Assistant Professors

She graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering (2001-2002) and has subsequently obtained the PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Unical. He has carried out research activities such as Visiting Student, in 2008, and Visiting Scientist, in 2014, at the Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory (University of Iowa-USA), dealing with techniques of numerical modeling of flows complex around the hulls. Research fellow at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering of Unical, performing numerical and experimental research on automotive powertrains. She also collaborated in the development of machine prototypes capable of exploiting tidal currents. In 2018 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the Competition Sector 09/C1-MACHINES AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-SecondRange. She is a SAE member from 2016 and AIMSEA from 2016 and AIMSSEA from 2018.

D. Perrone, T. Castiglione, A. Klimanek, P. Morrone, M. Amelio, Numerical simulations on Oxy-MILD combustion of pulverized coal in an industrial boiler, Fuel Process Technol, 181, pp 361-374, 2018
T. Castiglione, F. Pizzonia, S. Bova, A Novel Cooling System Control Strategy for Internal Combustion Engines, SAE Int. J. Mater. Manf. 9/2 (2016) 294-302.
F. Pizzonia, T. Castiglione, S. Bova, A Robust Model Predictive Control for Efficient thermal management of Internal Combustion Engines, Applied Energy 169 (2016) 555–566. 
S. Bova, T. Castiglione, R. Piccione, F. Pizzonia, A dynamic nucleate-boiling model for CO2 reduction in internal combustion engines, Applied Energy 143 (2015) 271-282.

Internal combustion engines
Renewable energies
Experimental investigations: surveys on the engine test bench, innovative cooling systems with electric pump
Sea turbines for exploiting tidal currents
Hydrodynamic optimization of hulls
Use of CFD codes for modeling hull flows (catamarans, container ships)

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