{"id":6,"date":"2007-07-22T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.93.241.207\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-09-06T05:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T03:17:34","slug":"my-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertopassalacqua.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current positions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2018, August 16th\u00a0<\/sup>\u2013 Present<\/b><\/p>\n

Associate Professor at Iowa State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Courtesy appointment in Chemical and Biological Engineering), Ames, IA, USA.<\/p>\n

2020, March 19th<\/sup> \u2013 Present<\/b><\/p>\n

Associate Director, Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.<\/p>\n

Past positions <\/strong><\/p>\n

2012, August 16th<\/sup> <\/b>\u2013 <\/b>2018, August 15th<\/sup><\/b>
\n<\/b>Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Courtesy appointment in Chemical and Biological Engineering), Ames, IA, USA.<\/p>\n

2008, January 7th<\/sup> \u2013 2010, August 15th<\/sup><\/b>
\n<\/b>Post-doctoral research associate at Iowa State University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Ames, IA, USA. Adviser: Prof. Rodney O. Fox. Research topics: Uncertainty quantification in gas-particle flow simulations, Quadrature-based moment methods for gas-particle flows.<\/p>\n

2010, September – December<\/strong>
\nInstructor of ChE 545 – Analytical and Numerical Methods in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University.<\/p>\n

2007, September – December<\/strong>
\nTeaching assistant of Transport Phenomena in the Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.<\/p>\n

2006, September – December<\/strong>
\nTeaching assistant of Transport Phenomena in the Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.<\/p>\n

2005, September – 2006, November<\/strong>
\nConsultant. Optimization of HDT Vicat – Haloxide for CEAST S.p.A.<\/p>\n

2004, July 15th<\/sup> – 2005, December<\/strong>
\nAssistant researcher at Politecnico di Torino \u2013 Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science \u2013 Development of a new gas-liquid reactor in partnership with M&G \u2013 Mossi & Ghisolfi group.<\/p>\n

2004, October – November<\/strong>
\nConsultant. Research activity for Cobarr S.p.A for the determination of the surface renewal time of a stirred gas-solid reactor using CFD codes.<\/p>\n

2004, May<\/strong>
\nResearch assistant at Politecnico di Torino \u2013 Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science \u2013 Modeling of circulating fluidized bed reactors.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008, April 3rd<\/sup><\/strong>
\nPh.D. in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino on the CFD simulation of gas-solid flows. (Work period at Politecnico di Torino: 2005, January 1st \u2013 2007, December 31st). Advisers: Prof. Giancarlo Baldi, Prof. Luca Marmo.<\/p>\n

2007, January 17th<\/sup> – 19th<\/sup><\/strong>
\nExcellence course of Politecnico di Torino Doctorate School. Writing to communicate science: a short course for doctoral students, held by Dr. Sarah Clark.<\/p>\n

2006, July 3rd<\/sup> – 7th<\/sup><\/strong>
\nCourse on Computational Models for Turbulent Multiphase Reacting Flows, held at CISM (Udine) and coordinated by Prof. D. Marchisio and R. Fox.<\/p>\n

2006, March 6th<\/sup> – 9th<\/sup><\/strong>
\nExcellence course of Politecnico di Torino Doctorate School. Nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization, organized by Dr. P. Bowen, Dr. V. Buscaglia, Prof. B. Fubini, Dr. D. Marchisio, Prof. L. Montanaro, Prof. M. Vanni.<\/p>\n

2006 February 28th<\/sup> \u2013 March 1st<\/sup><\/strong>
\nFLUENT base course, held at Politecnico di Torino by FLUENT Italia.<\/p>\n

2005, September 12th<\/sup> \u2013 16th<\/sup><\/strong>
\nIUTAM School on Dispersion of Particles in Turbulent Flows, held at CISM and coordinated by Prof. M. Reeks and Prof. A. Soldati.<\/p>\n

2005, April 4th<\/sup> \u2013 8th<\/sup><\/strong>
\nGRICU School on Mathematical Method for Chemical Engineering, held at the University of Bologna and coordinated by Prof. P. L. Maffettone and Prof. F. Doghieri.<\/p>\n

2004, March<\/strong>
\nMaster degree in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, 110\/110 cum laude, Thesis: Simulation of circulating fluidised bed reactors with a CFD code. (Original title: Simulazione di reattori a letto fluidizzato a ricircolo con codice CFD). Advisers: Prof. Giancarlo Baldi, Prof. Luca Marmo.<\/p>\n

1998, March<\/strong>
\nPreliminary English Test, University of Cambridge, Pass with merit.<\/p>\n

1997, July<\/strong>
\nMaturit\u00e0 scientifica at Liceo Scientifico G. Parodi of Acqui Terme, 60\/60.<\/p>\n

Publications,\u00a0 Conferences, Talks, Seminars<\/strong><\/p>\n

For un updated list see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a list of publications tracked on Orcid: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9368-9393<\/a><\/p>\n

Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Italian:<\/strong> Mother tongue<\/p>\n

English:<\/strong> Proficient (reading and writing)<\/p>\n

Technical skills and competences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Operating systems<\/strong>: Microsoft Windows\u00ae<\/sup>, Linux (SuSE\u00ae<\/sup>, RedHat\u00ae<\/sup>)<\/p>\n

Office software<\/strong>: Microsoft Office\u00ae<\/sup>, OpenOffice\/LibreOffice, LaTeX<\/p>\n

Programming languages<\/strong>: C\/C++, Fortran 90, C#<\/p>\n

Technical software: <\/strong>Ansys FLUENT\u00ae<\/sup>, AutoCAD\u00ae<\/sup>, MATLAB\u00ae<\/sup>, OpenFOAM\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n