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Luigi Renna

 

* Place and date of birth: Martignano (LE), 22/6/1949

 

e-mail: luigi.renna@le.infn.it

 

Doctor of Physics, 1973 University of Lecce  

 

Since 1980, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Lecce

* Research activity:

Nonlinear and chaotic dynamical systems – with applications to mechanics, biology and medicine

Computational and experimental analysis of drops hanging from nozzles

Diseases SIRS models with seasonal variability

Statistical models for climate change detection

 

* Recent and/or selected publications

L. Renna and F. Paladini,  Sinusoidal and Gaussian kicking of a dissipative oscillator mapTheoretical and Mathematical Physics, 168 (2011) 1009

A.D’Innocenzo, F.Paladini and L.Renna, A numerical investigation of discrete oscillating epidemic modelsPhysica A 364 (2006) 497

A.D’Innocenzo, F.Paladini and L.Renna, Leaky Tap Behavior described by a Simple Discrete Mapping – Nonlinear Dynamics 43 (2006) 379

A.D’Innocenzo, F.Paladini and L.Renna, Asymmetrical dripping – Physical Review E 69, 046204 (2004)

A.D’Innocenzo, F.Paladini and L.Renna, Experimental Study of dripping dynamics – Physical Review E 65, 056208 (2002)

L. Renna, The mass on a spring map for the dripping faucet at low flow rates Physical Review E 64 (2001) 046213

L. Renna, A discrete map for the dripping faucet dynamics Physics Letters A 261 (1999) 162

A. D’Innocenzo and L. Renna, Hopf bifurcation and quasiperiodicy in a simulation model of the leaky faucet Physical Review E 58 (1998) 6847

A. D’Innocenzo and L. Renna, Modeling leaky faucet dynamics Physical Review E 55 (1997) 6776

A. D’Innocenzo and L. Renna, Dripping Faucet International Journal of Theoretical Physics 35 (1996) 941

 

* Research group

Nonlinear Dynamics Laboratory – Physics Department, University of Lecce

 

 Teaching activity

Laboratory of Physics

Dynamical Systems

Educational Physics

General Physics

Nuclear Physics