Speakers 2023

After his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bologna, Gaspare Argento worked for two years as CFD Engineer at Nais Engineering, a University of Bologna Spin-Off. In 2012 he joined the R&D Office at Ducati Racing, a Ducati Motor Holding’s department that focuses on the design and development of racing bikes for the MotoGP and SBK World Championships. Currently Gaspare leads the 3D CFD Engine activities.

Massimo Bettio is Hydraulics Systems Specialist in Carraro Spa, where he started his experience in Virtual Validation department in 2018 during the master thesis on the analysis of threaded connections for off-highway axles. In the same year, after the master’s degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering at University of Padua, he joined Hydraulic Systems team, where he currently supports testing and design activities of both axles and transmissions for off-highway applications.

Gabriele Puccio
Born in Palermo on September 14, 1998, I am a Master's Degree student at MUNER, with mechanical background.
Working for Polestar as intern in the development of oil cooled machine for 6 months.
Employed in Polestar as CAE Thermal and CFD engineer before graduating.

Andrea Bianco is responsible for 3D-CFD simulation projects and R&D activities in POWERTECH Engineering. He earned a MSc in Automotive Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2007 and has worked as a researcher in the engine field for Fiat Research Center, Politecnico di Torino and Johnson Electric prior to joining POWERTECH Engineering in 2015. His experience developed over the years has focused on the application and development of 3D-CFD methodologies for several topics, including combustion and pollutants, aftertreatment systems, multiphase simulations, aeroacoustics and thermal analysis of ICEs, EVs and batteries. Andrea authored or co-authored more than 20 papers and conference presentations in the field of powertrain numerical simulation and experimental tests.

Lorenzo Iorio
R&D engineer at Gamma Meccanica department of recycling Lines for plastic material. Responsible of numerical simulation for manufacturing and design optimization. PhD at Politecnico di Milano on Sheet metal forming processes with rapid tools application.
https://it.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-iorio-b460423a

Marco Pini
Graduated in mechanical engineering at Università degli studi di Perugia with the thesis “CFD3D study of the effects of water injection in combustion of Spark ignited engine”. Involved in CFD thermal management activities since 2016 in General motors, covering many different applications like ICE, BEV and FCEV. In Punch Torino main tasks are related to 1D thermal model development and e-axle lubrication analysis.

Antonella Calamiello
Since 2020 she is Analysis Technical Leader in Punch Torino for thermal management area; responsible for the TM CFD3D and CFD1D activities and methodologies. After her master’s degree in physics, earned at University of Napoli Federico II in 2006, she attended a 1-year specialization course at the Fiat Research Center, prior to joining Magneti Marelli Exhaust Systems, where she worked for 3 years in the CAE group. In 2011 she joined General Motors Powertrain Europe, holding the positions of Thermal Management Senior Analyst and Design Responsible Engineer for cooling circuits.

Ivan Krajinović, PhD, Head of Simulations
Physicist in a role of leading Simulations Department of Rimac Technology for the last five years. Prior to this position experience was gathered through PhD focused on structural numerical modeling and industrial work in thermo-fluid simulations.

Stanislav Sviderek, PhD, Senior Simulation Engineer
Mechanical engineer passionate for fluid dynamics highly skilled in the numerical flow and heat transfer simulation with 20+ years of experience in hydro, naval and automotive industries. Currently developing cooling and lubrication systems for high performance EV powertrains and batteries.

Fabrizio Mandrile is the global manager for the Advanced Modelling & Simulation team within SKF. He graduated from Politecnico di Torino, Italy in Automotive Engineering. He works at SKF since 2005, starting with the application engineering role for several industry areas, then fully dedicating his career to modelling and simulation. He has covered different roles in this area, from simulation engineer to management role. Currently, he manages a global team of simulation experts working directly with Customers but also on SKF’s next generation products in collaboration with the Product Development organization. To do so, the team has a portfolio of tools consisting of both internally developed as well as commercial software.

After the Master Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Gianluca Parma spent two years as research assistant at Politecnico di Milano studying numerical methods for ice-accretion prediction on flying vehicles. From 2018 he joined EnginSoft where he focused on simulations based on the meshless Moving Particle Simulation method, specializing in engine lubrication and cooling applications. Currently, he is Project Engineer at EnginSoft and Technical Manager for the Moving Particle Simulation software Particleworks in Europe.

Luca Boscaglia (S’17-M’19) received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering respectively from University of Napoli Federico II and Politecnico di Torino, in Italy. He did his master thesis at ABB Traction Motors in Västerås, Sweden, about thermal and CFD modeling of electric traction motors for railway. He joined ABB Low Voltage Motors and Generators in Vittuone in 2019, in Milan, working in RD mostly on thermal design and fluid dynamic computations of electrical machines. In 2020, he started the PhD at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, on Electrical Machine Design for Vehicle Applications.

Mattia Porchetta
Since 2018 - Development engineer at TREMEC Belgium responsible for the Oil Management and CFD simulations by means of Particleworks.
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineer, specialization in “Internal combustion engine and turbomachinery”, Politecnico di Milano.
M.Sc thesis on laminar-turbulent transition prediction, in turbomachinery application, by means of opensource codes.
Master in Motorsport Aerodynamics held by Dallara Automobili, with the focus on CFD and wind tunnel testing.