Experience

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  Sauber Group

  • Distretto di Hinwil, Zurigo, Svizzera

  • Senior Structural Calculation Engineer

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Distretto di Hinwil, Zurigo, Svizzera

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  SmartCAE srl

  • Firenze, Italia

  • Senior CAE Engineer | FEM | CFD |

    • Nov 2014 - Dec 2022
    • Firenze, Italia

    The company mission is to provide advanced engineering consultancy in the aerospace, automotive, motorsport and defence industrial sectors. My competence areas were: • FEM analysisDesign and analysis of metallic or composite material structures subject to static, fatigue, shock, vibrations, thermal, aerodynamic loads. Natural frequencies analysis. Structural topology optimization. Composite layup sequence definition and optimization. Technical report and ply-book preparation. • CFD analysisInternal or external, steady or transient (RANS and DES) simulations. Aerodynamic shape optimization. Heat-transfer, fans, pumps and moving parts simulations. Technical report preparation. • CAD modellingComplex surface and solid model creation. Assemblies and subassemblies management. • Training and post-salesProviding customized courses about FEM and CFD methodologies and softwares.

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  Calidus, LLC

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Senior CFD Engineer

    • Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The company mission is to develop advanced military aircraft platform. Within the flight mechanics team, my task was the performance assessment through the CFD method.

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  Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Team

  • Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

  • Junior FEA Engineer

    • Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
    • Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

    Within the wing design team my tasks were: • FEM model creation and simulation of carbon fiber front, rear and razor wings subjected to aerodynamic loads. Natural frequencies analysis. • Wings composite layup sequence definition and optimization. • Technical report and ply-book preparation.

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  Università di Pisa

  • Pisa, Italy.

  • M.S. Final Thesis

    • May 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Pisa, Italy.

    The present work is a part of a wider one that has the aim to carry out the project of a single-seater motorglider.Firstly, I have created the CAD model of the entire aircraft outer surfaces: wings, horizontal and vertical tail, fuselage and tail boom. Afterwards, using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques, I have performed the aerodynamic characterization of the aircraft with the following objectives:1. To get, for three different flaps positions (0°, 5°, 16°), the following three characteristics curves: the variation of lift coefficient with the incidence, the variation of moment coefficient (respect to the glider center of mass) with the incidence, the polar.2. To get the following aerodynamic derivatives: [CLα, Cmα]; [Clβ, Cnβ, Cyβ]; [Clδa, Cnδa, Cyδa]; [Clδf, Cnδf, Cyδf]3. To get information about the stall propagation on the wingMore informations on the attached document "Technical Report Summary".

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  Università di Pisa

  • Aircraft Design

    • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

    For the course called “Aircraft Design”, as a student, after acquiring the necessary theoretical skills, I had to develop a project (within a team) related to a commercial passenger aircraft. In particular, the purpose of the exercise was to develop the conceptual design of the airplane and, then, develop the detail design of the wingbox structure. More informations on the attached document "Technical Report Summary".

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  Università di Pisa

  • Italy
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Machine Component Design

    • Jan 2010 - Jul 2010

    For the course called “Machine Component Design”, as a student, after acquiring the necessary theoretical skills, I had to develop a project (within a team) related to a gearbox. In particular, the purpose of the exercise was to develop the conceptual design of the gearbox and, then, develop the detail design of components (shafts, gears, carcass, bearings, etc.). More informations on the attached document "Technical Report Summary".

  • Aerodynamics of high-speed trains

    • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

    I have defined, through bibliographic research, the state of the art of three major aerodynamic aspects related to the developement of the high speed railways system: how to reduce the drag, how to reduce the magnitude of impulsive loads that occur when two trains intersect each other, the transit at high speed inside the tunnel.More informations on the attached document "Technical Report Summary".

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  Self-Employed

  • Pisa, Italy.

  • Private Lessons to High-School Students.

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
    • Pisa, Italy.

    Lessons of math and physics to a group of about six high-school students. Worked 12 hours/week for paying my flight training.

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  Roggero Benvenuto

  • Lavaiano, Pisa, Italy.

  • Apprentice Mechanic

    • Jun 1999 - Aug 2003
    • Lavaiano, Pisa, Italy.

    The company’s goal is to recycle end-of-life cars. My role was to dismount spare parts of cars, still working, and sell them to customers. Worked 40 hours/week for three months/year in summer (except for 2002).

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  Orazio Mosti 1946 S.r.l.

  • Pontedera, Pisa, Italy.

  • Apprentice Bricklayer.

    • Jun 2002 - Jul 2002
    • Pontedera, Pisa, Italy.

    The company’s goal is to build residential buildings of various types. My role was to manage materials/tools and perform simple masonry works. Worked 40 hours/week for two months in summer.