ALESSANDRO TASSONE

Students that are enrolled in the Energy Engineering curriculum (LM30) for the academic year 2025/2026 must subscribe to the Engineering Thermofluids (EThF) e-learning website, where all the study material is going to be published.

• EThF website (link), 6 ECTS, 1st year, 1st semester, enrollment key: closed

I also teach two optional learning items within LM30: a course called Fusion Reactor Technology (FRT, previously known asTechnology and Physics of Fusion Energy) and a laboratory titled Liquid Metals in Energy Applications (LMEA).

• FRT website (link), 6 ECTS, 2nd year, 1st semester, enrollment key: closed
  • Why to enroll: if you are interested in nuclear fusion or like to know something about one of the most interesting engineering challenges of our age, right at the cutting edge of innovation in computational physics, material science, thermal-hydraulics, etc.
• LMEA website (link), 3 ECTS, 2nd year, 2nd semester, enrollment key: 2026lmea
  • Why to enroll: if you are interested in a project-based class that will guide you through the design a liquid metal component to be used in the energy field. 2026 project: nuclear fusion reactor breeding blanket.

Discontinued courses which website is still available for enrolled students and for guests:

• Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics website (link), 3 ECTS, 1st year, 2nd semester.
  • Why to peruse it: if you are interested in fluid mechanics and want to learn something about numerical methods used to solve problems involving fluids, i.e. computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Electromagnetic fields included in the package.

Lectures can be attended remotely via Zoom:

• Engineering Thermofluids
• Fusion Reactor Technology
• Liquid Metals in Energy Applications

and are usually recorded and distributed through the e-learning website after some time (no later than the scheduled course end).

Alessandro Tassone has been Associate Professor of Fusion Reactor Technology at the Department of Electrical and Energy Engineering since August 2025. He earned his Master’s degree in Energy Engineering in 2015 and a PhD in Energy and Environment in February 2019. He held a research fellowship until his appointment as an Assistant Professor (Type A) in December 2019, followed by a tenure-track Assistant Professorship (Type B) in August 2022.
His main areas of expertise include the development and validation of numerical models (CFD and system codes) for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and hydrodynamic flows, numerical simulation of single-phase MHD effects in fusion reactors, and the design of liquid metal loops. He is also active in multiphase MHD modeling, thermal-hydraulics for advanced fission reactors, and the theoretical and experimental study of tritium permeation.
Within the EUROfusion program, he was awarded a three-year Engineering Grant and later appointed as an Expert Analyst. He has been a Visiting Researcher twice at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He currently leads the computational thermo-fluid dynamics and MHD section, supervising a team of postdoctoral researchers and PhD students.
As of May 2026, he has authored over 45 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, with more than 950 citations (SCOPUS). He serves as a reviewer for several journals and competitive research programs, including those of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the U.S. Department of Energy in the field of nuclear fusion.