Leonardo Stumpo

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Aerospaziale , 39^th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

leonardo.stumpo@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Innovative Space Propulsion Design Techniques

Tutors

Research interests

Advanced Aerospace Propulsion

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Propellants and Combustion

Turbulent Flows

Biography

Always passionate about the world of science and aerospace, I pursued B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at the Polytechnic University of Turin, specializing in the area of propulsion systems, and currently I hold the position of Ph.D. candidate at the same university. My research topics and interests are rocket engines, aerospace propulsion, turbulent reacting flows, and machine learning techniques for CFD. The goal of my Ph.D. is to develop a data-augmented RANS model for pintle injectors-based Liquid Rocket Engines, taking high fidelity experimental and numerical data and building AI-based surrogate models with a low computational cost for spray breakup and turbulence.

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Motori per aeromobili. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Fluidodinamica computazionale dei sistemi propulsivi/Fluidodinamica delle turbomacchine (modulo di Fluidodinamica computazionale dei sistemi propulsivi). A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Motori per aeromobili. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso

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Research

Research groups

Aerospace propulsion (DIMEAS)

Publications

Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris

Stumpo, Leonardo; Folcarelli, Lorenzo; Masseni, Filippo; Ferrero, Andrea; Pastrone, Dario (2025)
Reduction of Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Oxygen/Methane Liquid Rocket Engines. In: ICNAAM 2025, Heraklion, Crete (GR), 16-22 September 2025
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Stumpo, Leonardo; Ferrero, Andrea; Martelli, Emanuele; Masseni, Filippo; Pastrone, Dario (2025)
Pintle Injector Spray Study via Physics-Based Spray Model and Generative Adversarial Networks. In: EUCASS 2025
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Masseni, Filippo; Tetti, Giacomo; Zumbo, Alessandra; Noe, Camilla; Polizzi, Giovanni; ... (2025)
Evaluation of UV-Curable Solid Rocket Propellants’ Properties for Advanced 3D Printing Technologies. In: APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 15. ISSN 2076-3417
Contributo su Rivista
Masseni, Filippo; Zumbo, Alessandra; Stumpo, Leonardo; Polizzi, Giovanni; Tetti, ... (2025)
Advancements in Photocurable Solid Propellantsfor Additive Manufacturing. In: AIAA Scitech 2025 Forum, Orlando (USA), 6-10 January 2025, pp. 1-22. ISBN: 978-1-62410-723-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Stumpo, Leonardo; Folcarelli, Lorenzo; Ferrero, Andrea; Masseni, Filippo; Pastrone, Dario (2025)
Numerical Validation of a Swirl Injection Model for a Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rocket Engine. In: AIAA Scitech 2025 Forum, Orlando, FL
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)