ALESSIO CASTORRINI

INFO CORSI
 
1. FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION (LM-33)
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LECTURES INFO
The classes are in presence. For those who need online classes, please contact the teacher: alessio.castorrini@uniroma1.it
 
COURSE CLASSROOM CHANNEL
Fluid-structure interaction: https://classroom.google.com/c/Mjc4OTc3NzkzOTAx?cjc=o3avbi6
 
DIDACTIC MATERIAL
All the didactic material is provided by the teacher after subscription to the course and course classroom.
The theoretical lessons are supported by ppt presentations.  
The practical part of the course consists in tutorials and assisted exercises, on the implementation of the modelling described at lesson. The base platform for the numerical exercises is Matlab.
 
NOTE: The slides, exercises, and updated material are produced by argument and are regularly updated and uploaded to the classroom drive folder alongside the course lessons.
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Web-site: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33494/attendance/lesson/41e2...
 
2. MACCHINE (Ing. Chimica)
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INFORMAZIONI E MATERIALE
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ARGOMENTI PER TESI MAGISTRALI
 
Ambito "Wind energy"
 
1. Wind and wind power forecast using mesoscale numerical weather prediction
Previsione e simulazione della risorsa eolica tramite strumenti di simulazione alla mesoscala
 
2. Wind flow downscaling from numerical weather prediction to wind-farm and wind-turbine scale CFD 
Derivazione di profili di vento per la simulazione CFD di macchine e centrali eoliche
 
3. Design and verification of active control systems and new solutions for increasing the energy yield of wind turbines at low wind speeds
Progettazione e verifica sistemi di controllo attivo e nuove soluzioni per l'incremento di energia delle turbine eoliche a bassi regimi di vento
 
Ambito: "Applicazioni di meccanica e fluidodinamica computazionale per le macchine a fluido"
 
4. Space-time finite element methods applied to fluid machinery flows simulation
Metodi agli elementi finiti "space-time" per la simulazione di flussi nelle turbomacchine
 
5. Iso-geometric analysis applied to computational mechanics in fluid machinery
Uso dell'analisi iso-geometrica per problemi di meccanica computazionale nel contesto delle macchine a fluido
 
6. Aeroacoustics in fans and axial turbines
Aeroacustica applicata a ventilatori e turbine assiali
 

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Insegnamenti passati
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2. SISTEMI ENERGETICI (L-9)
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INFORMAZIONI E MATERIALE
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Education
Bachelor Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 13/11/2009
Master Aeronautical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 21/03/2013
Ph. D. Industrial Production Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 24/02/2017

Professional experience
10/10/2025 – Now Associate Professor (PA), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
10/10/2022 – 09/10/2025 Assistant Professor (RTD-B), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
01/08/2019 – 09/10/2022 Associate Researcher (RTD-A), School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, PZ, Italy. Position funded by the PON (National Operational Programme on Research and Innovation) 2014 – 2020: Attraction and International Mobility (AIM), CUP 34I19000050006, activity 3 of AIM 1859451.
09/11/2017 – 31/07/2019 Postdoctoral Research Engineer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
01/12/2017 – 31/07/2019 Collaboration in EU Erasmus+ project: “WESET, Wind Engineering Skills in Egypt and Tunisia”
01/08/2016 – 31/10/2017 Research Engineer with research fellowship, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
01/01/2014 – 31/12/2017 Consultant Engineer at SED (Soluzioni per l’energia e la diagnostica), Ferentino (FR), Italy.
Activities: i) Preliminary mechanical and aerodynamic design of a MultiMW wind turbine blade and mechanical drive system ii) Aerodynamic analysis of industrial axial fan blades iii) Static structural analysis and verification by standards of steam piping system, iv) Structural analysis of fan rotors and blades

National scientific habilitation
28/05/2022 – 28/05/2034 National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) for the role of Associate Professor in the scientific field “09/C1 – Fluid machinery and energy conversion systems”

Visiting appointments
01/04/2025 – Now Joint Appointment (JA) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
02/12/2019 – Now Visiting Researcher, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
01/08/2015 – 29/10/2015 Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Short visits
25/06/2019 – 07/07/2019 Research and collaboration visit, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
16/07/2018 – 30/07/2018 Research and collaboration visit, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
05/07/2017 – 18/07/2017 Research and collaboration visit, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Teaching
Undergraduate
01/01/2025 – Now Lecturer, Macchine I (Fluid Machiney), Degree in chemical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/09/2023 – Now Lecturer, Sistemi energetici (Energy Conversion Systems), Degree in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
27/02/2023 – Now Lecturer, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/10/2021 – 09/10/2022 Lecturer, Finite element methods for fluid-structure interaction (54h course), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
01/02/2021 – 31/12/2021 Co-Lecturer, Fluid-Structure Interaction (60h of 90h course), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021 Lecturer, Finite element methods for fluid-structure interaction (54h course), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
01/02/2020 – 31/12/2020 Co-Lecturer, Fluid-Structure Interaction (60h of 90h course), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/02/2019 – 31/12/2019 Co-Lecturer, Fluid-Structure Interaction (60h of 90h course), Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/01/2019 – 31/07/2019 Tutoring, Advanced Energy Conversion Systems, course for Master’s degree in Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018 Tutoring, Advanced Energy Conversion Systems, course for Master’s degree in Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

Postgraduate
01/04/2021 – 31/05/2021 Lecturer, Bases in Matlab for scientific computing, 16h module for PhD students, School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
01/12/2020 – 01/02/2021 Lecturer, Bases in Matlab and Python for scientific computing, 30h module for PhD students, School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
01/04/2019 – 30/04/2019 8h Lessons in Wind energy: Technology, Mini- and Micro-, Offshore, Master EFER, Sapienza University of Rome.
01/04/2018 – 30/04/2018 12h Lessons in Wind energy: Technology, Design, Mini- and Micro-, Offshore, Master EFER, Sapienza University of Rome.
01/04/2017 – 30/04/2017 16h Lessons in Wind energy: Technology, Design, Repowering, Economical aspects, Mini- and Micro-, Offshore, Master EFER, Sapienza University of Rome.
01/03/2016 – 30/03/2016 12h Lessons in Wind energy: Technology, Design, Mini- and Micro-, Offshore, Master EFER, Sapienza University of Rome.
01/03/2015 – 30/03/2015 4h Lessons in Wind energy: Technology and design practices, Master EFER, Sapienza University of Rome.

Other Exam commissions
2022 – Now Advanced Energy Conversion Systems, course for Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
2019 – 2021 Macchine e sistemi energetici, Degree in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
2019 – 2021 Impianti Chimici per l’Energia, Degree in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Participation to editorial boards or activities for international journals
01/08/2021 – Now Guest Editor for the peer-reviewed, open access journal Energies. Special Issue: “Wind Turbine Advances”.

Participation to international research programs and collaborations
01/2023-Now EU Erasmus+ project: “SERMED, Open educational platform to accelerate market adoption of Sustainable Energy Research outcomes around the MEDiterranean” (Collaborator)
01/2023-Now EU Erasmus+ project: “PYTHAGORAS, Numerical Tools and Advanced Digital Technologies for Industry and Academia” (Scientific responsible for Sapienza unit)
01/2020-Now IEA Wind Task 47 (TURBINIA - Wind turbines aerodynamics)
10/2022-Now IEA Wind Task 46 (Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades)
01/12/2017 – 31/07/2019 EU Erasmus+ project: “WESET, Wind Engineering Skills in Egypt and Tunisia” (Collaborator)

Publications Summary
28 International Journal Articles 2 Book Chapter
1 Patent 27 Conference Papers

Citation Count: 611 (Scopus) – 731 (Scholar), h-index: 14(Scopus) – 15(Scholar)
Researcher ID: 56770141700

Publications
International Journal Articles
1. Pizzuti, I.; Conti, M.; Delibra, G.; Corsini, A.; Castorrini, A. Energy Storage and Management of Offshore Wind-Based Green Hydrogen Production. Processes 2025, 13, 643.
2. Barnabei, V. F., Ancora, T., Conti, M., Castorrini, A., Delibra, G., Corsini, A. & Rispoli, F. A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Design in Deep Water Seas. Journal of Fluids Engineering 147 (2025).
3. Barnabei, V. F., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F., Takizawa, K. & Tezduyar, T. E. Variational multiscale computational fluid–structure interaction analysis of Wells turbine passive-adaptive blades. Computational Mechanics, 1–13 (2024).
4. De Girolamo, F., Castorrini, A., Barnabei, V. F., Morici, V., Tieghi, L., Bonfiglioli, A. & Corsini, A. Detached eddy simulation of large scale wind turbine wake in offshore environment. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 110, 109637. issn: 0142-727X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142727X2400362X (2024).
5. Castorrini A., Barnabei V.F., Domenech L., Šakalyté A., Sánchez F., Campobasso M. S., Impact of meteorological data factors and material characterization method on the predictions of leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades, Renewable Energy, Volume 227, 2024, 120549, ISSN 0960-1481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120549.
6. Serri, L., Airoldi, D., Lanni, F., Naldi, R., Castorrini, A., Rispoli, F., Soukissian, T., Castro Santos, L., Le Boulluec, M., & Maisondieu, C. (2024). Technical and economic challenges for floating offshore wind deployment in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea. WIREs Energy and Environment, 13(4), e533. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.533
7. Castorrini, A., Ortolani, A., & Campobasso, M. S. (2023). Assessing the progression of wind turbine energy yield losses due to blade erosion by resolving damage geometries from lab tests and field observations. Renewable Energy, 218, 119256.
8. De Girolamo, F., Tieghi, L., Delibra, G., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A. et al. Sensitivity Analysis of Wind Turbine Broadband Noise Estimation to Semi-Empirical Models Parameters. Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences (2023).
9. Campobasso, M. S., Castorrini, A., Ortolani, A., & Minisci, E. (2023). Probabilistic analysis of wind turbine performance degradation due to blade erosion accounting for uncertainty of damage geometry. RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 178, 113254.
10. Agati, G., Castorrini, A., Gruttola, F. D., Gabriele, S., Rispoli, F., Simone, D., Venturini, P., and Borello, D. (October 20, 2022). "Numerical Prediction of Long-Term Droplet Erosion and Washing Efficiency of Axial Compressors Through the Use of a Discrete Mesh Morphing Approach.", JOURNAL OF TURBOMACHINERY. March 2023; 145(3): 031009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055649
11. Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Bonfiglioli, A. (2022). Generation of Surface Maps of Erosion Resistance for Wind Turbine Blades under Rain Flows. ENERGIES, vol. 15, ISSN: 1996-1073, doi: 10.3390/en15155593
12. Castorrini A., Gentile S., Geraldi E., Bonfiglioli A. (2022). Investigations on offshore wind turbine inflow modelling using numerical weather prediction coupled with local-scale computational fluid dynamics. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, vol. 171, ISSN: 1364-0321, doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113008
13. Barnabei, V. F., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2022). Morphing of reversible axial fan blade: A FSI-FEM study. JOURNAL OF TURBOMACHINERY, vol. 144, ISSN: 0889-504X, doi: 10.1115/1.4053634
14. Campobasso, M. S., Castorrini, A., Cappugi, L., Bonfiglioli, A. (2021). Experimentally validated three‚Äêdimensional computational aerodynamics of wind turbine blade sections featuring leading edge erosion cavities. WIND ENERGY, vol. 25, p. 168-189, ISSN: 1095-4244, doi: 10.1002/we.2666
15. Castorrini A., Venturini P., Corsini A., Rispoli F. (2021). Machine learnt prediction method for rain erosion damage on wind turbine blades. WIND ENERGY, ISSN: 1095-4244, doi: 10.1002/we.2609
16. Castorrini, A., Gentile, S., Geraldi, E., Bonfiglioli, A. (2021). Increasing spatial resolution of wind resource prediction using NWP and RANS simulation. JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS, vol. 210, ISSN: 0167-6105, doi: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104499
17. Cappugi, L., Castorrini, A., Bonfiglioli, A., Minisci, E., Campobasso, M. S. (2021). Machine learning-enabled prediction of wind turbine energy yield losses due to general blade leading edge erosion. ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 245, ISSN: 0196-8904, doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114567
18. Castorrini, A., Cappugi, L., Bonfiglioli, A., Campobasso, M. S. (2020). Assessing wind turbine energy losses due to blade leading edge erosion cavities with parametric CAD and 3D CFD. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, vol. 1618, ISSN: 1742-6588, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052015
19. Castorrini A., Venturini P., Corsini A., Rispoli F., Takizawa K., Tezduyar T. E. (2020). Computational analysis of particle-laden-airflow erosion and experimental verification. COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, vol. 65, p. 1549-1565, ISSN: 0178-7675, doi: 10.1007/s00466-020-01834-0
20. Barnabei, V. F., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2020). FSI analysis and simulation of flexible blades in a Wells turbine for wave energy conversion. E3S WEB OF CONFERENCES, vol. 197, ISSN: 2267-1242, doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019711008
21. Castorrini A., Venturini P., Corsini A., Rispoli F. (2020). Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER, vol. 142, ISSN: 0742-4795, doi: 10.1115/1.4044930
22. Castorrini A., Corsini A., Rispoli F., Takizawa K., Tezduyar T. E. (2019). A stabilized ALE method for computational fluid-structure interaction analysis of passive morphing in turbomachinery. MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 29, p. 967-994, ISSN: 0218-2025, doi: 10.1142/S0218202519410057
23. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F., Venturini, P., Takizawa, K., Tezduyar, T. E. (2019). Computational analysis of performance deterioration of a wind turbine blade strip subjected to environmental erosion. COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, ISSN: 0178-7675, doi: 10.1007/s00466-019-01697-0
24. Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2019). Numerical simulation of the blade aging process in an induced draft fan due to long time exposition to fly ash particles. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER, vol. 141, ISSN: 0742-4795, doi: 10.1115/1.4041127
25. Castorrini A., Venturini P., Corsini A., Rispoli F. (2019). Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER, vol. 1, ISSN: 0742-4795, doi: 10.1115/1.4044930
26. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Sheard, A. G., Rispoli, F. (2018). Numerical testing of a trailing edge passive morphing control for large axial fan blades. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER, vol. 140, p. 032606-1-032606-8, ISSN: 0742-4795, doi: 10.1115/1.4037921
27. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F., Venturini, P., Takizawa, K., Tezduyar, T. E. (2016). Computational analysis of wind-turbine blade rain erosion. COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, vol. 141, p. 175-183, ISSN: 0045-7930, doi: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.08.013
28. Gennaretti, M., Serafini, J., Bernardini, G., Castorrini, A., De Matteis, G., Avanzini, G. (2016). Numerical characterization of helicopter noise hemispheres. AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 52, p. 18-28, ISSN: 1270-9638, doi: doi:10.1016/j.ast.2016.02.013

National Journals
1. Castorrini, A., Tieghi, L., Barnabei, V. F., Gentile, S., Bonfiglioli, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2022). Interazione di scie in parchi eolici offshore con condizioni di vento derivate dalla mesoscala e onde marine. LA TERMOTECNICA, vol. 4, p. 64-68, ISSN: 0040-3725.
2. Castorrini, A., Gentile, S., Geraldi, E., Bonfiglioli, A. (2021). Modelli multi-scala per la stima della risorsa eolica. LA TERMOTECNICA, p. 80-83, ISSN: 0040-3725.

Book Chapters
1. Castorrini, A., Barnabei, V.F., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F., Takizawa, K., Tezduyar, T.E. (2023). Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Passive Adaptive Blades in Turbomachinery Applications. In: Tezduyar, T.E. (eds) Frontiers in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36942-1_2
2. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, P. Venturini, K. Takizawa and T.E. Tezduyar, "SUPG/PSPG Computational Analysis of Rain Erosion in Wind-Turbine Blades", Chapter in Advances in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation: New Methods and Challenging Computations (eds. Y. Bazilevs and K. Takizawa), Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology, Springer (2016) 77-96.

Conference Papers
1. Barnabei, V. F., Ancora, T. C. M., Conti, M., Castorrini, A., Delibra, G., Rispoli, F., & Corsini, A. (2024, June). A Multi Objective Optimization Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Design in Deep Water Seas. In Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (Vol. 88094, p. V013T37A012). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
2. Albanese S., Barnabei, V. F., Morici, V., Corsini, A., & Castorrini, A. (2024, June). Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Two Tower Geometries on Offshore Wind Turbine Wake Aerodynamics. In Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (Vol. 88094, p. V013T37A019). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
3. De Girolamo, F., Castorrini, A., Morici, V., Tieghi, L., & Rispoli, F. (2024, June). Investigation on the Effect of Resolving Waves Motion in the Simulation of Offshore Wind Farms. In Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (Vol. 88094, p. V013T37A010). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
4. Castorrini, A., Ortolani, A., Minisci, E., & Campobasso, M. S. (2024, June). Opensource machine learning metamodels for assessing blade performance impairment due to general leading edge degradation. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2767, No. 5, p. 052055). IOP Publishing.
5. Tieghi, L., Morici, V., Castorrini, A., Aryan, N., & Greco, L. (2024, June). Aerodynamic Characterization of the IEA 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine by Code-to-Code Comparison. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2767, No. 2, p. 022040). IOP Publishing.
6. Castorrini, A., De Girolamo, F., Morici, V., Barnabei, V. F., Tieghi, L., Corsini, A. (2023). Detached eddy simulation of large scale wind turbine wake in offshore environment. In ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE. Begel House Inc.
7. Castorrini, A., et al. (2023). Investigation of turbines wakes and wake-rotor interaction in a floating offshore wind farm. IET: 7th Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2023), p. 242-249.
8. Ortolani, A., Castorrini, A., Campobasso, M. S. (2022). Multi-scale Navier-Stokes analysis of geometrically resolved erosion of wind turbine blade leading edges. In: TORQUE 2022, Science of Making Torque from Wind. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONFERENCE SERIES, vol. 2265, ISSN: 1742-6588, Delft, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2265/3/032102.
9. Agati, G., Borello, D., Di Gruttola, F., Simone, D., Rispoli, F., Castorrini, A., Gabriele, S., Venturini, P. (2022). Numerical prediction of long term droplet erosion and washing efficiency of an axial compressors through the use of a discrete mesh morphing approach. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 10-B, ISBN: 978-0-7918-8610-6, Rotterdam, Germany, doi: 10.1115/GT2022-83033.
10. Castorrini, A., Tieghi, L., Barnabei, V. F., Gentile, S., Bonfiglioli, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2022). Wake interaction in offshore wind farms with mesoscale derived inflow condition and sea waves. In: 20th World Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition (WWEC 2022). IOP CONFERENCE SERIES: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 1073, ISSN: 1755-1307, Rimini, Italy, doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1073/1/012009.
11. Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Gerboni, F., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2021). Machine learning aided prediction of rain erosion damage on wind turbine blade sections. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-8489-8, 2021, doi: 10.1115/GT2021-59156.
12. Barnabei, V. F., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2021). MORPHING of REVERSIBLE AXIAL FAN BLADE: A FSI-FEM STUDY. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-8489-8, 2021, doi: 10.1115/GT2021-59554.
13. Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Corsini, A. (2020). Integration of computational fluid-particle dynamics techniques for the instantaneous estimation of particle erosion damage on axial fan blade sections. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-8405-8, 2020, doi: 10.1115/GT2020-15379.
14. Cinelli, R., Maggiani, G., Gabriele, S., Castorrini, A., Agati, G., Rispoli, F. (2020). Structural analysis of a gas turbine axial compressor blade eroded by online water washing. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 2, p. 1-10, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-8407-2, Virtual, Online, doi: 10.1115/GT2020-15942.
15. Barnabei, V. F., Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., van der Spuy, J., Rispoli, F. (2020). Unsteady flow simulation of an axial fan for dry cooling in a CSP plant using the variational multiscale method. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-8405-8, 2020, doi: 10.1115/GT2020-16057.
16. Castorrini, A., Barnabei, V. F., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2019). Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation Of A 3D Printed Fan Rotor. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, THREE PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016-5990 USA: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, ISBN: 978-079185854-7, doi: 10.1115/GT2019-91296.
17. Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2019). Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, NEW YORK, USA: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-079185854-7, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, doi: 10.1115/GT2019-91290.
18. Castorrini, A., Barnabei, V. F., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F. (2019). Strongly coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of a 3D printed fan rotor. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-079185854-7, Phoenix, United States, doi: 10.1115/GT2019-91296.
19. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Rispoli, F., Venturini, P. (2018). Numerical simulation of the blade aging process in an induced draft fan due to long time exposition to fly ash particles. In: Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-5098-5, Oslo, Norway, doi: 10.1115/GT2018-76740.
20. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Sheard, A. G., Rispoli, F., Lamperini, M. (2017). Fluid-structure interaction study of large and light axial fan blade. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 9780791850770, Charlotte, United States, 2017, doi: 10.1115/GT2017-64644.
21. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Morabito, F., Rispoli, F., Venturini, P. (2017). Numerical simulation with adaptive boundary method for predicting time evolution of erosion processes. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 2D, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 9780791850817, Charlotte, United States, 2017, doi: 10.1115/GT2017-64675.
22. Castorrini, A., Corsini, A., Sheard, A. G., Rispoli, F. (2016). Numerical study on the passive control of the aeroelastic response in large axial fans. In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. vol. 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 9780791849682, Seoul, South Korea, 2016, doi: 10.1115/GT2016-57306.
23. Corsini, A., Castorrini, A., Morei, E., Rispoli, F., Sciulli, F., Venturini, P. (2015). Modeling of raindrop erosion in a multi-MW wind turbine. In: Oil and Gas Applications; Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles; Wind Energy. vol. 9, p. V009T46A001, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ISBN: 978-0-7918-5680-2, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 15–19, 2015, doi: 10.1115/GT2015-42174.
24. Corsini, A., Castorrini, A., Boezi, M., Rispoli, F. (2015). Numerical study on active and passive trailing edge morphing applied to a multi-MW wind turbine section. In: MARINE 2015 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VI. p. 106-118, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), ISBN: 9788494392863, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy, 2015.
25. Corsini, A., Castorrini, A., Venturini, P., Rispoli, F. (2015). Rain erosion numerical modeling applied to multi-MW offshore wind turbine. In: MARINE 2015 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VI. p. 139-152, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, ISBN: 9788494392863, Rome, Italy, 2015.

Patents
1. A. Castorrini, A. Corsini, F. Rispoli, F. Sciulli. WO2016006008A1. Joint for modular wind blade and modular wind blade comprising said joint, 2016.

Presentations Summary (2015 –2024)
22 Outside Italy (Argentina, Canada, Japan, Norway, South Korea, United States, Denmark, UK)
10 In Italy
Presentations and seminars
Invited presentations
1. “Impact of meteorological data factors and material characterization method on the predictionof leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades”. AMID 2025 - Wind Farm O&M: Assessing andMitigating Impact of Blade Damage, 14-15 January 2025, Lancaster, UK
2. “Numerical methods and machine learning applied to simulation, design and diagnostics for renewable energy systems”, Workshop - From STEM to Market: Driving Innovation with Numerical Modeling and Business Skills, PYTHAGORAS project, Carthage El Hadatha Amphitheater University Campus, Manouba, Tunisia, 27/09/2024.
3. “Energia rinnovabile marina: il contributo per la Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico Nazionale (RdS)”, Conferenza CSEA, Zero Emission Mediterranean 2024, Rome, 18/10/2024.
4. “Multi-Fidelity Optimization of Thick Airfoils for Wind Energy Using Space–TimeFEM and Moving Mesh Methods”. AFSI 2024 - Advances in Computational Fluid–Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation
5. “NEST Spoke 2, WP2.1 Off-shore Wind”, Giornata di Studio AIMSEA OWEMES "La ricerca italiana nel settore eolico”, Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Sapienza University of Rome, 1/07/2024
6. “CFD based approaches for prediction of wind turbine erosion and dera1ng,” Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACM 2023) and Computational Fluid-Structure Interac1on: Fron1ers in Methods and Applica1ons (CFSI 2023), Austin, Texas, USA, 23-25/10/2024
7. (Lecture) “Interferenze marine”, Corso Di Formazione 3/2022: Wind Offshore, Introduzione e definizione dei concetti chiavi della tecnologia, 28 June 2022, Palacongressi di Rimini, Rimini, Italy.
8. (Seminar) “High-resolution prediction of wind profile and wind turbine aerodynamics using CFD and HPC”, Archer2: Online training courses and resources provided by EPCC”, 20 April 2022, EPCC, University of Edinburgh.
9. (Lecture) “Interferenze marine”, Corso Di Formazione 4/2021: Eolico Offshore, Introduzione e definizione dei concetti chiavi della tecnologia, 28 October 2021, Ecomondo KeyWind Fiera di Rimini.
10. (Seminar) “Finite element and particle tracking methods for simulation of cold plasma”, 28 January 2021. Seminar Programme 20 Minutes Of Engineering 2020/21, Lancaster University
11. (Seminar) “Prediction of the wind power resource using mesoscale and Computational Fluid Dynamics models”, 3 June 2020. Seminar Programme 20 Minutes Of Engineering 2019/20, Lancaster University
12. (Seminar) “Computational methods for erosion damage and deposit prediction on turbomachinery blades”, 21 February 2020, Charles Carter A15, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
13. “Evolution method for simulation of long-term erosion and deposit in turbomachinery”, AFSI2019 - Advances in Computational Fluid–Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, Okinawa, Japan, 24-26/06/2019.
14. (Seminar) “Wind turbine blade design”, EU Project DIEGO, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, June 2018.
15. “Computational analysis of geometry and performance deterioration of a wind turbine blade section subjected to environmental erosion”, 2017 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2017), San Diego, California, 4-7/06/2017.
16. “Numerical Study on Passive Morphing Control Adapted to a Large Axial Fan”, IACM 19th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems - FEF 2017, Rome, Italy, 5-7/04/2017.
17. (Seminar) “Multibody aeromechanical simulation of wind turbines using NREL - FAST platform”, EU Project JAMILA. DIMA, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 03/05/2017.
18. (Seminar) “Meshing in Computational Physics”, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 15/09/2015.

Contributed presentations
1. “Multi-fidelity analysis for site-specific aerodynamic design of wind turbine blades”, 16th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM2024), Vancouver, Canada, 21-26/07/2024
2. “Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Two Tower Geometries on Offshore Wind Turbine Wake Aerodynamics”, ASME Turbo Expo 2024, London, UK, 24-28/06/2024.
3. “Detached eddy simulation of large scale wind turbine wake in offshore environment”, 10th Symposium of Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Rome, 11-15 Sept 2023
4. “Assessing effects of blade elasticity on wakes and wake-rotor interaction in yaw-controlled wind turbine rows using actuator line method”, Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) 2023, 23 – 26 May 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
5. “Estimating wind turbine energy yield losses due to blade erosion resolving observed damage geometries”, Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) 2023, 23 – 26 May 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
6. “Synchronous wind and rain data for leading edge erosion assessment at an onshore UK site”, Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) 2023, 23 – 26 May 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
7. “Wake interaction in offshore wind farms with mesoscale derived inflow condition and sea waves”, World Wind Energy Conference 2022 (WWEC 2022), 28-30 June 2022, Rimini, Italy.
8. “Prediction of the rain erosion damage on wind turbine blades with Machine Learning and Computational Particle-Fluid Dynamics”, 2nd International Symposium on Leading Edge Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades, 2nd-4th February 2021, (Online) Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark.
9. “Simulation of the deposit evolution on a fan blade for tunnel ventilation”, ASME Turbo Expo 2019, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 17-20/06/2019.
10. “Numerical Simulation of the Blade Aging Process in an Induced Draft Fan Due to Long Time Exposition to Fly Ash Particles”, ASME Turbo Expo 2018, Oslo, Norway, 11-15/06/2018
11. “Numerical Testing of a Trailing Edge Passive Morphing Control for Large Axial Fan Blades”, ASME Turbo Expo 2017. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 26-30/6/2017.
12. “Numerical study on the passive control of the aeroelastic response in large axial fans”, ASME Turbo Expo 2016. Seoul, South Korea, 3-7/6/2016.
13. “Numerical study on active and passive trailing edge morphing applied to a multi-mw wind turbine section”, Marine 2015 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VI, Rome, Italy, 15-17/06/2015.
14. “Rain erosion numerical modeling applied to multi-MW off-shore wind turbine”, Marine 2015 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VI, Rome, Italy, 15-17/06/2015

Honours and Awards
2017 Best paper award at ASME Turbo Expo 2016 (Seoul) for “Numerical study on the passive control of the aeroelastic response in large axial fans”.

Organisation of International Conferences (Committees membership)
07/2024 Organization and chair of the Mini-symposium “Computational Methods for Wind Energy” at the 16th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM2024), Vancouver, Canada, 21-26/07/2024.
10/2023 Organization and chair of the Mini-symposium “Turbomachinery - CFD, Modal Analysis, and FSI,” at the Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACM 2023) and Computational Fluid-Structure Interac1on: Fron1ers in Methods and Applica1ons (CFSI 2023), Austin, Texas, USA, 23-25/10/2024.
10/2022 Chairman and moderation, Eolica Mediterranean 2022, Rome Exhibition Centre – Fiera di Roma.
04/2017 19h International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems - FEF 2017, chairman and organization.
2016-2019 Member, Fan&Blowers Committee, ASME Turbo Expo 2016-2019

Supervising and mentoring activities
01/08/2019 – Now Supervision of 15 undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering
01/01/2015 – Now Supervision of 34 master students in Mechanical and Energy Engineering
01/03/2018 – Now Mentoring of 5 PhD student

Grants (PI / Scientific responsible)
2024-2027 Ricerca Progetti Medi di Ateneo 2023: Optimizing Erosion and Energy Loss Mitigation Strategies for Wind Turbine Blades: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 9.900 Euro
2023-2025 Erasmus + 2021-2027 - PYTHAGORAS, Numerical Tools and Advanced Digital Technologies for Industry and Academia – 105.922 Euro (total grant budget 765.354 Euro)
2023-2025 PRIN-PNRR: P2022RYC9H, “NOSTRUM - Optimizing floating offshore wind turbines for use in the Mediterranean Sea” – total grant budget 224.726 Euro
29/06/2020 Computing resources for 4-weeks project to run in 11/2021 at EPCC center awarded from HPC-Europa3 Programme of H2020 Research & Innovation GA # 730897.

Computer skills
Programming Languages:
Advanced level: Fortran 77/90/95, C, C++, Python, Matlab, Wolfram Mathematica, LaTex
Basic level: Prolog, Visual Basic

Platforms and operative systems:
Windows, MS-DOS, Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora), MacOS

Simulation Tools:
WRF-ARW, Simulink, Ansys, Fluent, Nastran, Pointwise, OpenFoam, openFast (and the others NREL CAETools)

CAD and Graphics:
CATIA v.5, Rhinoceros, 3Ds Max, Blender, AutoCAD, Photoshop

Post-Processing:
Tecplot, Paraview, gnuplot

Computing experience
All the publications reported in the next section have been made using results from self-produced simulation codes of which I am the author or co-author. During my research activity at the Mechanical and Aerospace Department of Sapienza and at TAFSM Lab of Waseda University of Tokyo (2013 - Now), I developed the following simulation tools:

- XENIOS-FSI++/FEMPAR: Parallel C++ simulation platform based on FEM for the solution of laminar and turbulent (RANS – VMS) flows, and 3D strong coupling Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Integrated Python solver for erosion/deposit evolution, geometry and mesh morphing.
- (Contribution) PC-Track: Updating of erosion models and particle cloud tracking in the Fortran based code for the simulation of particle transport developed in DIMA

Membership in National and International organizations
01/21-Now Member of OWEMES (Offshore Wind and other marine renewable Energies in Mediterranean and European Seas), OWEMES Association Onlus, http://www.owemes.org/, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
01/20-Now Member of AIMSEA (Associazione Italiana delle Macchine a fluido e dei sistemi per l'Energia e l'Ambiente), http://www.aimsea.it/

Other Professional Activities
Review Service to Scholarly Journals
Computers & Fluids
Aerospace Science and Technology
Journal of Power and Energy
Energies
Energy
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Wind Energy
Renewable energy
Energy conversion and management
Applied energy
Computational mechanics
International journal of Heat and Fluid Flows

Review Service to Conference Proceedings
ASME Turbo Expo
TORQUE
ETC
WCCM