Professore Ordinario – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale | Tel.: 050 2218073 – Email: walter.ambrosini@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"4592","unipi-persone-nome":"Walter","unipi-persone-cognome":"Ambrosini","unipi-persone-email":"walter.ambrosini@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Prof. Ing. Walter Ambrosini
\r\nResearch Doctor, Full Professor
\r\nBorn in Pistoia, Italy, on May 6th, 1958
\r\nNationality: Italian
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\r\nWorking Address:
\r\nUniversit\u00e0 di Pisa
\r\nDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale (DICI)
\r\nLargo Lucio Lazzarino, 2
\r\n56126 \u2013 PISA, Italy
\r\nTel. +39-050-2218073
\r\nFax +39-050-2218065
\r\nE-mail: walter.ambrosini@ing.unipi.it
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\r\nWeb Page: www.dimnp.unipi.it\/walter-ambrosini\/
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\r\nEducation and Career:
\r\n\u2022\tSecondary School at Liceo Classico \"E. Repetti\", Carrara, Italy (Leaving Exam in 1977, 60 \/ 60)
\r\n\u2022\tDegree in Nuclear Engineering, University of Pisa, 1985 (110 \/ 110 cum laude)
\r\n\u2022\tResearch Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering, 1989
\r\n\u2022\tResearcher in Nuclear Plants at the University of Pisa since 1992
\r\n\u2022\tAssociate Professor in Nuclear Plants at the University of Pisa since 2001
\r\n\u2022\tFull Professor in Nuclear Plants at the University of Pisa since 2016
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\r\nProfessional Charges and Memberships
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\r\nPresident of the European Nuclear Education Network Association (March 2013 - March 2016)
\r\nPresident of the Research Doctorate Course in Nuclear and Industrial Safety at DIMNP of University of Pisa (from 2008 to 2016).
\r\nPresident of the MSc Course in Nuclear Engineering (from 2011 to 2018)
\r\nPast-President of the Library of the Faculty of Engineering (from January 2009 to September 2012)
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\r\nIn different periods, Teacher in the Courses of Thermal Fluid Dynamics and Elements of CFD, Numerical Models for Nuclear Reactors, Computational Thermal and Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear Safety at the University of Pisa.
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\r\nAssociate Editor of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (from March 2016).
\r\nCo-Editor for Heat and Mass Transfer of the Latin American Applied Research (LAAR) Journal (up to March 2016).
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\r\nItalian Responsible for the former International Inter-university Agreement between the University of Pisa and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
\r\nItalian Responsible for the present Project of S&T Cooperation Between The People\u2019s Republic of China and The Italian Republic For The Years 2006-2009 and 2010-2012 (Tsinghua University, Beijing, Thermal Energy Department).
\r\nItalian Responsible for the former Project MST-10 (Indo-Italian Program of Cooperation in Science & Technology 2005\u20132007) with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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\r\nMember of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
\r\nMember of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
\r\nMember of the Italian Union for Thermo-fluid-dynamics (UIT)
\r\nMember of the Directive Committees of CIRTEN and Associazione Italiana Nucleare (AIN).
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\r\nJan Runermark Awardee in 2024 (https:\/\/www.ensygn.org\/about\/jan-runermark-award\/)
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\r\nPresent Teaching Charges (https:\/\/nucleare.ing.unipi.it\/it\/contacts\/teachers):
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\r\n- Nuclear Thermal-hydraulics
\r\n- Nuclear Safety
\r\n- Termofluidodinamica Computazionale
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\r\nResearch Experience:
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\r\n- thermal-hydraulic system code application and development for the analysis of the dynamic behaviour of nuclear reactor systems;
\r\n- experiments on heat and mass transfer problems (filmwise condensation in the presence of noncondensable gases and falling film evaporation);
\r\n- experiments on falling film superficial behaviour, devoted to the statistical characterization of main film parameters and the validation of available models;
\r\n- experiments and modelling of natural circulation in flow loops;
\r\n- numerical analysis of instabilities in flow systems, including single-phase thermosyphon loops, boiling channels and heated channels with supercritical fluids;
\r\n- development and application of numerical methods for heat transfer and fluid flow problems;
\r\n- CFD models for basic fluid-dynamic phenomena relevant for nuclear reactors and, in particular, for SCWR applications;
\r\n- fluid-to-fluid similarity theories for supercritical pressure water fluid-dynamic and thermal behaviour.
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\r\nMore than 250 publications in reputed Journals, International and National Conferences (see https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/simple-search?query=ambrosini+walter&location=&r","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"https:\/\/unipiit-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/a008155_unipi_it\/IQB7l-XvgUkQSrWkqTxDHTN4AemAScj98ffvIdRLzLkPIko?e=FCGkHq","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Gli studenti sono invitati a contattare il docente presso la sua stanza in qualunque momento nei periodi di attivit\u00e0 del Dipartimento. Salvo impegni cogenti o missioni fuori sede saranno prontamente ricevuti.\n\nPer appuntamenti, si invita a contattare il docente per e-mail: walter.ambrosini@unipi.it .","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"Ufficio Prof. Ambrosini","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"Il Prof. Ambrosini riceve il Luned\u00ec e il Marted\u00ec dalle 16:30 alle 18:30 per il normale tutorato didattico: si chiede di verificare la disponibilit\u00e0 del docente tramite un messaggio e-mail, per evitare disguidi dovuti a conflitti con eventuali altre attivit\u00e0 istituzionali.\nRiceve anche il Mercoled\u00ec dalle 16:30 alle 18:30 per il tutorato alle matricole assegnate dall'Ateneo: si chiede di verificare la disponibilit\u00e0 del docente tramite un messaggio e-mail, per evitare disguidi dovuti a conflitti con eventuali altre attivit\u00e0 istituzionali.\n\nGli studenti sono comunque invitati a contattare il docente presso la sua stanza in qualunque momento nei periodi di attivit\u00e0 del Dipartimento. Salvo impegni cogenti o missioni fuori sede saranno prontamente ricevuti, se possibile, anche al di fuori dell'orario ufficiale.\n\nPer appuntamenti, si invita a contattare il docente per e-mail: walter.ambrosini@unipi.it .","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2218073","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=008155","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=008155&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Impianti Nucleari IIND-07\/D","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Ordinario","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp00015","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"