Personal information Nationality Italian Date of birth 27th July 1982 Work experience 042012 up today CFD analysis responsible engineer for diesel engine aftertreatment systems. General Motors Powertrain Europe S.r.l. Turin, Italy Principal subject CFD simulations of exhaust aftertreatment systems to support the development of new engines and the upgrade of existing architectures. 012011 042012 Research fellow at University of Genoa in collaboration with AVIO S.p.A. Development of high load turbine profiles with reduced secondary losses Principal subject The possibility of acting on the pressure difference between pressure and suction side has been investigated, in a way to avoid the problems inherent to a nonaxisymmetric endwall profiling. Thus, two types of geometric features have applied to the basic profile the leading edge fillet and the bumped leading edge. The leading edge fillet is a patch which extends all over pressure and suction side of the original profile, linking up airfoil surfaces and endwalls. The bumped leading edge is a tapering similar to the above mentioned, but present only near the leading edge of the profile. A suitable parametric description of the new features has been developed, along with a tool able to generate such configurations in a quick and efficient way. An optimal configuration in terms of performance and robustness has been settled, through the specific optimization tools, involving artificial neural networks andor genetic algorithms. 042007 122007 Research fellow at University of Genoa in collaboration with AVIO S.p.A. Experimental analysis on turbine profile cascades for aeronautical applications Principal subject Aerodynamic performance of highlift profile of low pressure turbine have been investigated, with steady and unsteady inlet conditions and at different Reynolds numbers. Measures have been conducted on six different cascades, during steady and unsteady running. They regarded load distribution on profile surface at distinct Re numbers total pressure tangential distribution downstream the row, in order to evaluate the losses with the Re number outlet angle tangential distribution. Then, the boundary layer has been resolved in detail, with the object of understanding the transition driven by the passing wake, the interaction between wake and boundary layer, and secondary flows. All the tests took place on the test rigs of University of Genoa. Education and training 012008 122010 PhD in Fluid Machinery Engineering at University of Genoa in collaboration with AVIO S.p.A. Multidisciplinary design optimization for aeronautical applications. Major academic courses highlights Full Engine Simulation of the GE90 and Other Interesting CFD for Turbomachinery Seminar Parallel and distributed computing Classical aerodynamics Optimization methods for engineering Introduction to hydrodynamic stability Numerical methods in thermofluid dynamics Principal subject The current trends in turbine design is to move most of the required analyses down to the preliminary phases of the process, in order to curb development costs and increase degrees of freedom during the planning stage. Therefore, new tools have been worked out for allowing a multidisciplinary approach from the very begin. Two main implements have been built up a onedimensional aerodynamic solver, assisted by a generator of threedimensional blades, consistent with the flow solution. The solver can resolve flow both in standard configuration turbines and in counter rotating architectures the gas is considered ideal, but computations with real gases are possible as well. Different model of losses are available, and at the end of the computation, the software provides a preliminary cross section of the turbine module. Since the code contains tools for preliminary multidisciplinary analyses, it is possible to have an assessment of the weight of the turbine module, an evaluation of its acoustic characteristics, a mechanical analysis of stators and rotors, and an optimization of the disk shape. A plot technology tool carries out structural controls to choose the most suitable material for the profiles. Containment is also taken into account, fixing an adequate casing thickness to keep fragments of the rotor parts within the engine in case of burst. As far as the blade generator is concerned, it describes the whole blade with a discrete number of spanwise sections, taking the results of the fluid dynamics analysis as input. Each section is univocally specified by means of a certain number of parameters, which identify four parametric curves. Being parametric, the shape of the profile can be modified with considerable precision, and it can be easily exported to a CAD environment for further mechanical analyses and modelling. Such codes have been employed within the development of commercial programs, which have proved the effectiveness of the tools. They have been adopted to design the turbine modules expected in the VITAL European research program, and are at present used in a second European research program FACTOR, aimed at optimising the combustorturbine interactions A revision of the design process carried out during the past year allows to deal with high speed turbines, encountered in the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative, a partnership between European commission and industry. In order to handle such nonconventional architectures, new optimization cycles have been realized, involving a twodimensional spanwise work distribution optimizer and a quasithreedimensional one. 2004 2007 Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Polytechnic University of Turin Models for lunar mission simulation Degree Score 108110 092005 092006 SocratesErasmus Programme at Universitt Stuttgart Institut fr Raumfahrtsysteme Germany 2001 2004 Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Polytechnic University of Turin Analysis of airfoil in potential flow Degree Score 102110 1996 2001 High School Diploma at ITGS G. Guarini, Turin Degree Score 98100 092003 Workshop Extreme limits of transportation ENSAM, Lille France 092002 Workshop Heart and vessels from engineering to clinic therapy VTK University Gent Belgium 07 092000 Training by Federico Pecis Technical Study Gassino Torinese 07 091999 Training at Technical Office Turin Personal skills and competences Mother tongue Italian Other languages English Reading skills Good Writing skills Good Verbal skills Good German Independent user C1.2 French Reading skills Basic Writing skills Basic Verbal skills Basic Social skills and competences I am both volleyball scorekeeper and referee. I was the secretary of Motorcycle Club Colline Torinesi, which we have established in December 2011. I gave private lessons to high school and university students. Organizational skills and competences Sense of organization, basic experience in project management and good analytical skills. Technical skills and competences Suite MS Office, Matlab, SolidWorks, UGS NX, AutoCad, Fortran, C, C, VBVBA, Java, Python, Latex, Linux, STARCCM, STARCD, Altair HyperStudy. Design for Six Sigma Green belt ans Black belt certifications. Artistic skills and competences I study bass guitar and I dabble in computer graphics Photoshop. Additional information I am very fond of mountain bike, free climbing, and running. Driving licences Category A and B car and motorcycle owner.