Full Professor

He was Head of the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering and member of the Academic Senate (2012-2015), delegate of the Rector (1996/98) and president of the University Library (1995/96). He received his degree in Engineering of Industrial Technology at this University (1978) and was Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the year 1986-87. He has developed important experimental facilities (engine test rig; fl ow test rig equipped with LDA and PIV) and cooperates with companies in the automotive fi eld. He has been a member of ATA since 1978 and of SAE since 1987.

T. Castiglione,, F. Stern, S. Bova, M. Kandasamy, Numerical investigation of the seakeeping behaviour of a catamaran advancing in regular head waves, Ocean Engineering 38 (2011) 1806–1822. T. Castiglione,, W. He, F. Stern, S. Bova, URANS Simulations of Catamaran Interference in Shallow Water ", J Mar Sci Technol 19 (2014) 33–51 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. T. Castiglione, F. Pizzonia, R. Piccione, S. Bova Detecting the Onset of Nucleate Boiling in Internal Combustion Engines, Applied Energy 164 (2016), 332-340. 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.

• Internal combustion engines.
Numerical models: Engine cycle;Variable displacement lubricating pumps; Cooling systems.
Experimental investigations:Engine test rig, Hot Wire (HWA) and Laser Doppler Anemometry(LDA), Flow rig, Lubricating pumps, Cooling systems with electric pump.
• Renewable Energy.
Autonomous Wind Electric Pumping Systems.
Pumps used as Turbinesi (PAT).
• Ships hydrodynamic optimization.
CFD applications to seakeeping and maneuvering.

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