ALESSANDRO CORSINI

"Se vuoi avere buone idee devi averne tante"
"If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas", Linus Pauling
 
Primo semestre/Fall semester aa/ay 2025-2026 !!! News !!!
 
Insegnamenti di Macchine a Fluido - Fluid Machinery in Energy Conversion Systems (MMER)
Car* Allieve ed Allievi ecco le informazioni necessarie per collegarsi con la pagina classroom del corso
 
Dear Students the following classroom provides you with the information concerning the class schedule, lecture notes and exams
Macchine a Fluido - Fluid Machinery in Energy Conversion Systems
code p6zv3z7
 
Schedule:
Tuesday 10 am - 1 pm (room 38),
Wednesday 10 am - 1 pm (room 8), 
Friday 11 am - 1 pm (room 33)
 
Students are asked to contact the lecturer using conference call during the following slots
Tuesday 5 pm - 6 pm
 
Please be informed that the class will start on Tuesday September 23rd
 
 
Insegnamento di Sistemi Energetici (BMER)
Car* Allieve ed Allievi è stata creata una pagina classroom nella quale raccogliere il materiale del corso ed attraverso la quale interagire.
 
Sistemi Energetici
code oij7quh
 
Calendario:
Mercoledi 16-19 (Aula 1),
Giovedi 17 - 19 (Aula 1), 
Venerdi 16 - 19 (Aula 1)
 
 
ATTENZIONE il corso comincerà il giorno 24 settembre
 
 
 
Thesis projects/Argomenti di tesi
Fall Semester 2024-2025 (thesis list under construction)
 
Tesi disponibili - Sistemi Energetici
Ricerca e progettazione preliminare di impianti mini idroelettrici
Studio e progettazione turbina eolica 1 in ambienti ostili
Stato dell’arte delle tecnologie eoliche di taglia mini e micro
Stato dell’arte e ruolo delle tecnologie agri-voltaiche e agri-solari
Stato dell’arte e ruolo delle tecnologie di accumulo dell’energia
Il ruolo delle comunità energetiche rinnovabili in ambito rurale, i bio-distretti
Stato dell’arte delle tecnologie power-to-gas
 
(Sperimentali)
Studio, progettazione e costruzione di un motore Stirling a minimo delta T
Studio, progettazione e costruzione di un sistema energetico termo-elettrico
 
 
Tesi disponibili in collaborazione con ENEA Dipartimento Unità Efficienza Energetica (Ing. Claudia Toro)

• Definizione ed elaborazione di Indicatori di Performance Energetica (IPE) di I e II livello per specifici settori produttivi italiani (tessile, plastico, etc)
• Soluzioni di efficientamento energetico e RES: analisi delle tecnologie applicabili a specifici settori produttivi (tessile, plastico, etc) e dell’impatto sullo scenario italiano.
• Analisi tecno-economica della filiera di produzione delle principali soluzioni commerciali per l’isolamento esterno degli edifici

Per altri argomenti di tesi rivolgersi direttamente al Docente o al suo team di ricerca (DIMA studio 27 o 21).
 
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Pagina personale sul sito del Dipartimento:
http://www.dima.uniroma1.it/dima/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapp...

Alessandro Corsini
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7291-1116
Scopus Author ID: 57190377719
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alessandro-corsini
Institutional page: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Sapienza University of Rome
Current and Previous Positions
Current positions:
Full Professor of Fluid Machinery (since September 2021), Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
Extraordinary Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Editor-in-Chief, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A – Journal of Power and Energy (from 2025)
Appointed National representative to the Set Plan Implementation Working Group Wind Energy and IWG Co-Chair (Ministry of University and Research decree, 2026).
Previous positions:
Full Professor of Energy Systems (since September 2019), Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.
Assistant Professor (2000) and Associate Professor (2011), Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.
PhD in Energetics (1996), Sapienza University of Rome – research on CFD methods for turbulent incompressible internal flows.
Visiting Researcher, Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling (TAFSM), Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (collaborative research ongoing since 2004).
Prizes and Awards
2013 IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize – best paper at an IMechE event or published in an IMechE journal relating to Fluid Machinery (2012).
ASME IGTI Fans and Blowers Technical Committee Outstanding Service Award (2016, 2019).
ASME IGTI Fans and Blowers Technical Committee Best Paper Award (2017, 2021).
ASME IGTI Coal, Biomass & Alternative Fuels Technical Committee Best Paper Award (2024).
Invited Plenary / Keynote lectures (selected):
Plenary lecture, Fan 2012 International Conference on Fan Noise, Technology and Numerical Methods, Senlis, France.
Keynote lecture, ACM 2013 – A Conference Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Thomas J.R. Hughes.
Plenary lecture, 9th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics (SACAM2014).
Invited Tutorial, Turbo Expo 2014, Düsseldorf; FEF 2015, Taipei; CMMF'18, Budapest.
Visiting Academic Positions
Visiting Researcher, Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling (TAFSM), Rice University, Houston, TX, USA – ongoing collaboration since 2004, focusing on stabilized finite element methods for turbomachinery flows.
Extraordinary Professor, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa – collaboration on turbomachinery aerodynamics and tip leakage vortex control.
Teaching Activities and PhD Supervision
Teaching:
Since 1997 taught continuously classes on Energy Systems and Fluid Machineries (undergraduate and graduate level), Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome – taught continuously since 1997
Energy Conversion Systems (undergraduate level), Sapienza University of Rome – since 2019, and Advanced Energy Conversion Systems (graduate level) - since 2025.
Fluid Machinery (graduate level), Sapienza University of Rome – since 2021.
Responsible for Wind Technology and Turbomachinery Laboratories.
Research group leadership and PhD supervision:
Founder and leader of the Team for Artificial Intelligence in Complexity Modeling, Industry and Energy (since 2015), active in wind energy data intelligence, fault diagnostics, and operation forecasting
Supervisor of numerous doctoral candidates in areas including turbomachinery CFD, erosion modelling, fluid-structure interaction, renewable energy systems, and AI-based condition monitoring
Collaborates with external PhD supervisors at Stellenbosch University (South Africa), Rice University (USA), and Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
National and International Collaborations and Networks
Academic collaborations:
Rice University (TAFSM group, Prof. T.E. Tezduyar and K. Takizawa) – stabilized FEM methods, FSI, turbomachinery CFD
Stellenbosch University (van der Spuy group) – axial fan tip aerodynamics and air-cooled condensers
Waseda University – joint short course on CFD and FSI (2012)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), acoustic in turbomachinery.
NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), multi-rotor wind turbine studies.
VKI (Belgium), data-driven methods for blade geometry optimization.
TU Delft (Netherlands), AI in wind turbine prognostics.
Industrial collaborations (selected):
GE Oil & Gas / Nuovo Pignone, Ebara Europe, Flakt Woods Ltd, Solyvent Flakt AB, Howden, Faggiolati Pumps – turbomachinery design, erosion and stall diagnostics.
ENI, ENEL I&R, ENEA, Enel Green Power, Edison, ENGIE, ERG – energy systems, renewable integration, predictive maintenance.
Networks:
OWEMES (Association for Offshore Renewable Energies in the Mediterranean Seas) - President.
ATI (Associazione Termotecnica Italiana).
ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) – Fans & Blowers, Wind and Turbomachinery Technical Committees.
AssoAERO (Association for the development of offshore renewable energies in Italy).
OWR Offshore Wind Revolution (member of the Steering Committee).
Other Work Experience (Consultancy)
FIAT AVIO S.p.A. – design specifications for standard gas turbine power plants
Comune di Roma / ACEA – Energy and Environmental Planning of Rome Municipality (leader of hydropower team).
GE Oil & Gas Nuovo Pignone S.r.l. – registered supplier (code NP: 103122 / GSL: K11270101) - diagnostic of GT turbine ventilation system (2012).
Turbec – diagnostic analysis of microGT cluster CHP, AGEA (2014).
Micoperi Energia - development of a 14MW+ HAWT design (2014-2015).
ENGIE S.p.A. – Proof-of-Concept for Predictive Maintenance in CHP Engines (contract n. 8000297451, 2019).
Edison S.p.A. – hydropower costing analysis (2020).
Enel Green Power – wind turbine blade monitoring systems for fatigue loading analysis (2020).
WSP – technical due diligence on CCGT plant (2024).
A2A – due diligence on BTES technologies (2024).
Texgiulia / Aqualux and others – hydropower technical verification (2023–2025).
Dept. of Finance / CSEA – evaluator for Electric System Research Funds.
Over 10 international patents in turbomachinery and renewable energy systems. Key achievements Multiple-Vortex Breakdown (MVB) blade-tip end-plate for turbomachinery noise and stall control — novel Fan concept (WO/2009/090376). In wind and ocean energy, morphable Wells turbine (WO2015044795A1) and Joint for modular wind blade and modular wind blade (WO2016006008A1).
Administrative Roles and Position Responsibility
Director of the Degree Programme in Industrial and Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development, Sapienza University of Rome (2016-2019, 2022-2025).
Director of the Research Center for Sustainable Technological Innovation, CeRSITeS Sapienza, Latina Campus (since 2025).
President, OWEMES – Association for Offshore Renewable Energies in the Mediterranean Seas (since 2022); responsible for governance, scientific programme, and promotion of offshore wind and marine energy research.
Scientific Organisations and Coordination of Academic Activities
Conference organisation (selected):
Global Power and Propulsion Society 2024 Technical Conference – Conference Chair.
Co-Chair, Finite Elements in Flow Problems Conference (FEF), Rome, April 2017.
International Conference on Fan Noise, Technology and Numerical Methods (Fan 2012, 2018) – Conference Chair for Numerical Methods and member of Organising Committee
ASME IGTI Turbo Expo (2004–2018) – organiser and committee member (Chair, Fans & Blowers Technical Committee and Vanguard Chair and Point contact for Turbomachinery Technical Committee (2012–2018).
Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow (CMFF 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2018) – organiser and co-chairman of the Numerical Modelling of Turbomachinery workshop.
ACM 2013 Conference (T.J.R. Hughes 70th Birthday) – symposium organiser, 'Turbomachinery Problems'.
Scientific Advisory Committee, THMT'09 and THMT'12 (Heat and Mass Transfer Conference).
Research group leadership:
Team for Artificial Intelligence in Complexity Modeling, Industry and Energy (est. 2015) – wind turbine data intelligence, prediction science, fault diagnostics, operation forecasting.
CFD group for turbomachinery, with 30+ years of continuous activity; PI on projects funded by ENEA, ENEL, ERG, Edison, EGP, ENGIE and EU-linked programmes.
PI, Innovation Funds Project WTM – HPC-scale wind turbine modelling and simulation for maintenance and forecasting, Sapienza & ENI Spa, ICSC National Center for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing PNRR (2022-2025).
Wind Farm Uncertainty Principle: Enhanced Resource Assessment in Complex Terrain Environments, ENI Call for Innovators HPC 6 (2026).
WP Leader, Spoke 2 Offshore Renewables, NEST Network for Energy Sustainable Transition PNRR (2022-2025).
Bibliometric indicators (Scopus / Google Scholar):
H-index: 32 (Scopus) / 36 (Google Scholar)
Documents: 237 | Citations: 3065 (Scopus) / 4307 (Google Scholar)
Over 200 publications including 100+ articles in international journals and book chapters
Editorial Activity
Editor-in-Chief:
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A – Journal of Power and Energy (from 2025)
Guest Editor:
Energy Procedia – 70th Conference of the Italian Thermal Machines Engineering Association, ATI 2015
Numerical Methods for Flows, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Springer (2020).
Computers & Fluids – Special Issue on FEF'17.
Sustainability – Special Issue on 'Sustainable Industry and Innovation in the Industrial IoT Era' (2021).
Associate / Advisory Editor:
International Journal of Rotating Machinery (Hindawi) – Associate Editor since 2010.
Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering Series (ISSN 1587-379X) – since 2012.
Modelling (MDPI, ISSN 2673-3951) – Editor since 2020.
Membership of Scientific Societies
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) – member; active in the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI).
ATI (Associazione Termotecnica Italiana) – member and President of Sezione Lazio.
OWEMES – President (offshore renewable energies, Mediterranean are