Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
• R&D: analysis of multi-physics problems including thermodynamics, electromagnetics, fluid dynamics and mechanics, using experimental, numerical and analytical methods • Industrial experience: design, development, prototype validation, homologation, quality assurance • Academic experience: teaching classes for Bachelor and Master levels • Management of R&D innovation projects including international collaborations, team coordination and supervision activities, as well as reporting results at conferences/workshops and on international refereed journals
DC Components group • Responsible for planning and operation of the DC Components group - 11 FTE • Co-responsible for group strategy
DC Components group • Implementation of the project management approach for the group
DC Components group • Development of electromechanical components – medium voltage DC circuit breakers - for railway applications and renewable energies • Design, evaluation based on calculation and modeling, feasibility study including short-circuit tests (100 kA, 3.6 kV), until final homologation according to international standards • Responsible for the technical compliance of a products range
Fusion Magnets group • Development of new technologies for future nuclear fusion reactors (DEMO): high temperature superconducting tapes - thermo-electric FEM modeling • Management of the project ‘Investigation of heat transport in superfluid helium (T ≤ 2.17 K) using micro-technologies’
• 1st course - 30 hours: Superconducting magnets and Cryogenics. Financed by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University and Research • 2nd course - 30 hours: Energetic applications of superconductors
Cryogenics group (TE-CRG) • Development and operation of a test station for low-temperature heat transfer tests (1.7-77 K) • Design, technical follow-up, results’ analysis and theoretical modeling of the following tests: - heat transfer on small models (15 cm) of superconducting (SC) magnets, for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) projects - heat transport in superfluid helium through micro-channels - heat extraction and quench tests on prototype SC magnets (1.8 m) • Quench limits calculation of the LHC and HL-LHC SC magnets, requiring FEM modeling of thermo-hydraulic and electromagnetic phenomena. These results allowed to set thresholds for the Beam Loss Monitors (BLM) detectors • Responsible for collaborations with other research institutes (CEA Saclay), universities (EPFL, University of Bologna) and private companies, as well as other CERN groups • Project management, team coordination, supervision of 6 MSc students’ final thesis
Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats group (TE-MSC) • Design and experimental validation of a heat transfer model between superconducting cables and superfluid helium, in the frame of the LHC accelerator project • Design and development of a new experimental technique to measure heat transport in superfluid helium through micro-channels • Stability analysis of the Poloidal Field coil for the ITER nuclear fusion reactor • Analysis of defective bus bar interconnections btw LHC SC magnets following the 2008 accident, by thermo-electric FEM modeling. These results contributed to set the beam Emax • Design and validation of a new thermally enhanced electrical insulation for SC cables for the HL-LHC upgrade: thermal, mechanical and electrical characterization • Building scientific collaborations with research institutes and universities: CEA Saclay, University of Bologna, INFN Genoa, Wroclaw University of Technology • Project management and supervision of the final thesis of 3 MSc students
Magnets Tests and Measurements group (AT-MTM) • Theoretical development of a transient heat transfer model between SC strands and helium • Stability analysis of the LHC magnets with respect to transient beam losses, using thermo-hydraulic and electric FEM modeling