Roberto Marsilio

Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

Profile

Research interests

Aerospace engineering
Aerospace propulsion
Combustion
Compressible flows
Computational fluid dynamics
Fluid dynamics
Heat transfer
Hypersonic aerodynamics

Biography

- 1987: Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, with a final grade of 110/110 cum Laude. Thesis: Numerical analysis of the transonic 2D inviscid flows about airfoils. -1988-89: Research Scholar at Polytechnic University, NY, USA. -1992: PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Reacting Flows in Chemical Nonequilibrium. Thesis advisor: Professor Maurizio Pandolfi, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. - 1991: University Researcher at Department of Aerospace Engineering of Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. - 1994 - 1995: Visiting Scientist at ICASE - NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA . - 2001 - present: Associate Professor in Aerospace Propulsion Politecnico di Torino. Research topics for prof. Marsilio can be summarized as follow: - compressible Flows; - numerical simulation of external and internal aerodynamics problems; - non-equilibrium reacting flows (Hypersonic Flows); - turbulence/shocks interaction; - Aerodynamics project of advance nozzle for aerospace propulsion; - Inverse problems; - Transient simulation of turbo-jet engines; - Active control systems for boundary layer separation. - Combustion. - Supersonic combustion; - Fluid Dynamics models for automotive industry; - Fluidic Thrust Vectoring for launchers and supersonic aircrafts Through all these years prof. Marsilio has been involved in research projects with national an private research center, like: European Comunity, ASI, MURST, Regione Piemonte, Avio Group, Alenia Aeronautica, Magnetto, Molle e Balestra.

Scientific branch

IIND-01/G - Aerospace Propulsion
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_1 - Aerospace engineering
PE8_4 - Computational engineering

SDG

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE, 2013/2014 (29. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2012/2013 (28. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2011/2012 (27. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2010/2011 (26. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2009/2010 (25. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2008/2009 (24. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2007/2008 (23. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2006/2007 (22. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2005/2006 (21. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2004/2005 (20. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FLUIDODINAMICA, 2003/2004 (19. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
MostraNascondi collegi passati

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

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Research

Research groups

Supervised PhD students

  • Marco Romano Delogu. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  • Wei Han. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Martian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) conceptual design and optimization
    Aerogasdynamics
    Aircraft Parameter Estimation
    Computational Fluid Dynamics
    Aerogasdynamics
    Aircraft Parameter Estimation
    Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Jehangir Hassan. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Emanuele Resta. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)

Publications

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