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Paolo Lampitella

CFD Software Developer and Consultant

PMSquared Engineering s.r.l.s.

About me

Paolo holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology. A mathematician and physicist wannabe, he eventually falled in love with computational physics, once he found it to be a cheap source of dopamine for his brain reward system. With a special interest in CFD and related fields, Large Eddy Simulation and Immersed Boundary Methods have become his main area of expertise. A Fortran integralist, he tries to keep a low profile doing more blatant stuff in C++ and Qt.

Interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Immersed Boundary Method

Education

  • Ph.D. in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2014

    Politecnico di Milano

  • M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, 2009

    Università degli Studi della Campania

  • B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, 2006

    Università degli Studi della Campania

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Co-Founder and CTO

PMSquared Engineering s.r.l.s.

Jun 2017 – Present Cagliari, Italy
The company provides CFD consulting services for different industries and institutions. Besides being involved in the daily consulting jobs, as CTO I develop the core CFD tools employed by the company.
 
 
 
 
 

Software Developer

Karalit s.r.l.

Jun 2014 – Sep 2016 Cagliari, Italy
Development and maintenance of an unstructured finite volume immersed boundary code and its native grid generator.
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Researcher

Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Lab

Jul 2013 – Jul 2013 Lemont, IL, USA
Training on the Spectral Element code Nek5000.
 
 
 
 
 

Temporary Researcher

Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano

Jan 2013 – Sep 2013 Milano, Italy
Implementation/application of advanced SGS models for LES in unstructured finite volume solvers.
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano

Sep 2010 – Jan 2012 Milano, Italy
Didactic support for the master course ”Computational Thermo-fluid Dynamics for Engineering.
 
 
 
 
 

Internship

Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (CIRA)

Jun 2008 – Jun 2009 Capua, Italy
Verification of the capability of the LES module in the commercial CFD solver Fluent.
 
 
 
 
 

Internship

Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (CIRA)

May 2005 – Jan 2006 Capua, Italy
Implementation and validation of a source term model for the mesh-free simulation of Micro Vortex Generators in the commercial CFD solver Fluent.

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