Curriculum Vitae
Preferred job fields: R&D, Engineering, Management
Availability: Immediate
Current position: External collaborator at the University of Naples
Education
1) October 2003 - December 2006, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Title of qualification awarded: PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Thesis title: “Aircraft Endurance Improvement Through Turbulent Separation Control”. Numerical and experimental studies on active control through steady suction and pulsed blowing as an effective tool to delay turbulent boundary layer separation.
2) September 2002 - June 2003, ENI Corporate University - Scuola Mattei - San Donato Milanese (MI), Italy
Title of qualification awarded: International Master MEDEA
Principal subjects covered: Economics, Finance, Project management.
3) October 1993 – February 2001, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Title of qualification awarded: Degree in Aeronautical Engineering
Principal subjects covered: Thesis subjects on applied aerodynamics. Final score 110/110 cum laude.
Personal skills
Mother tongue: Italian
Other languages: English
• Reading: Good
• Speaking: Good
• Writing: Good
Technical skills and competences
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of aircraft aerodynamic design
- Knowledge of geometry generation for aerodynamic design and CFD
- Application of RANS CFD including analysis and interpretation of the results
- Familiarity with the principles for rapid aerodynamic analysis. (panel methods, lifting line, boundary layer methods).
- Experimental aerodynamics: generation and processing of aerodynamic data from the wind tunnel, flow visualization with oil technique, hot wire anemometer.
- Fundamentals of economics, corporate finance, project management.
Computer skills and competences
- Fortran 77 programming language.
- Microsoft Office and Windows.
- CFD (Fluent and Gambit)
- CAD (Solid Work)
Publications
1) “Improving Aircraft Endurance Through Turbulent Separation Control by Pulsed Blowing”, Journal of Aircraft, 2008 vol. 45 no. 3 pages 990-1001.
2) “Aircraft endurance improvement through turbulent separation control by pulsed blowing: numerical and experimental investigation”, European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting - April 2006 Ischia (Italy).
3) “Drag reduction and high-lift improvement of UAV airfoils through boundary-layer suction/blowing”, CEAS/KATnet Conference on Key Aerodynamic Technologies - June 2005 Bremen (Germany) | 
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