Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy
• Responsible for Thermal Management and HVAC performances of electric, hybrid and internal combustion engine vehicles. • Thermal Management responsibilities include cooling strategies for electric and thermal engines, battery thermal management, vehicle thermal protection, battery thermal runaway, heat exchangers and fan performance, thermal schematics. • HVAC responsibilities cover cabin air distribution and thermal comfort, cooling/heating of cabin and battery, heat pump and refrigeration systems, HVAC generated noise, SW development and calibration, energy consumption analysis. • Strong collaboration with 1D (GT-POWER, AMESIM) and CFD teams for modelling of physics, tuning, correlation and data analysis. • Drive activities (design, analysis, validation, testing) and technical solutions across engineering teams to ensure all performance KPIs are achieved. • Work closely with key stakeholders to define project requirements and delivery milestones in alignment with project objectives and benchmark analysis.
• Full vehicle thermal simulations for ICE and BEV vehicles • Simulation of transient battery thermal runaway and venting • Simulation of exhaust gases, cooling system circuits (water, oil, refrigerant), cooling and heating of batteries • Collaboration with other teams for: resolution of critical temperatures, heat shields and thermal sleeves design, material choice, cooling air ducts and vents • Active role in the achievement of performance targets by taking part in weekly project review meetings • Experimental tests in wind tunnel and road tests. Analysis of large amount of data • Trained junior engineers, supervised contractors and university students • Professional trainings: project management, ISO 9001, data analysis and statistical approach, manufacturing quality KPIs, WCM, Six Sigma
• External and internal aerodynamic development for high performance vehicles by simulations and wind tunnel tests for drag reduction, downforce generation and cooling of critical parts • HVAC simulations: pressure and heat loss in ducts, temperature and mass flow distribution, modelling of fan and heat exchangers • CFD methodology development: automation (HPC, JAVA, Unix Bash), turbulence modelling, simulation time reduction, advanced mesh generation, accuracy improvement. • Technical trainings: aeroacoustics, heat transfer, HVAC, thermal management for electric and hybrid vehicles
• Member of the Aerodynamics R&D group • Duties included the validation of the CFD methodology currently employed at Ferrari via aca- demic studies • The work helped the development of future methodologies • The internship required strong project planning skills • Data analysis and programming in UNIX Bash
• Took place at the CFD department of the Formula One team • The thesis focused on on the aerodynamics of wheel and front wing of a F1 car • Member of the methodology group. Results and achievements were presented with reports and presentations within weekly deadlines
• Took place at the experimental fluid mechanics laboratory • Project focused on developing an understanding of the effect of length scale on turbulent mixing present in the premixers in gas turbine engines