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Date Submitted:	30-08-2006
Last Modified:	16-08-2008 (10:15)

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Current job:	Assistant Profess of Aircraft Design and Ph.D. candidate
Employment Term:	Either
Relocation:	Anywhere
Date available:	within 3months
Industry:	Civil Agencies/International Organizations, Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors, , , Launch Systems, Consulting/Engineering Services
Keywords	Aircraft Accident Investigation, Flight testing, aircraft systems, Aerodynamics, CFD, finite element method, FEM, Combustion, rocket engines, fuel reforming, flight simulation

Profile: Highly motivated in working in the Aerospace field, with particular interest in design, analysis, flight testing and flight operations, aircraft accident investigation. Good team worker but also independent with quite good self organizing skills. Good technical problem-solving skills and versatile learner. Current position: - Assistant Professor of Aircraft Design, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain (2008-current) - PhD Candidate: Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) Research topic: Parallel Finite Element Method in atmospheric compressible flows . Education: M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering: Politecnico di Milano, Italy, April 19, 2005 Sponsor: AIRBUS Thesis title: "Preliminary design of a high pressure-ratio radial compressor for PEM Fuel Cells applications onboard of a commercial aircraft." Scientific Skills & Interests: - Experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics code development. - Knowledge of propulsion and aircraft systems gained at Airbus. - Academic knowledge of avionics navigation instruments. - Academic knowledge of aircraft structures - In-depth interest in Flight Testing (Member of SFTE). - In-depth interest in Aircraft Accident Investigation - Experience in experimental fluid dynamics and combustion - Experience in the use and preliminary design of low speed wind tunnels - Responsible of the preliminary design of a 32-seats bi- turboprop. Politecnico di Milano (report available). Industry Experiences: [1] AIRBUS Industrie, Hamburg, Germany August 2, 2004 - December 23, 2004 Dept. of Power Plants & Tailcone integration - Internship - Responsible of the preliminary aero-thermodynamic design, sizing and integration of a small mass flow and high pressure-ratio centrifugal compressor for PEM Fuel Cell applications on commercial aircrafts. The FC was studied for the A350 aircraft as emergency system in the project "MEA-More Electric Aircraft". Research Experiences: [1] Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK. June 12, 2006 - February 23, 2007 Dept. of Propulsion and Aerospace Engineering. Research Engineer - Aircraft icing and Droplets impact. Numerical simulation and experiments on the role of supercooled droplets in the formation of ice on hydrophobic surfaces. The studies were carried on at freezing external conditions. The computational part consisted in the development of a code for free surface problems. (Research head: Dr. D. Hammond [2] The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas U.S.A. January 6, 2006 - May 2, 2006. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering - Research Engineer - Turbulent Combustion and Mixing. Studies of an acoustically Pulsed Non-Premixed Jet Flame in micro-gravity conditions. Flow visualization and imaging of the turbulent flame/flow through PIV technology. CFD simulations with Fluent for the design of the inlet contraction of a new burner. (Research head: Prof. N. Clemens) [3] The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas U.S.A. May 9, 2005 - January 5, 2006. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering - Visiting Scholar - Combustion in Porous Media for fuel reforming. Hydrogen production from the rich combustion of a liquid fuel (n-heptane) in a porous matrix. Design and construction of the injection and ignition systems. Measurements of the hydrogen and emissions through the use of a Gas Chromatographer and temperature measurements. (Research head: Prof. J. Ellzey) Conference Presentations: [1] Simone Marras , Michael Dixon, Brad Hull, Janet Ellzey - "Non-catalytic fuel reforming of a rich hydrocarbon fuel/air mixture in a porous medium burner." Presented to the 2006 Spring Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute - March 27& 28, 2006 at Boise State University, Idaho, U.S.A. [2] Simone Marras , P. Jimenez, O. Jorba, C. Perez, J.M. Baldasano: Present-day climatic simulations run with two GCMs: a comparative evaluation against ERA-40 reanalysis data December 10-14, 2007 at the AGU Fall Meeting . San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. Awards: - PEGASUS Award in recognition of the individual student’s multi-national experience: Special Achievement through Working Abroad for academic Research or industrial Development projects. Prized after working on my thesis at AIRBUS Industrie. Computer Skills: Operative Systems: Unix/Linux, Unix/MacOSX, Windows Languages: C, MatLab/Octave, Fortran 90/95, Python, Bash scripting, LaTex. Applications: Paraview/VTK. ChemKin. ICEM CFD, Fluent 5/6, Gambit, SolidWorks, AutoCad, Microsoft Office Pkg Memberships: - SIAM -Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics - SFTE - Society Of Flight Test Engineers (Student member) - AGU - American Geophysical Union (Student member) - AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Student member) Languages: - Italian (mother tongue) - English (fluent) - Spanish (intermediate) Teaching: - Assistant professor of Aircraft Design: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain - current - Teaching Assistant in Fluent and Gambit: Cranfield University , Cranfield, UK. Winter 2007

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