Email
fbernardi@wpi.edu
Office
Stratton Hall 406 // 50 Prescott Street 4906
Phone
+1 (508) 8314183
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
Affiliated Department or Office
Physics
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
Grad.Cert. in Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2013
B.Eng. in Engineering Physics, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2009

I am an applied mathematician working in the fields of small-scale fluid mechanics and microfluidics. My research includes both mathematical modeling and physical experiments. In particular, I am interested in particle and solute transport in small-scale systems, such as municipal water filtration facilities. I am the PI of the FMNTS Lab - Small-scale Fluid Mechanics and Transport Lab hosted at LEAP. I enjoy teaching courses fundamental to applied mathematics and modeling, and I look forward to mentoring students on projects both in and outside the lab. I am very active in outreach and advocacy projects focused on gender and racial equity with various organizations. I co-founded Girls Talk Math in 2016 and am now the Director of the the WPI camp chapter.  Please visit my website to learn more about my research, teaching, outreach, and advocacy activities.

Email
fbernardi@wpi.edu
Affiliated Department or Office
Physics
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
Grad.Cert. in Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2013
B.Eng. in Engineering Physics, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2009

I am an applied mathematician working in the fields of small-scale fluid mechanics and microfluidics. My research includes both mathematical modeling and physical experiments. In particular, I am interested in particle and solute transport in small-scale systems, such as municipal water filtration facilities. I am the PI of the FMNTS Lab - Small-scale Fluid Mechanics and Transport Lab hosted at LEAP. I enjoy teaching courses fundamental to applied mathematics and modeling, and I look forward to mentoring students on projects both in and outside the lab. I am very active in outreach and advocacy projects focused on gender and racial equity with various organizations. I co-founded Girls Talk Math in 2016 and am now the Director of the the WPI camp chapter.  Please visit my website to learn more about my research, teaching, outreach, and advocacy activities.

Office
Stratton Hall 406 // 50 Prescott Street 4906
Phone
+1 (508) 8314183
Personal Website
Google Scholar Profile
Research Interests
Small-Scale Fluid Mechanics
Microfluidics
Water Filtration
Experimental Design
Applied Mathematics
STEM Education
Professional Affiliations
Girls Talk Math, Co-Founder

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How professors can foster inclusivity with their syllabus

Inside Higher Ed highlighted recent research by WPI researchers who looked into how syllabi can signal inclusivity in the classroom. The study, originally published in Nature's Humanities and Social Sciences Connections, was authored by Francesca Bernardi, Crystal Brown, Lindsay Davis, Michelle Ephraim, Rebecca Moody and Raisa Trubko.