineering doctoral students win two out of six top awards at annual event.

Fischell Institute Participates in Maryland Day 2025

The institute was represented by Fischell Institute Fellow Chris Jewell’s research lab, Fischell Institute Fellow Reza Ghodssi’s MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab (MSAL), Fischell Fellow Catherine K. Kuo’s research lab, Affiliate Fellow Gregg Duncan’s Respiratory NanoBioengineering (RnB) lab, Affiliate Fellow Elisabeth Smela’s Laboratory for MicroTechnologies, Fischell Fellow Alisa Clyne’s Vascular Kinetics Lab, Affiliate Fellow Eleonora Tubaldi’s research lab, Affiliate Fellow Yancy Diaz-Mercado’s Collaborative Controls and Robotics Lab (CCRL), and Affiliate Fellow Don Milton’s Public Health AeroBiology Laboratory (PHAB Lab).

Fischell Institute Affiliate Fellow Spotlight: Eleonora Tubaldi

Her research focuses on developing devices that integrate seamlessly with biological systems, for applications such as cardiovascular prosthetics and minimally invasive surgery.

Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices invests $200K in the future of biomedical devices, cultivating up-and-coming investigators and immersing them in successful multidisciplinary teams

Designed to bolster young, postdoctoral researchers by pairing them with existing, proven research teams, the fellowship aims to propel the careers of awardees, enabling them to apply for additional grants or faculty positions in the future.

Engineering Faculty Selected for New MPower Seed Grant Funding

Four projects jointly led by Maryland Engineering and UMB researchers awarded to advance collaborative research in areas of high importance.

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