Alessandro Mariotti

WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2022 – ongoing: Senior Assistant Professor (Ricercatore RTDB) ING-IND6 at DICI, University of Pisa
2018 – 2021: Junior Assistant Professor (Ricercatore RTDA) ING-IND6 at DICI, University of Pisa
2018 – 2021: Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at DICI, University of Pisa

EDUCATION
• PhD in Engineering (Aerospace Engineering), School of Engineering “Leonardo da Vinci, University of Pisa.
• Master Degree cum Laude in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa
• Bachelor Degree cum Laude in Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa

SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
Head of the wind tunnel laboratory of the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa (Italy).
Member of the steering committee of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, ANIV
Member of ERCOFTAC, ECCOMAS, APS-DFD
Winner of the ANIV Award 2018, Italian Association of Wind Engineering, Italy
Chairman of the International Conference INVENTO-2024, 9-11/9/2024, Pisa, Italy.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference FrontUQ19 (Workshop on Frontiers of Uncertainty Quantification in Fluid Dynamics), 11-13/9/2019, Pisa Italy.
Guest editor of the Special Issue of the international journal “Algorithms” entitled “Methods and Applications of Uncertainty Quantification in Engineering and Science”.
Reviewer for some of the most important international journals in fluid dynamics (J. Fluid Mechanics, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn., Comp. Fluids, Physics of Fluids, Flow Turb. Comb., ...)

MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
Main research activities include experimental and numerical analysis, control of complex flows, wind tunnel tests, high-fidelity simulations, and aerodynamics optimization. Additionally, the focus extends to uncertainty quantification applied to fluid dynamic problems, wind engineering, unsteady aerodynamics, microfluidics for chemical and biomedical applications, hemodynamic studies, thermal management of battery electric vehicles, wind turbines, and combustion processes in perforated burners under premixed conditions.
>10 years of experience in wind tunnel tests, microfluidics, and hemodynamics experiments (utilizing hot-wire anemometry, particle image velocimetry, force and pressure measurements, and flow visualizations).
>10 years of experience in numerical simulations (DNS, LES, RANS) using proprietary, open-source, and commercial codes, sometimes coupled with chemical reactions, conjugate heat transfer, and fluid-structure interaction.
> 6 years of experience in uncertainty quantification and stochastic sensitivity analysis.

ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
- Characterization and control of separated flows, along with the development of innovative methods for drag reduction in bluff bodies.
- Study of unsteady aerodynamic flows for wind engineering applications.
- Microfluidic devices for chemical and biomedical applications, involving the design and performance evaluation of micromixers and microreactors. Investigation of devices for microdroplet generation and organs on-chip.
- Conducting numerical simulations, experiments, and uncertainty quantification studies about the hemodynamics of the thoracic aorta. Also, research focused on predicting plaque onset and growth in carotid arteries.
- Wind tunnel tests and multiphysics simulations dedicated to thermal management for the battery pack in battery electric vehicles.
- Research on the dynamic stall of airfoil profiles and the development of wind turbines.
- Characterization and studies on uncertainty quantification of combustion processes in perforated burners operating under premixed conditions.
- Application of machine learning and data assimilation techniques to CFD simulations.

PUBLICATIONS
Bibliometric data (Scopus, 4/2024):
Documents (Articles): 67 (48)
Citations >1100
h-index: 24
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